Tempt kids with these nuggets

Published 5:51 pm Sunday, September 20, 2009

Chicken tenders are usually a kid hit, and these little chicken poppers, adapted from the book “The $7 a Meal Healthy Cookbook,” are wonderfully moist, better than store-bought nuggets, for sure.

One suggestion: A slightly higher oven temperature would produce a crisper coating.

Potato-chip-crusted chicken tenders

6ounces potato chips

1teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2tablespoons fresh chives, chopped (optional)

1teaspoon dried thyme

1pound chicken tenderloins, cut into cubes

2/3cup sour cream

In a food processor, chop potato chips until you have 1 cup crumbs. Mix crumbs with pepper, chives and thyme.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat baking dish with butter or nonstick cooking spray. Lay chicken in dish and coat with sour cream, then sprinkle with potato chip mixture. Bake 25 minutes or until browned and crispy.

Makes 4 servings.

Per serving: 648 calories, 22 grams protein, 45 grams fat, 14 grams saturated fat, 43 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams fiber, 67 milligrams cholesterol, 762 milligrams sodium.

Adapted from “The $7 a Meal Healthy Cookbook” by Susan Irby

Kate Shatzkin, The Baltimore Sun