Grain-Free Chicken Tenders (Egg-Free)
Grain-free baked chicken tenders with savory za'atar seasoning & an egg-free breading— perfect for pairing with all sorts of sauces and sides!
Servings: 8 tenders
Calories: 172.95kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb. organic chicken cut into tenders
- 2 Tablespoons flax meal + 5 Tablespoons water alt. 2 eggs
- ⅔ Cup nut milk pulp alt. other nut meal or more almond flour
- ⅓ Cup extra-fine almond flour
- 1 Tablespoon za'atar seasoning
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder alt. 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- avocado oil cooking spray if needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C), and then put together your flax egg by combining your flaxseed meal and water and stirring well, then set aside.
- Cut your chicken into 7-8 strips, if not using tenders.
- Put the almond flour, nut meal, za'atar, garlic, salt, and baking powder in a bowl and combine well.
- Your flax egg should be done now, so stir the flax mixture until it's more egg-like in texture, about 10 seconds. Before "breading" your tenders, carefully crumple a strip of aluminum foil and then uncrumple it so that it can lay mostly flat on your baking sheet.
- Dredge your tenders in the flax egg, and then coat well in the nut meal mixture.
- Lay your tenders on the crumpled aluminum foil or spray a baking sheet with avocado oil and lay your tenders directly on the sheet.
- Turn on your convection function, and bake for 12 minutes, flipping them halfway through to ensure even baking. Once you tenders are done, serve them immediately (any 'sweating' from the coating will disappear in about 10 minutes— if they last that long!).
Notes
SWAPPING NUTS. You can basically use one cup of any type of nut meal to make these tenders, but the texture of almond meal is quite nice, so I recommend a lower-fat nut (i.e. stay away from macadamias and pili nuts)
SEASONING. If you know you don’t tolerate one or more of the spices, you can swap them for other low histamine herbs and spices you think would go well. You can use any type of seasoning, but only add them when you’d normally otherwise add the original spice, otherwise they may not taste right.
FREEZING & STORAGE. if you want to freeze these tenders, I recommend cooking them fully beforehand. They'll stay good in the freezer for up to 6 months; to reheat them simply play in the oven or air fryer at 400°F (205°C) for 5-7 minutes and enjoy with your favorite sauce or side.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 172.95kcal | Carbohydrates: 3.32g | Protein: 9.99g | Fat: 13.57g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 162.17mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.58g