I’m a huge fan of crispy chicken tenders. If you get them at a restaurant or in a shop they are normally laden with carbohydrates and fat, making them pretty high calorie. However if you make them yourself and substitute a couple of ingredients, you can make a healthier chicken tender with the same crispy goodness 🙂 Instead of deep frying these tenders. I baked them to the perfect level of crispiness without excess oils and extra calories.
The secret ingredient in these is probably something you all have lurking in your kitchen; Cornflakes. Yes, sounds mad. But it really works 🙂 I’m not a big fan of these as a breakfast cereal alone but they make a perfect, crispy & gluten free crust for these tenders.
All you need to make these is 7 simple ingredients and 30 minutes.
The dip here is especially important. It would be rude to serve up these chicken tenders with nothing to dip them into. This is such a simple recipe for a healthy dip that resembles garlic mayo or sour cream. So tasty! 🙂

Healthier Chicken tenders
Equipment
- food processor/blender
- 3 bowls
- Baking tray
Ingredients
- 300 g Chicken breasts sliced into strips
- 50 g cornflakes
- 30 g oat flour or flour of choice
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 100 g greek yoghurt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 handful chopped fresh corriander
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
Instructions
- For the chicken tenders:
- Blend cornflakes in a food processor until they resemble a fine crumb
- Add olive oil, paprika, salt and garlic powder and blend further
- Put the (1) whisked egg, (2) cornflake mix and (3) oat flour into 3 separate bowls
- Dip each chicken strip in the oat flour first, then the egg mix and finally into the cornflake crumb
- Place each chicken tender on a lined baking tray and bake for 25 minutes until golden. The chicken should be perfectly cooked and tender with a crispy coat
- For the garlic dip:
- Mix Yoghurt, lemon juice, salt and the crushed garlic clove in a bowl until combined. Add chopped fresh corriander if you like for extra flavour 🙂
These tenders are so good! I’ll definitely be making them again