Popcorn chicken
We've given popcorn chicken a healthier makeover. Forget takeaways, it's the perfect 'fakeaway'.
SERVES4
TIME TO MAKE45 - 1 hour
MEAL TYPEDinner
TIME TO MAKE45 - 1 hour
MEAL TYPEDinner
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Watch our step-by-step recipe guide.
Method
- Heat oven to 225°C
- Marinate the chicken pieces with the milk and lemon juice for 30 minutes in refrigerator
- Place eggs, flour and breadcrumbs in three separate bowls
- Mix dried herbs, paprika and lemon zest into breadcrumbs
- Coat a handful of chicken pieces in flour then shake off excess
- Transfer to egg and coat thoroughly
- Transfer to breadcrumbs and press pieces to stick the breadcrumbs all over
- Place coated chicken pieces on a greased baking tray
- Repeat for remaining chicken
- Bake in oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
Suggestions
Add to salads, sandwiches and wraps.
Serve with mashed potato and coleslaw.
- 500 gchicken thighs, skinless and boneless, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/4 cupmilk
- 1 tsplemon juice
- 3eggs, beaten
- 1 cupflour
- 3 cupsdried breadcrumbs
- 2 tspdried herbs
- 2 tsppaprika
- 1 tbsplemon zest
Per serve
- Energy2220kJ
- Protein36.4g
- Total Fat9.7g
- Saturated Fat2.7g
- Total Carbohydrate71.0g
- Sugars3.0g
- Dietary Fibre4.4g
- Sodium667mg
Watch our step-by-step recipe guide.
Method
- Heat oven to 225°C
- Marinate the chicken pieces with the milk and lemon juice for 30 minutes in refrigerator
- Place eggs, flour and breadcrumbs in three separate bowls
- Mix dried herbs, paprika and lemon zest into breadcrumbs
- Coat a handful of chicken pieces in flour then shake off excess
- Transfer to egg and coat thoroughly
- Transfer to breadcrumbs and press pieces to stick the breadcrumbs all over
- Place coated chicken pieces on a greased baking tray
- Repeat for remaining chicken
- Bake in oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
Suggestions
Add to salads, sandwiches and wraps.
Serve with mashed potato and coleslaw.
Ingredients
- 500 gchicken thighs, skinless and boneless, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/4 cupmilk
- 1 tsplemon juice
- 3eggs, beaten
- 1 cupflour
- 3 cupsdried breadcrumbs
- 2 tspdried herbs
- 2 tsppaprika
- 1 tbsplemon zest
Ingredients
- 500 gchicken thighs, skinless and boneless, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/4 cupmilk
- 1 tsplemon juice
- 3eggs, beaten
- 1 cupflour
- 3 cupsdried breadcrumbs
- 2 tspdried herbs
- 2 tsppaprika
- 1 tbsplemon zest
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy2220kJ
- Protein36.4g
- Total Fat9.7g
- Saturated Fat2.7g
- Total Carbohydrate71.0g
- Sugars3.0g
- Dietary Fibre4.4g
- Sodium667mg
Watch our step-by-step recipe guide.
Method
- Heat oven to 225°C
- Marinate the chicken pieces with the milk and lemon juice for 30 minutes in refrigerator
- Place eggs, flour and breadcrumbs in three separate bowls
- Mix dried herbs, paprika and lemon zest into breadcrumbs
- Coat a handful of chicken pieces in flour then shake off excess
- Transfer to egg and coat thoroughly
- Transfer to breadcrumbs and press pieces to stick the breadcrumbs all over
- Place coated chicken pieces on a greased baking tray
- Repeat for remaining chicken
- Bake in oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
Suggestions
Add to salads, sandwiches and wraps.
Serve with mashed potato and coleslaw.
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