Maple Bacon Chicken Tenders

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Start to finish: 1 hour
Impresses: 4

Ingredients
2 cups leftover Maple Bacon Cornbread
Cooking spray
1 pound chicken tenderloins
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
3 eggs
¼ cup buttermilk

Method

Heat oven to 325 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Finely crumble leftover cornbread onto baking sheet (you can also use a food processor), spritz with cooking spray and bake for 8 minutes, or until lightly dried and toasted. Meanwhile, season chicken with salt and pepper.

Set 3 shallow dishes in a row, adding flour and Cajun seasoning to the first. Stir to combine.

In the second, whisk together eggs and buttermilk. In the third, add cornbread crumbles.

Increase oven to 400 F.

Dip your chicken into the flour, egg and then cornbread, to coat. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining pieces of chicken and coat the tops with cooking spray.

Bake 18–20 minutes, flipping halfway through and spritzing with more cooking spray until tenders are golden and chicken is cooked through.

Serve immediately.