Whole 30 Chicken Tenders with Sugar-Free Chick-Fil-A Sauce

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there’s not much more I love that some chicken tendies, and these baked chicken tenders are both healthy and ohhhh so delicious. and when you add in some healthy-ish chick-fil-a sauce on the side? fuggetaboutit.

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if you’re like me and crave chick-fil-a on sundays you need to save this recipe, and especially this sauce! its still sweet like chick-fil-a sauce is, but definitely provides the tangyness you’d want.

these are whole 30 approved since I am using crackers made of almond flour for the breading instead of using breadcrumbs or panko. these are also way less fatty that chicken tenders you order at a restaurant since they are baked instead of pan or deep fried.

 
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Whole 30 Chicken Tenders with Sugar-Free Chick-Fil-A Sauce

ingredients:

  • 2 chicken breasts

  • 1/2 cup arrowroot powder

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 bag whole 30 approved crackers (I used Simple Mills Rosemary and Sea Salt Crackers)

  • 1 tbsp flax seeds

  • 1 tsp garlic powder

  • 1 tsp fresh thyme

  • 1 tsp onion powder

  • 1/2 tsp paprika

  • 1/4 cup olive oil

sugar-free chick-fil-a sauce

directions:

  1. preheat oven to 425.

  2. cut your chicken breast into strips.

  3. add arrowroot powder in one bowl and whisked egg and salt in another bowl.

  4. in a food processor, pulse the whole 30 approved crackers, flax seeds, garlic powder, fresh thyme, onion powder, and paprika together until it forms fine breadcrumbs. pour crumbs into a third bowl.

  5. dip your tenders in the arrowroot, then the egg, then the “bread” crumbs.

  6. place them on a lined baking sheet and drizzle some olive oil over top.

  7. bake for 16 minutes, flipping halfway through.

  8. to make the chick-fil-a sauce, whisk all the listed ingredients together. dip and enjoy!

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