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Sesame Chicken Tenders

Course Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken tenders
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 2 T. sesame seeds
  • 1 T butter cut into small pieces
  • 1 tsp. toasted sesame oil
  • 1/4 tsp. season all salt
  • 20 Keebler Club Crackers pulsed in a food processor or ground with a mortar and pestle until they are fine crumbs
  • black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 13x9 casserole dish and set aside. 
  • Mix the cracker crumbs with the sesame seeds and set aside. 
  • Dip the chicken into the beaten egg and then into the cracker crumb mixture. Place in prepared casserole dish.
  • Sprinkle very lightly with pepper and Season All salt. Drizzle a few drops of sesame oil on each piece of chicken and also place one or two small pieces of butter on each piece of chicken.
  • Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes until cooked through and chicken is lightly crisped. 

Notes

Helping Hands: While kids can’t help with the raw meat part of this meal, my son does enjoy watching me make the cracker crumbs. I usually do this in the attachment for my immersion blender so I don’t need to take out the large food processor. Then I let him add and mix in the sesame seeds. 
What to serve with it: I usually serve this with my homemade veggie fried rice.
Make ahead options: Most of this recipe I do right before I’m going to bake it, but if I find myself with some time earlier in the day I often make up the cracker crumb mix. It’s a small step but its nice to have finished and I like having the food processor/immersion blender washed and put away as well.