The Best Healthy Crispy Chicken Strips Recipe

This healthy crispy chicken strips recipe is going to be your new favourite go to recipe. So quick and easy and air-fried not deep-fried so it’s healthy, how can you go wrong!

These incredibly crunchy chicken strips are a perfect lunch or dinner idea. And they are perfect for a quick week night or a fun meal on the weekend.

Either way, you can’t go wrong.

By using a healthier cereal for the crunch, it’s not only super delicious but you don’t have to feel guilty for enjoying one of the most fun ways to eat chicken.

Super quick and easy, ready under 30 minutes, you won’t be able to say no.

Plus, with our homemade honey garlic dipping sauce, you’ll be licking your fingers until the very last bite.

Let’s get cooking!

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Why You’ll Love This Crispy Chicken Strips Recipe

Quick & Easy: With only 4 main ingredients for this crispy chicken strips recipe it’s so easy to make you won’t have to worry about having everything on hand. Breading these strips and then putting them right into the air fryer, you’ll be eating them in less than 30 minutes.

Healthy: This crispy chicken strips recipe doesn’t contain any added fat or unnatural sugar so you can feel good about enjoying these super crunchy chicken tenders.

Fan Favourite: Everyone loves chicken strips. You honestly can’t go wrong. Plus, with all the different sauces you can have with them, everyone will find one they love.

Tools You’ll Need For This Recipe

• Air fryer
• Cutting board
• Knife
• 3 smaller bowls
• 1 plate or tray
• Rolling pin
• Saucepan
• Mixing spoon
• Measuring cups & spoons
• Fork or whisk
• Small sauce serving bowl/dish

Ingredients

Chicken Strips

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 cup Nature’s Path Organic Heritage Flakes (or cereal of equal or similar quality)
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 tsp Sea salt
• 1/4 tsp Black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp Paprika

Honey Garlic Sauce:

• 1/4 cup Honey
• 3 tbsp Soy sauce
• Olive Oil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 tbsp Corn starch
• 1/4 tsp Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Garlic powder

How to Make These Crispy Chicken Strips

Chicken Strips

1. Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees
2. With the cereal flakes, take 1 cup and add them to a plastic zip lock bag, squeeze all the air out of it, and close it leaving a little space for air to escape
3. Next, use the rolling pin and gently roll over the cereal in the bag to crush it into small pieces. We want to leave some pieces a bit bigger to add that extra crunch but we also want some crushed nice and small almost into a powder to help coat the chicken breast.
4. Once you’re satisfied with the size of your crushed cereal add it to one of the small mixing bowls
5. Grab the other two smaller bowls and add all-purpose flour to one, and the eggs to the other
6. With the whisk or a fork beat the eggs together
7. To the bowl or flour add salt, black pepper, and garlic powder
8. To the bowl or eggs add the paprika
9. Cut chicken breasts into 1-inch strips
10. Take 1 of the chicken strips and first dip it into the flour to get a nice light coating
11. Next, dip the flour-coated chicken strip into the egg mixture
12. Finally dip the chicken strip into the cereal mixture, making sure to really coat it with some of the powder of the cereal and some of the bigger pieces
13. Lay the coated chicken strip on the plate or tray
14. Once all chicken strips have been coated by the flour, egg and then cereal, add them to your air fryer in a single layer, trying to keep them from touching. This way they will get nice and crispy all the way around
15. Cook the strips for 8 minutes on one side, flip them over, and cook for another 6 minutes on the other or until they are golden brown.
16. Always make sure any animal meat is cooked all the way through before eating.

Honey Garlic Dipping Sauce

1. Start by drizzling a bit of olive oil into a saucepan and heat over medium heat.
2. Mince the 3 garlic cloves until they are very small.
3. Add the minced garlic to the saucepan, heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Add the honey and soy sauce into saucepan.
5. Add in the black pepper and garlic powder, and stir everything together.
6. Take a separate bowl and combine the cornstarch with 1 tsbp water until it creates a liquid paste.
7. Add cornstarch mixture to saucepan and stir.
8. Increase the heat to high/medium until the mixture reaches a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer for 1 minute and then remove from stove.
9. Pour honey garlic sauce into a small sauce serving bowl and enjoy with the crispy chicken strips!

Tips & Notes for Chicken Strips

• If you don’t have the Heritage Flakes, any flakey cereal will work fine. I opted for this one because has minimal ingredients and no processed sugar.
• If you don’t have a rolling pin you can use another utensil that will crush the cereal like the bottom of a bowl or even a large spoon, or you can even use your hands to crush it up.
• White or brown eggs would both work.
• All-purpose or whole wheat flour will both work good.
• You can adjust the temperature of the air fryer, you may just have to adjust the cooking time as well. Always make sure to check that the chicken is cooked fully through.
• You can also eat these crispy chicken strips with other sauces, like ketchup, mayo, ranch. Whatever you choose.

How To Store Crispy Chicken Strips

If don’t end up eating all of these delicious super crunchy chicken strips right away, then you can keep them for another meal.

Store them in an airtight container in the fridge. They should last a couple of days but I wouldn’t keep them too much longer since they are chicken.

Now you have this delicious healthy crispy chicken strips recipe to enjoy for evenings to come.

Try it out tonight and let me know what you think.

Don’t forget to try different sauces to see which you enjoy the most!

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