Paula Deens Italian Chicken Sticks

Submitted by Mande-kay

"I was watching Paula Deen on Food Network the other day and she made these and they looked so good."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 3 dozen

ingredients

• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
• 1⁄2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 pinch ground red pepper
• 8 boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1/2-inch strips
• 1⁄2 cup melted butter
• marinara sauce or honey mustard, for dipping

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a pie plate or platter, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan, thyme, basil, oregano, salt, garlic powder, and red pepper.
3. Dip the chicken strips in the melted butter, then dredge them in the bread crumb mixture.
4. Place the chicken strips in a single layer on a lightly greased baking sheet.
5. Bake for 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
6. Serve the chicken sticks hot with marinara sauce, or serve hot or cold with honey mustard.

Reviews

[SweetsLady]

Wonderful recipe! I double dipped by putting in the breadcrumbs first, then butter, then breadcrumbs again. I ended up having to do more butter and breadcrumbs, but that is ok because they were delish. I also flipped them over halfway through baking. Thanks for the great recipe!

 

[oxpammylynnxo]

this are really floverful and not hard to make at all

 

[Dino2222]

something different and good.

 

[Elainia]

Anything dredged in butter is good :) I love Paula Dean's cooking...these were really really good. Not crunchy, but the flavor was outstanding. Got my fingers all greasy :) 1 cup of breadcrumbs was enough for 3 chicken breast halves, not 8. So I would double it or even more. I forgot the garlic powder, added it by sprinkling on and that was nice too. I made half of them using olivio and I have to say they weren't as good as the butter ones, not as browned and much more salty. Thanks for the recipe! This will become a standard.