Ultimate Chicken Fingers and Salsa Chicken Fiesta Recipe Video
Everyone loves chicken right? Not only is it healthy and reasonably priced, it’s also versatile enough that you can serve it frequently by preparing it a variety of ways. Professional chef Cricket Azima for the Betty Crocker kitchens reveals two of her favorite chicken dinner recipes that are bound to become your family’s favorites too.
Ingredients
Ultimate Chicken Fingers
Easy way to make restaurant style chicken fingers at home
Original Bisquick® mix - 1/3 cup
Parmesan cheese - 1/2 cup, grated
Salt or Garlic salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Paprika - 1/2 teaspoon
Boneless skinless chicken breast halves - 3, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips
Egg - 1, slightly beaten
Butter or margarine - 3 tablespoons, melted
Salsa Chicken Fiesta
Original Bisquick® mix - 2 1/3 cups
Water - 1/2 cup
Eggs - 3
Cheddar cheese - 3 cups (12 ounce) shredded
Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
Boneless skinless chicken breasts – 6 (about 1 3/4 lb), cut into ½ inch pieces
Old El Paso® Thick 'n Chunky Salsa - 2 1/2 cups
Directions
Ultimate Chicken Fingers
GETTING READY
1. Preheat oven to 450ºF.
2. Line cookie sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray.
MAKING
3. In a plastic food storage bag, combine Bisquick mix, parmesan cheese, salt and paprika.
4. Break an egg into the bowl and lightly beat it.
5. Dip chicken tenders in the beaten egg and put it in the plastic bag. Do this with all the chicken tenders and seal the bag. Shake the bag so that the chicken tenders are completely coated with the Bisquick mix.
6. Place the chicken tenders on the cookie sheet.
7. Bake it in an oven at 450ºF for 12-14 minutes. Flip it half way through, at 6-7 minutes, to ensure that you brown it on both the sides.
SERVING
8. Serve Ultimate Chicken Fingers with a sauce of your choice.
Salsa Chicken Fiesta
GETTING READY
1. Preheat oven at 400°F.
2. Spray 3 (8- or 9-inch) square pans with cooking spray.
MAKING
3. In a skillet, heat oil over medium-high flame. Cook chicken in oil, stirring frequently, until outsides turn white; drain.
4. Add salsa and heat it until it becomes hot.
5. In a bowl, combine Bisquick mix, water and eggs to make dough.
6. Press this dough evenly into square pans.
7. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the cheddar cheese over the dough in each pan.
8. Layer with salsa.
9. Bake it in the oven at 450°F for 22-25 minutes.
10. Sprinkle half cup of the remaining cheese over each pan.
11. Bake it in the oven for 1 to 3 minutes or until cheese is melted.
12. Loosen from sides of pan; cut into squares.
SERVING
13. Serve the Salsa Chicken Fiesta squares on a serving platter with cream and sautéed vegetables.
GETTING READY
1. Preheat oven to 450ºF.
2. Line cookie sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray.
MAKING
3. In a plastic food storage bag, combine Bisquick mix, parmesan cheese, salt and paprika.
4. Break an egg into the bowl and lightly beat it.
5. Dip chicken tenders in the beaten egg and put it in the plastic bag. Do this with all the chicken tenders and seal the bag. Shake the bag so that the chicken tenders are completely coated with the Bisquick mix.
6. Place the chicken tenders on the cookie sheet.
7. Bake it in an oven at 450ºF for 12-14 minutes. Flip it half way through, at 6-7 minutes, to ensure that you brown it on both the sides.
SERVING
8. Serve Ultimate Chicken Fingers with a sauce of your choice.
Salsa Chicken Fiesta
GETTING READY
1. Preheat oven at 400°F.
2. Spray 3 (8- or 9-inch) square pans with cooking spray.
MAKING
3. In a skillet, heat oil over medium-high flame. Cook chicken in oil, stirring frequently, until outsides turn white; drain.
4. Add salsa and heat it until it becomes hot.
5. In a bowl, combine Bisquick mix, water and eggs to make dough.
6. Press this dough evenly into square pans.
7. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the cheddar cheese over the dough in each pan.
8. Layer with salsa.
9. Bake it in the oven at 450°F for 22-25 minutes.
10. Sprinkle half cup of the remaining cheese over each pan.
11. Bake it in the oven for 1 to 3 minutes or until cheese is melted.
12. Loosen from sides of pan; cut into squares.
SERVING
13. Serve the Salsa Chicken Fiesta squares on a serving platter with cream and sautéed vegetables.
