CHICKEN - Spicy Popcorn Chicken Bites

By Aemelia

Ingredients

• 3 cups Kettle Brand Chips - I used Buffalo Bleu flavor
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• a pinch of cayenne - about 1/4 teaspoon to start, more for additional spiciness (or omit if you don't want them to be spicy)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup half and half (milk works, too)
• 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
• olive oil, salt, and pepper
• honey mustard dipping sauce

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from pinchofyum.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Crush the chips in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add 1 cup flour and cayenne and pulse again until incorporated into an even crumb-like mixture.
Place remaining ½ cup flour in a shallow dish.
Whisk eggs and half and half together in a shallow dish.
Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
Rub a baking sheet with olive oil to coat or place a wire rack on the baking sheet if you have one.
Set up an assembly line of sorts: flour, egg mixture, kettle chip mixture. Dip each chicken piece in each bowl, moving through the assembly line and making sure it gets coated at each step - starting with flour, then egg, then crumbs. Place on the baking sheet.
Bake chicken for 5 minutes, flip if needed, and bake another 5 minutes. I found my total time varied but generally ended up between 12-18 minutes to get the right amount of crisping and browning. These go perfectly with the honey mustard dipping sauce!