Crunchy Paleo Chicken Strips - Lunch Version
These Crunchy Paleo Chicken Strips are a great option to top off a salad or simply eat on the run. Coated in layers of spicy curry, honey, and coconut flakes to get that addictive crispy bite, you might as well plan to make a big batch to freeze and enjoy throughout the whole month!
Ingredients
- ¾ cups Arrowroot
- ½ teaspoons Sea Salt
- ½ teaspoons Curry Powder
- ½ teaspoons Cayenne Pepper
- 2 individual Egg
- 1 tablespoon Honey, Raw
- 2 cups Coconut, Flakes
- 2 pounds Chicken Tenders, Fresh
- 4 tablespoons Coconut Oil
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Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- On a rimmed plate, mix together arrowroot, sea salt, curry powder, and cayenne pepper.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- On a rimmed plate, mix together arrowroot, sea salt, curry powder, and cayenne pepper.
- Whisk together eggs and honey in a bowl.
- On a second rimmed plate, place coconut flakes.
- Coat chicken strips in the arrowroot mixture, then dredge in the egg mixture, and then coat with coconut.
- Heat coconut oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
- Place chicken in pan and let fry 2-3 minutes each side, until cooked through with a nice crispy texture.
10 Comments
Join the discussionThis sounds great and I’d love to try this but I’m wondering what you could suggest I can use to replace the coconut and coconut oil? My little one is allergic to it so we’d need an alternative. Thanks in advance.
Angela, what about these ones instead? https://onceamonthmeals.com/pal… you could use regular milk or your dairy free replacement milk in lieu of the coconut milk.
Great idea. Thanks for the link too.
Would coconut flour work instead of arrowroot? I’ve had a hard time finding arrowroot?
I would not recommend coconut flour. If you are not opposed to grains you can try cornstarch in lieu of arrowroot.
I just finished making this dish and my strips came out almost black. I lowered the temp from med high to med and it still didnt help. I wonder what I could have done differently. Any thoughts?
Bummer! Maybe you can try to bake them next time? What kind of pan are you using? I know that my stainless pans are always hotter than what my dial says on the stove.
Delicious! Next time I’ll add more salt to batter. I fried in cast iron and the first few were very dark but then once I watched it more carefully and lowered the heat, the rest turned out great. I was surprised by how tender and crunchy they were! Paired nicely with homemade honey mustard. Thanks for this new go-to recipe for our family!
Thanks for the great feedback. I LOVE my cast iron. 🙂
Excellent! Though I used this recipe to make crunchy paleo liver! Fixed the recipe except for using beef liver soaked in coconut milk and a little vinegar (helps to cut the liver taste). It was good… My picky eater said it was better than hamburgers though I wouldn’t go that far and I think he was pretty hungry 😉