High Five Recipe: Popcorn Chicken
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Here’s what I always wondered as a little girl:
Why DID the chicken cross the road? And how did he manage not to get hit en route? And if he just wanted to get to the other side, WHAT exactly was on the other side that he was so excited to get to? And why wasn’t he just at home where he was supposed to be? Where was his owner?
Silly little chicken.
Yes, I will be happy to continue to give you these little morsels of deep thoughts to ponder while you do your dishes.
Here’s the promised recipe for Popcorn Chicken. I don’t suppose the chicken ever suspected he’d be turned into delicious edible items such as this…
Popcorn Chicken
3 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 t. sea salt
1/2 t. garlic powder
butter
In a medium sized bowl, stir together flour, salt and garlic powder. Using kitchen shears, cut chicken breasts into tiny bite sized pieces. Toss chicken in flour mixture to coat well.
Smear a thick layer of butter on the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish. Pour coated chicken into dish, spreading so that they are in a single layer.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Stir chicken and bake another 10 minutes.
Oh, you may be interested to know that when Matt and I visited west Africa in ‘95, there were all kinds of animals crossing roads at all times of the day…and some of them were chickens. Indeed, it did look as if all they wanted to do was get to the other side. How ’bout that?
;)
Seriously? I love popcorn chicken. I never knew you could make it at home so easily . . . I will have to show Chris. Thanks!
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We can’t use butter due to my son’s life-threatening allergy… do you think coconut oil would work?
Thanks! I look forward to trying this out!
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Yum. Thanks for this recipe! I was wondering about it when I saw it on your menu. I bet it would be good with some of that organic ranch dip I ordered!
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I’ll try this one out. My recipe calls for soaking the cut up chicken breasts in coconut milk (for at least 15 minutes or longer) then fry it.. but frying does take time. I would love to cut out that step.
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Our chickens cross the road in search of tasty bugs and whatnot. I got a little concerned when I saw one dragging a leg – I worry that one of them isn’t going to get out of the way in time. Hubs assured me that she hadn’t been hit, he thinks she got stepped on when she was a little peeper. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse.
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So easy!! I’m thinking of making this for a fun dinner, too!!
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Seriously, it’s this easy?! I was going to make fried chicken tonight for Martha’s birthday… I may have to surprise everyone with this instead!!
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Why is this called popcorn chicken?
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I have three chicken breasts and was wondering what I was going to make for dinner tomorrow night! Looks like it will be popcorn chicken!
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Yummy! I bet my kids would love this!
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Thanks for the recipe! Looks quick and easy — and tasty!
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Got to love those kitchen shears! :)
I will definitely be trying this out!
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This look so yummy! I’m going to put it on my menu for next week.
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What a great recipe to have! Thanks so much for sharing. I would never have thought it would be that easy. :)
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This is a really cheap alternative for my family opposed to already buying the breaded popcorn chicken. Thank you so much for this recipe. I can guarantee my sons are going to thank you.
Take care.
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I made this for dinner tonight. The kids loved it and they don’t usually care for popcorn chicken. Thanks for the recipe.
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Neat-o! I was wondering how wheat flour would work. Looks great!
I’m amazed at how simple, quick, and easy you make things look!
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This has got to be better than the large chain stores version, which my six year old can’t seem to live without! And I just happen to have gotten a great deal on chicken breasts.
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
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I made popcorn chicken tonight. It was yummy… and oh so easy. Thank you for sharing the recipe. My boys thought we could make it a bit spicier next time (more like Chik-Fil-A, they say). I thought I might add some Emeril’s Baby Bam in place of the garlic powder next time.
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Thanks for this recipe! I’ve made it several times and I like to spice it up more. To make these more Buffalo wing spicy I melted the butter with hot sauce and garlic powder then poured that over the chicken on the pan…so good and easy.
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These were really yummy. My whole family loved these, including my DS who happily went for seconds. I served the chicken with honey mustard dipping sauce (1T dijon: 1 1/2 tsp. honey), potato wedges and coleslaw. So good.
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yum! yum!
thank you so much for all your great recipes! i’m “slowly” introducing whole grains, whole foods into our lives, and its recipes like this that are really helping alot!
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We had this for lunch today and it was really yummy!!!!
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Sounds delicious and easy. I will be adding this to my menu next week.
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On a splurge I bought some OCharley’s honey mustard and I’ve been trying to come up with recipes to use it! Sounds like a good dinner tonight! Oh! I can’t wait to get home!
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Just made these for lunch…but I think I didn’t get the pieces cut small enough…they didn’t have the crunchies that the ones in your pic seem to have. But they were still tasty! YUM!
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I will be on the lookout for a major sale on boneless chicken. I’d like to make one mess and several batches. It’s a yummy, healthy, easy meal. I would love to have it on hand. The chicken should cross the road to my apartment.
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Have you ever froze any or had to reheat any? I’m just cooking for two – so trying to figure out if I should use the same amount of meat and if it will save well for left overs, or if it would be better to make a smaller batch..Thanks! I’m excited to try it!
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Laura Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Yes, these absolutely freeze and reheat well! You can freeze them before you bake, and just bake as many as you need…or you can bake them all, freeze the leftovers and just reheat in the oven for a few minutes.
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In response to the poster who had a child with allergies..we used soy margarine for ours because we have dairy allergies in our household. Not sure if you can use soy though :)
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This was our lunch today…along with broccoli and strawberries. Yum! I think I need to increase the oven temperature next time but the recipe is definitely a keeper. Thanks!
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What a wonderful recipe! I just tried it tonight and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Thank you!!
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I just saw this linked on Menu Planning Monday~ I think we’ll give it a go on Friday~ Looks yummy!
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I made up a couple of batches of the popcorn chicken and placed them in the freezer. Just wondering if you have done this and how does it effect the cooking time?
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Laura Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 11:01 am
I think if you just add 2-3 minutes to the cooking time they should turn out about right!
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Hi! I just found these and made them today. They were tasty, however, they were not crispy at all. Am I missing something? I coated the chicken in the dry flour mixture, but since there is no egg, I’m wondering how you got yours to be thick (at least it looks thick in the picture) and crispy. Thanks!
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Laura Reply:
August 19th, 2010 at 10:31 am
I wouldn’t say mine are very crispy either. They probably just look a little crispy in the picture!! :) I think to get them nice and crispy you’d have to coate them with egg, like you mentioned and the flour mixture, then fry them.
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