Sparks from the Kitchen

What yummy little bites!! The coating on these bites are a combination of buttery Ritz Crackers, walnuts and panko so they’re tasty and crispy. The honey mustard sauce is tangy, sweet and has a touch of heat. All around they’re delicious. They’re really easy to make and came together in about 30 minutes-start to finish.

Chicken Bites with Tangy Honey Mustard Sauce

For the marinade:

• a few tbps soy sauce (for marinade)
• 6 garlic cloves, crushed (for marinade)
• 1/2 nip bottle scotch (for marinade)

For the chicken:

• 3 chicken breasts (just over 1lb.) cut into 2-bite size pieces
• 1/2 sleeve Ritz Crackers, crushed into tiny pieces
• 1/4 cup walnuts, put through food processor to a fine grain
• 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup flour

For the honey mustard dipping sauce:

• 6 tbsp light mayonnaise
• 4 tbsp dijon mustard
• 4 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• cayenne pepper-to taste
• chipotle powder-to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

In a ziplock bag large enough to hold all chicken and marinade add all marinade ingredients and let it sit while you prepare the breading and honey mustard sauce.

Place crushed Ritz Crackers (a potato masher or food processor works well), walnuts and panko into a bowl. Place eggs in a 2nd bowl. Place flour in a 3rd bowl. Line them up in assembly line fashion: flour, eggs, breadcrumbs.

For the sauce: combine all ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine. Throw it in the fridge to cool until the chicken is finished baking. (Note: the measurements above are to taste-if you like more honey-add more, if you like less mustard-add less.)

Roll chicken pieces through flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs and arrange on a cookie sheet. Bake in the oven for about 15-18 minutes (depending on how thick the pieces are) until done, flipping once during baking.

Serve with the dipping sauce. They’d also be great with Thai Sweet Chili Sauce, BBQ sauce or some ranch dressing with hot sauce.

Slightly adapted from Mary Ellen’s recipe.

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