Skinny Baked Chicken Fingers with Honey Mustard Sauce
These are sooo good and so easy to make! A little crispy on the outside and very tender on the inside. Plus, baked not fried! Theyʼre not only dipped in yummy honey mustard, yogurt sauce before baking, but some of it is also saved for dipping. Each serving (3 chicken fingers) has 287 calories and 2 grams of fat, including dipping sauce. Serve with a salad and you’ll be all set for dinner.
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
The entire recipe makes 12 chicken fingers and ½ cup dipping sauce (each serving, 3 chicken fingers, and a little sauce)
Shopping Tips
Kelloggʼs cornflake crumbs are super easy to use for this recipe and can be found in the baking aisle of many supermarkets. Smoked paprika can be found in the spice section of most supermarkets. It has wonderfully sweet, smokey flavor. If you can't find it use regular paprika.
Substitution Tips
Instead of cornflake crumbs, you can use Panko bread crumbs, regular bread crumbs, or crushed reduced-fat potato chips. Since I created this recipe, I’ve come up with a fabulous, homemade, low-calorie honey mustard salad dressing that would also taste great with this recipe. If you like to check out this recipe, click here: Skinny Honey Mustard Dressing (23 calories a tablespoon)
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 7- Blue
WW SmartPoints 9-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 7
Shopping Tips
Kelloggʼs cornflake crumbs are super easy to use for this recipe and can be found in the baking aisle of many supermarkets. Smoked paprika can be found in the spice section of most supermarkets. It has wonderfully sweet, smokey flavor. If you can't find it use regular paprika.
Substitution Tips
Instead of cornflake crumbs, you can use Panko bread crumbs, regular bread crumbs, or crushed reduced-fat potato chips. Since I created this recipe, I’ve come up with a fabulous, homemade, low-calorie honey mustard salad dressing that would also taste great with this recipe. If you like to check out this recipe, click here: Skinny Honey Mustard Dressing (23 calories a tablespoon)
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 7- Blue
WW SmartPoints 9-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 7
| SKINNY FACTS: for 3 chicken fingers and a little sauce 287 calories, 2g fat, 1g sat. fat, 56mg chol, 27g protein, 40g carbs, 2g fiber, 497mg sodium, 22g sugar |
| FACTS: for Freestyle SmartPoints (3 chicken fingers and a little sauce) 142 calories, 0g sat. fat, 2g protein, 20g sugar |
Skinny Baked Chicken Fingers with Honey Mustard Sauce
Ingredients
Ingredients for Sauce:
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons nonfat plain Greek yogurt or nonfat plain yogurt
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup spicy brown mustard or yellow mustard
Ingredients for Chicken Fingers:
- 1 pound chicken tenders or chicken breasts cut into strips to equal 12 pieces
- 3 cups cornflakes, crushed into crumbs or ¾ cup Kelloggʼs cornflake crumbs, see shopping tips
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, see shopping tips
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Barbecue sauce for dipping, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking pan with foil. Coat with cooking spray.
- To make cornflake crumbs: Either process in blender, mini chop or food processor. Or, place in sealed plastic bag and crunch with hands into crumbs.
- In a small bowl, mix together ½ cup yogurt, honey, and mustard. Remove ½ cup of sauce and refrigerate until ready to serve, for dipping.
- To the remaining sauce, stir in 2 tablespoons of yogurt.
- In another small bowl, add cornflake crumbs, paprika, garlic powder, sugar, and salt.
- To assemble: Dip chicken pieces into sauce. Next, dip each piece in cornflake crumbs. Place on baking sheet. Repeat for all 12 pieces of chicken.
- Bake in oven for 7 minutes, turn chicken fingers over and bake for additional 6-8 minutes until cooked through and golden brown.
- Serve with dipping sauce that has been stored in refrigerator. In addition, you can serve with a little barbecue sauce for dipping.
Nutrition
Serving: 3fingersCalories: 287kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 27gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 497mgFiber: 2gSugar: 22gBlue Smart Points: 7Green Smart Points: 9Plus Points: 7
Tried this recipe?Let me know how it was!
Hi Nancy – Can leftover fingers be frozen and reheated from frozen (perhaps at 350 for a little less time)? I would probably use the bread crumb substitute if that makes a difference.
You sure can, Debbie. They will crisp up nicely. Sometimes I toss them frozen in my air-fryer for about 5 minutes at 380 degrees.
My best,
nancy