Crispy Coconut Chicken

ohmygosh  This is SO good! Restaurant quality good.



Ingredients:
12 chicken tenders or 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup flour
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
A pinch of cajun seasoning
Cooking spray
Oil
Dipping sauce (Ranch, BBQ, Sweet N Sour, etc)

Directions:
1. Preheat your oven to 450*F.
2. Chop the shredded coconut so that it is about the same size as the panko crumbs.
3. Mix the coconut, panko crumbs, garlic powder, salt, curry powder, onion powder, and cajun seasoning together in a shallow dish.
4. Put flour in a separate shallow dish.
5. Put the beaten eggs in a third shallow dish.
6. Line a baking sheet with tin foil.  Spray the tin foil with cooking spray.
7. Cover each piece of chicken with flour, then egg, then coconut crumb mixture.   Use your fingers to coat each piece of chicken as much as possible.  Lay each piece of chicken on the foil.
8.  Use a spoon to drip a small amount of oil on top of each piece of chicken.
9. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
10. Serve with dipping sauce.
* Based on a recipe from ourbestbites.com