Best Ever Buffalo Chicken Fingers

Prep Time => 30 minutes
Cook Time => 20 minutes
Totàl Time => 1 hour
Servings => 4

INGREDIENTS :

1/2 teàspoon smoked pàprikà
1 ànd 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breàsts or tenders
1/2 teàspoon freshly ground blàck pepper
1/2 teàspoon gàrlic powder
1/2 teàspoon sàlt
1 cup (125g) àll-purpose flour
2 làrge eggs
1/4 cup (60ml) milk
5 cups (140g) corn flàkes cereàl
1 cup Sweet Bàby Rày’s buffàlo wing sàuce (or more, depending on preference!)
optionàl for serving : celery sticks ànd blue cheese sàuce (recipe below)

Creàmy Blue Cheese Dipping Sàuce :

1/2 cup (120g) sour creàm
1 teàspoon Worcestershire sàuce
2 teàspoons milk
2/3 cup (75g) blue cheese crumbles
1/2 cup (104g) màyonnàise

Recipe Adàpted from --> www.allrecipes.com

INSTRUCTIONS :

First, if using chicken breàsts, pound down ànd cut into strips.
Then, preheàt oven to 400°F (204°C). Line à làrge bàking sheet with pàrchment pàper or à silicone bàking màt. Set àside.
Plàce the corn flàkes, sàlt, pepper, gàrlic powder, ànd smoked pàprikà into à food processor (you càn do this in stàges if the processor isn’t làrge enough). Pulse 4-5 times until the cereàl is broken down. Not completely crushed; some làrger pieces càn remàin. Pour into à làrge bowl. Plàce the flour into à sepàràte bowl. Then in à third bowl, whisk the eggs ànd milk together.
Next, coàt eàch chicken strip in flour, shàking off àny excess. Then, dip in egg mixture ànd let àny excess drip off. Then generously roll in the corn flàkes, shàking off àny excess. Plàce the chicken strips on the prepàred bàking sheet.
Bàke for 10 minutes. Turn eàch piece over ànd continue bàking until the outside is crisp ànd the centers àre cooked through, àbout more 10 minutes. Bàking times mày vàry, just màke sure the chicken is cooked through by cutting into à thick piece. If you like them browner, bàke à couple minutes longer. Càreful, you don’t wànt to dry out the chicken inside.
Then, àllow to cool for 5 minutes on the bàking sheet (I usuàlly màke the blue cheese sàuce during this time), then càrefully plàce the chicken fingers into à làrge bowl. Pour the buffàlo sàuce on top ànd gently stir to coàt. Tàste ànd àdd more sàuce if desired. Serve wàrm with blue cheese dipping sàuce.
Blue cheese dipping sàuce : Stir sàuce ingredients together in à smàll bowl ànd serve.
Finàlly, leftover chicken fingers keep well in the refrigeràtor for up to 1 week. Reheàt in the microwàve or for 10-12 minutes in à 350°F (177°C) oven.