Cornmeal Batter Fried Chicken Strips

Ingredients
2 chicken breasts
2/3 cup all purpose gluten free flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)
1/3 cup cornmeal
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning
1/8 tsp. paprika
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 cup milk
2 tbs. cooking oil (for batter)
cooking oil for frying

1. Skin and rinse chicken and cut into strips or pieces.  In a large sauce pan cover chicken with lightly salted water.  Bring water to a boil.  Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.  Drain chicken and pat dry with paper towel.

2. In a medium sized bowl, combine the dry ingredients together: flour, cornmeal, baking powder, garlic salt, poultry seasoning, and paprika.

3. In a smaller bowl, combine egg, milk, and oil and beat lightly with a fork.  Mix these liquid ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients.  

Beginning to mix dry & liquid ingredients together.

Mixture fully combined.

4. Dip pieces of chicken into the batter and cover thoroughly. 

5. Meanwhile, pour oil for frying chicken into a frying pan.  Fill about an inch high and turn on heat.

6. Place a couple of pieces of chicken into the frying oil and cook.  When one side is browned, use tongs to flip the pieces over and cook the other side.  Continue until all of the pieces are cooked. 

7. As pieces are done cooking, place them onto a plate lined with paper towel.

8. Grab your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy!

For a twist on these chicken strips, you can make parmesan crusted chicken strips as well.  To do so, simply omit the garlic salt and poultry seasoning from the dry ingredients and instead add 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, 2 tbs. parsley, and 1/4 tsp. garlic powder.  Also, increase the milk content to 2/3 cup.

What I love about this recipe is that you really get your bang for your buck when it comes to how far 2 chicken breasts can go.  I used 2 organic chicken breasts, which are generally smaller than regular chicken breasts, and I was able to make a huge plate full.  I also love that if desired, you can cook a larger amount of these and freeze them for future lunches and dinners.  Enjoy!

This picture shows how many chicken strip pieces I was able to make with only 2 chicken breasts.  It yielded a large amount.

This recipe was adapted from the Better Homes and Garden Cookbook.