Coconut Crusted Chicken Recipe

If you think chicken nuggets are so last year and want to spice the dish up a notch, this Coconut Crusted Chicken recipe is what you’re looking for. This recipe has a healthy papaya salad on the side so that’s got your nutrition part covered. Recreated with some exotic, Jamaican flavors and baked for a healthier dish, this dish has all the flavors you’d look for in a complete meal. The zingy, mildly spicy crust and the soft chicken is so drool-worthy you’ll never again go back to the usual nuggets. Try this recipe right away!

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Coconut Crusted Chicken Recipe

Try this crispy Coconut Crusted Chicken Nugget recipe and it'll soon become one of your most favorite snack/comfort food ever.

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Course

Appetizer, Snacks

Cuisine

Jamaican

Servings

people MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts small
• 1 breadcrumbs fresh
• 1 Coconut dessicated
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1 handful plain flour
• 1 Papaya ripe
• 2 salad tomatoes
• 4 Spring onions washed
• 1 squeeze lime juice
• 1 bunch corriander fresh
• 2 Sweet potatoes

Course Appetizer, Snacks Cuisine Jamaican Servings people MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 2 chicken breasts small 1 breadcrumbs fresh 1 Coconut dessicated 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 2 eggs 1 handful plain flour 1 Papaya ripe 2 salad tomatoes 4 Spring onions washed 1 squeeze lime juice 1 bunch corriander fresh 2 Sweet potatoes

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Cut the sweet potato into eights and rub in salt, pepper and oil, then bake on a tray for 40 minutes.
3. Place the breadcrumbs, coconut and cayenne in one bowl and the flour in another. Beat the eggs into a third bowl and place them all side by side.
4. Trim the chicken breast of any fat or sinew then season well with salt and pepper then cut into chunky strips. Dust the chicken strips in the flour, dunk in the egg wash and then roll in the coconut breadcrumbs so that the entire bit of chicken is covered.
5. Line them on a non-stick baking tray and bung them into the oven to bake for 15-20 minutes.
6. Peel and deseed the papaya then slice into bite-sized pieces. Slice the spring onions and add to a bowl with the papaya, juice of the lime and the ripped up coriander leaves. Quarter and remove the pulp from the tomato before slicing into strips to add to the salad.
7. Season the salad and serve with a few potato wedges and chunks of baked chicken.