Fritos-Breaded Chicken Sandwich with Sriracha Aioli
By drewbert 142 Comments
Now you too can make your own Fritos-crusted Lunchtime Snack for Lunatics, as featured prominently in the most recent I Love Mondays! Also, you can sound totally awesome by adding anything to mayo and calling it an "aioli." Try it!
I adapted this creation from a chicken fingers recipe I found in a great gluten-free cookbook (I'm allergic to gluten) called Cooking For Isaiah. It has quickly become my go-to lunch, simply because it's so quick and easy to make, and because I don't mind eating the same thing four days in a row. On to the alchemy!
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Cut two chicken breasts in half, lengthwise, so you have four flat, wide pieces of chicken.
- Crush a whole 10oz bag of Fritos (I use a meat tenderizer, because it's fun) and pour the result into a large bowl.
- Add some black pepper to the bowl (I like pepper, so I add about a teaspoon).
- In another large bowl, beat three eggs.
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Take a piece of chicken and dip it in the Fritos, then into the eggs, then back into the Fritos (get as many as you can on there).
- Place the chicken onto the baking sheet, then repeat for the rest of the chicken pieces.
- Put the baking sheet in the oven for 20 min (or until the chicken is fully cooked).
Once it's cooked, I put all the chicken in a container in the fridge. Each morning, I slather mayo on some (gluten-free) bread, apply a liberal amount of sriracha, put the chicken on, and wrap the whole thing up in foil. When I get to the office, I put it in the fridge until lunchtime when I take it out and reheat it in the toaster oven. It's just that easy!
For the health-conscious, I calculated the nutrition facts for each chicken slab (your bread and mayo may vary):
- Calories: 605
- Total Fat: 32g
- (Saturated Fat): 4.5g
- (Polyunsaturated Fat): 7g
- (Monounsaturated Fat): 15g
- Cholesterol: 210mg
- Sodium: 575mg
- Potassium: 1165mg
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- (Fiber): 2.5g
- (Sugar): 1g
- Protein: 35g
Here's just the Fritos (2.5oz):
- Calories: 400
- Total Fat: 25g
- (Saturated Fat): 2.5g
- (Polyunsaturated Fat): 6g
- (Monounsaturated Fat): 12g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 425mg
- Potassium: 875mg
- Carbohydrates: 37.5g
- (Fiber): 0g
- (Sugar): 0g
- Protein: 5g
And here's a Big Mac:
- Calories: 550
- Total Fat: 29g
- (Saturated Fat): 10g
- (Trans Fat): 1g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
- Sodium: 970mg
- Potassium: 0mg
- Carbohydrates: 46g
- (Fiber): 3g
- (Sugar): 9g
- Protein: 25g
... maybe I should ease up on the Fritos.
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