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.

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.

Looked delicious in the ILM video.
Thanks Drew, I will be trying this out at my earliest convenience!

Sweet

Wow, that quest is now complete. Thanks.

Fritos chickos locos!

Awesome! Thanks Drew.

I'm terrible at cooking but I keep trying, so I will add this to the list.

You magnificent son of a bitch.

I'm getting married on Feb 1; as soon as Feb 2 happens, I'm so getting one of these bad boys into my guts.

Yer the best/worst, Drew. Thanks, mate.

Replace Fritos with something like Sun Chips and it would probably be more healthy

to Fred Meyer!

Thats an awesome recipe. Have you tried using other chips other than Fritos? Dorritos?

As a former cook I'll add. Make sure to cook your chicken to at least 160 degrees. I totally make this sandwich too, except I use creamcheese instead of mayo. Awesome sandwich!

I will be making one these this weekend. Thanks Drew!

We were worried for your health but it seems like this is actually a healthier alternative for you due to your allergies.

Getting my own place soon, and this will definitely be on the menu. Lunch for work for every day in the future has now been taken care of!

Man Drew even going out of your way to add the nutritional stats. What a damn sweetheart. =)

Hey, I thought this was going to be deep fried. Awesome.

@Aegon said:

Wow, that quest is now complete. Thanks.

Haha, same here. Also, 17g of saturated fat, I am pretty sure if I ate one of these in my current shape I would die.

A+

can i add mayo to mayo and call it aioli?

also, and more seriously, have you experimented with differently flavoured fritos?

and a warning to others, don't mispell fritos as frotis on google. :(

aw yeah.

It definately looked really nice in the video but I don't think I could bring myself to coat chicken in Fritos and eat it more than once a month.

YUMmY

This is amazing. And slightly frightening. And I think I may have to give it a whirl sometime. My husband has a gluten allergy too, I'll have to see if my library system has that book.

That sounds delicious. I want to try this soon. Thanks Drew!

Is there anything Drew can't do?

"It's just that easy!"

Wow Drew, tell me more! Do you set it and forget it as well?!

Kidding aside, this actually looks delicious.

Lol 400 calories....

Just too awesome Drew.

And you calculated the nutrition info....and that's just how you do. :)))

Now just add the exercise info on how to justify and balance the calorie intake please. :D

Cool. Thanks, Drew!

I gotta try this.

Okay, so what's the British equivalent to Fritos? Are they an American crisp? Also i have no idea what Sriracha is, either. Other than those two sticking points, i'm ready to go!

EDIT: Somehow i forgot Google existed. All good now! So Doritos and generic hot chili sauce as substitutes. Thanks for the recipe, Drew!

When I finished watching the video I called my wife and asked: Can you do this? She did.

Thanks Drew, you're great!

@crcruz3 said:

When I finished watching the video I called my wife and asked: Can you do this? She did.

Oh man i totally need to get me one of those.

...

A wife, i mean - not the sandwich.

My Mom has a gluten allergy too! I should let her know about that cookbook. Thanks Drew! All I'd have to buy to make this is some fritos. Looks like I know what I'm doing this weekend...

I have no access to Frito's, I will substitute Pringles.

I'm literally salivating right now.

@skelington_ said:

Okay, so what's the British equivalent to Fritos? Are they an American crisp? Also i have no idea what Sriracha is, either. Other than those two sticking points, i'm ready to go!

EDIT: Somehow i forgot Google existed. All good now! So Doritos and generic hot chili sauce as substitutes. Thanks for the recipe, Drew!

Any corn chip should do. Doritos might be tricky because they are dusted with that cheese flavouring. To be close to Fritos, it's just a salted corn chip.

As for Sriracha sauce, it's actually quite a specific taste. It's flavor is quite sweet and spicy. It's very common in Asian cuisine - you can usually even find it at any Asian supermarket or even any larger supermarket chain if they have an Asian foods aisle. Look for a bottle with a Rooster on it that looks like this:

Mmmmm... I wish I'd had one of those for dinner...

@heatDrive88: Right, right... pretty light on Asian supermarkets around here, but if it's a sweet and spicy hot sauce, i think the most suitable replacement would be this Thai sauce i can reliably obtain called Maggi. I'll have a snoop around the bigger stores around here just in case they stock Sriracha (thank you for the picture) though. Hm, yes i guess the flavouring on Doritos might destabilise the flavour a bit... perhaps something simpler.

Thanks Drew! :)

I made this yesterday for lunch but I didn't have Fritos. Instead I used Tostitos which are fairly flavorless but added a nice texture. The mayo/sriracha is a must because I find chicken to be fairly dry. Also, I used a hamburger bun instead of slices of bread. I'd like to experiment doing this with some other chip varieties like spicier Doritos, etc.

A+++ would recommend.

Thanks Drew. This needs to be a video.

Great Recipe Drew, you truly are a man of many talents.

I hope gluten-free bread in the US is a lot better than the stuff they trot out here :( ... but the rest of this sounds delicious, hopefully I can try it out sometime next week.

@drewbert: Excellent! I can't wait to make this.

Would you also be willing, by any chance, to share your A-10c Warthog cheat sheets? Trying to learn the sim myself and those look really helpful.

@skelington_: When in doubt, Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/Huy-Fong-Sriracha-Chili-Sauce/dp/B0002PSOJW/

It looked delicious, I want to make this so bad.