These baked chicken fries are a regular in my house. Kids love them, adults adore them plus they are baked not fried! Dip them in ranch or use them to make a crispy chicken wrap!

This was my lunch.

Thin strips of chicken dunked in an egg and buttermilk mixture and rolled in Parmesan-y bread crumbs and baked until golden and crispy. What’s not to love? I know, I know… you’re thinking these are chicken fingers. Well sure, I guess you could call them that. However since these are skinny strips AND the fact chickens don’t have fingers, in our house we call them “fries”. Which to me sounds a billion times more appetizing!

To Make These Baked Chicken Fries Set out:

boneless skinless chicken breasts
parmesan cheese
panko bread crumbs
italian seasoned bread crumbs
eggs
buttermilk
ranch or ketchup for dipping

To make the fingers; take 3 chicken breast and slice them all the way through, horizontally.

Then slice them lengthwise, about a half an inch wide. Set those aside, wash your hands real good and get going on the breading.

Start off by grating 1 cup of Parmesan cheese.

Add the cup of Panko and the Parmesan cheese to a food processor. I use my mini-processor for this job and I lurve it!

Now the Parmesan cheese is the same texture as the Panko…

Now add that into a medium dish along with the cup of Italian bread crumbs.

Stir to combine well.

In a separate dish; crack two eggs and season with a bunch of fresh cracked black pepper.

Add in the half cup of buttermilk.

Whisk well to break up the eggs. The consistency should be slightly thick.

Working in batches; add the chicken strips and toss them around to coat.

Drain off any excess eggy mixture…

…before coating them in the cheesy breadcrumbs.

Arrange them on a lined rimmed sheet pan and pop them into a preheated 400° oven for about 15-18 minutes, depending on thickness.

These baked chicken fries smell completely phenomenal while baking in the oven.

It’s the Parmesan… for sure. And right when these are pulled out of the oven sprinkle them with a little kosher salt.

The hardest thing about blogging while making lunch is holding back from gobbling them up before the final shot. These baked chicken fries are so dang simple and so much better for you then the fried or frozen kind.