Fat Tuesday: Skinny 'Fattening' Meal of Oven Fried Chicken Nuggets and Sweet Potato Fries!

I am a huge fan of this meal because it reminds me of childhood, but with a more sophisticated twist.

This is also a very simple meal and in a few steps you are done and both are cooking easily in the oven.

Shopping List:

1) 1 lb chicken tenderloins

2) 2-3 sweet potatoes

3) Buttermilk

4) Corn flakes

5) Flour

6) Eggs

7) Paprika

8) Chili Powder

9) Nutmeg

10) Cinnamon

11) Olive Oil

12) Thyme

13) Oregano

Optional:

Hot Sauce for the chicken

Dipping Sauce

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To Begin:

Preheat oven to 450.

Your sweet potato fries are going to take longer than the chicken nuggets so start them first.

To get them ready wash the outside of the potatoes and dry them. Leave the skin on and cut into long rectangles.

Place them in a plastic baggy with 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 teaspoons paprika, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon chili powder. Shake well!

Spread out the 'fries' out onto a baking sheet, giving each enough room where they are not lying on top of each other and sprinkle with pepper and salt.

For the first twenty minutes they need to be on the bottom rack and for the last ten to fifteen minutes the top. Which is perfect because right when you need to switch them to the top rack is about when the nuggets need to be put in the oven.

Now once you place the 'fries' in the oven get out three bowls. In one place 2 eggs and beat them together with about 1 cup buttermilk (if you want to add some zing place about 2-3 dashes of hot sauce in the egg mixture), in the second place about 2 cups of flour in it put about 2 tablespoons thyme and oregano and about 1 tablespoon paprika and then in the third about 2 cups of crushed corn flakes(you can also use corn meal if you like).

Get out a baking sheet.

Then take your chicken tenderloins and cut them into small nuggets. Then follow assembly line of bowls, dip in the egg, then in the flour mixture, then in the egg again, then corn flakes and then put it on the baking sheet.

Once done and they are all on the baking sheet. Take the 'fries' and place them on the top rack and place the nuggets on the bottom rack. They both should be done in about 10-15 minutes.

Now for sauces I am using a chipotle sauce that I have because I LOVE IT! But BBQ is another good choice or the paprika ketchup I made with the meatloaf is also good. Another nice choice I think is take about 1/4 cup Dijon Mustard, 3 tablspoons honey, 1 tablespoon apricot preserves and mix. It is a nice honey mustard!

Enjoy!