Coconut Chicken Fingers

I too could only find the sweetened coconut to use. But what i did do to cut down prep time was I put dry ingredients (flour, salt &pepper) in a zip log bag and coated all my strips. I then dredged in the egg wash, The I put coconut in zip lock back and coated several pieces at once. Family loved it!

Excellent, if you cook it right. You need to find the balance between heat and time to prevent the coconut from overcooking. I use super thin sliced chicken instead of thicker chicken fingers so the meat cooks quicker and keeps the coconut perfect. And these should be "fried" not baked. The oil gives them the good taste and texture. It's not really frying in my mind because it's a relatively small amount of healthy oil; they are in no way deep fried.

Not a huge fan of this and would not make again. I don't know what it was. The chicken was trying to be sweet but then also spicy at the same time. It was too sweet. Maybe I put too much coconut flake on. It was just not a good blend of flavors. I thought I would really like it because I cook with coconut milk all the time and thought I would also enjoy coconut flakes. I thought wrong. I'm sticking to using coconut flakes on German chocolate cake and keeping them away from chicken.

I love this recipe. Like most people I used sweetened coconut because I couldn't find any unsweetened. I served it with cilantro lime rice and homemade mango salsa. I was amazing!

This recipe is really good. With the salt and pepper I also sprinkled the chicken with ground red pepper. When cooking this, use a skillet with a lid as it keeps the warmth in cooking the chicken better so you don't end up with burnt coconut. When you see the sides and part of the top of the chicken turn white, its ok to flip it over and cook the other side, watch out though, the coconut will brown a lot faster. Another thing that I added to this recipe was a pineapple sauce- here is the link- http://www.grouprecipes.com/35123/pineapple-sauce.html no alterations needed with this recipe, it pairs quite nice with the coconut flavor of the chicken. I think without the pineapple sauce the chicken would be lacking something. Enjoy :) Jessica