Kid-Friendly Chicken Fingers

If chicken fingers and nuggets are all your kids want for dinner, try these quick and easy recipes instead of resorting to fast food.

"Fried" Pecan Chicken Fingers

Adding ground pecans to the chicken's coating mixture gives the chicken fingers a pleasing nutty flavor and a little bit of extra crunch. And, because they're baked instead of fried, these chicken fingers are a healthy dinner option.

Recipe: Fried Pecan Chicken Fingers

Buffalo Chicken Fingers with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

For a super-easy weeknight dinner, start with frozen breaded chicken breast strips and add a little kick with Buffalo-style hot sauce. If the heat is too much for the kids, just omit that step.

Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Fingers with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

Oven "Fried" Chicken Fingers with Honey-Mustard Dipping Sauce

The coating combination of breadcrumbs and crushed cornflakes cereal makes these chicken fingers extra crispy. And because they're baked instead of fried, they have less than 4 grams of fat per serving.

Recipe: Oven Fried Chicken Fingers with Honey-Mustard Dipping Sauce

Chicken Nuggets with Mustard Dipping Sauce

Healthy chicken nuggets are a mother's dream because there's no need to feel guilty about serving the kids nuggets every night. There's also no need to do fast food drive-through.

Recipe: Chicken Nuggets with Mustard Dipping Sauce

Chicken Nuggets and Sweet Fries

Sneak a few extra vitamins into your weeknight meals by serving tasty sweet potato fries with these oven-fried, bite-size chicken nuggets.

Recipe: Chicken Nuggets and Sweet Fries

Kickin' Chicken Nuggets

These nuggets bring on the heat with a coating of Parmesan cheese and crushed spicy pita chips. If your family's not into spicy foods, you can use regular pita chips.

Recipe: Kickin' Chicken Nuggets

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