Great-grandma's timeless recipe for crispy fried 'chicken.' The best part: because it is adapted for an air fryer, it's a healthier version compared to its fried cousin! Serve with honey-mustard sauce for dipping.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- eggs: 3 piece (beaten)
- panko bread crumbs: 2 cups
- garlic powder: 1 tsp
- paprika: 0.75 tsp
- cayenne pepper: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- chili powder: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- imitation chicken breast halves (seitan), cut into 1-inch wide strips: 2 packages (16 ounce packages)
- cooking spray:
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Pour flour onto a large plate. Place eggs in a shallow bowl. Combine bread crumbs, garlic powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, chili powder, and salt in another shallow bowl.
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Coat imitation chicken strips in flour, dip into eggs, then dredge in bread crumb mixture, and place on a plate.
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Heat an air fryer to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
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Place a row of coated strips in the air fryer basket. Spray with a light coat of cooking spray.
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Cook strips in the air fryer for 6 minutes. Open fryer to flip strips with tongs. Continue cooking until golden brown, 4 to 6 minutes more.
