(Uncrispy) Spicy Chicken Bites

When I cook, I try and think of stuff I would like to order out. My favourite pub food is buffalo chicken fingers made extra spicy with bleu cheese dressing. So today I looked up a recipe to make some buffalo chicken strips. This recipe (below) i tried required frying chicken in a breading mixture. I was surprised it was only one layer of breading, no eggs or other coating like breadcrumbs; but the recipe got five stars on the website, soI gave it a go. I have no idea what my desired chicken strip size is, or how to cut 4 chicken breasts into the same size of it, so I tried to make smaller chicken strip "bites" like at Wild Wings. My other modification to the recipe was using onion powder in the sauce instead of galic powder because I didn't have any. I put a little bit of minced garlic in the sauce for garlic taste though. I did put a little bit of the sauce on the chicken before baking. I also baked the chicken on tin foil on a baking sheet for a better clean up. After the frying and baking, I had a meal that resembled a Chinese food than chicken fingers. I froze some in the freezer for later meals when I'm lazy (as I do with most of the food I make).

Using just flour as a breading was not enough. I think next time I will use the flour coating suggested and then put the pieces in an egg batter and finally in a breadcrumb mixture (probably from the parma jarma recipe by the food network) before all the frying. I have done this before for larger pieces of chicken and get a much crispier outside.

Also, the abundance of worshshire sauce was good for a spicy kick, but I think more Frank's in the sauce will make a better taste and red colour.

Oh well, the bites still taste good!

http://www.grouprecipes.com/35363/buffalo-chicken-strips.html

Ingredients:

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp margarine or butter
1/4 cup frank's buffalo red hot sauce
1/4 cup worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp garlic powder
about 2 lbs chicken
vegetable oil or olive oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix the flour, paprika, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl to make the breading.
Stir the margarine or butter, hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, and garlic powder in another medium bowl to make sauce.
Cut the chicken into strips (desired size).
Preheat oil in a frying pan on the stove at medium.
Thoroughly coat the chicken strips in the flour mixture.
Fry chicken evenly on all sides until golden brown and still slightly pink in the middle.
Dip chicken in sauce and place on baking sheet (pour leftover sauce on chicken if desired).
Bake chicken for 10-15 minutes in the oven.