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Quinoa-crumbed chicken sliders

Create your own bistro-style sliders with this recipe. For a healthier option, we've used quinoa flakes to give the chicken a light crunchy texture and an extra hit of protein.

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 egg whites
  • ¾ cup quinoa flakes
  • 1 tsp ground fennel
  • 4 small chicken thigh fillets, fat trimmed
  • ¹⁄³ cup low-fat mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
  • 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 4 seeded bread rolls, split
  • 1 baby mignonette lettuce (or baby gem lettuce), leaves separated
  • 30g alfalfa
  • 20g pea shoots
  • 1 small red onion, cut into thin rings
  • gherkins, halved, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 200°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Whisk together egg whites in a shallow bowl. Combine quinoa and fennel in another shallow bowl. Working with one fillet at a time, dip chicken in egg white, then quinoa mixture to coat. Place on prepared tray and lightly spray with olive oil. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Season.

    2 Combine mayonnaise, dill and mustard in a bowl. Season.

    3 Top each roll base evenly with lettuce leaves, alfalfa, pea shoots, onion, crumbed chicken and dill mayonnaise. Sandwich with roll tops and serve sliders with gherkins on the side.

    2 comments on Quinoa-crumbed chicken sliders

    1. Kate Singleton July 15, 2021 at 7:40 pm #

      Hi there, looks like the instructions are missing? Thanks

      • Jen deMontalk July 19, 2021 at 12:20 pm #

        Hi Kate
        Thanks for pointing that out. That has been fixed now.

        Warm regards
        Jenny, HFG editor

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