Coated with bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, and spices, crispy homemade turkey tenders are ideal for a quick main dish, a light lunch, or even just a snack.
2½poundsturkey tendersor 2 to 3 pound turkey breast, plain or oven-ready
1cupItalian seasoned bread crumbs
1teaspoonpaprika
½teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoononion powder
1cupfresh grated parmesan cheese
Cooking oil sprayolive oil is best
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, olive oil, melted butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, parsley, salt, pepper, and garlic.
Add the turkey tenders and make sure they all have been coated in the egg mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate to marinate for one hour or, even better, overnight.
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Prepare a large cookie sheet with a wire cooling rack placed on it. Spray the cooling rack with nonstick spray.
In a shallow pie plate, mix together the bread crumbs, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and parmesan cheese.
Place each turkey tender into the breadcrumb mixture and coat well on both sides.
Place the turkey tenders onto the sheet pan on the cooling rack. Lightly spray the turkey tenders with olive oil cooking spray.
Bake turkey tenders for 20 minutes. Since you are using a cooling rack, you don’t have to turn them over during cooking.