Popcorn Chicken

A delicious gluten free take on popcorn chicken, where popcorn is actually used to create a crispy coating.

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: popcorn chicken, baked popcorn chicken, popcorn crusted chicken, gluten free popcorn chicken

Servings: servings

Calories: 279kcal

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Preheat your oven to 200 degrees celsius (400 F)
Dice your chicken into bite sized pieces. Place in a mixing bowl.
Add the mayonnaise to the chicken, and mix until the chicken is well covered in the mayonnaise. Set aside while you make the popcorn crumb.
Place the popcorn, paprika, thyme and garlic powder in a food processor. Blitz until the popcorn quite broken down. The finer the better, although it won't break down completely. As long as the pieces are no bigger than 1cm diameter you should be fine.
Place the blitzed popcorn into a large bowl.
Add the chicken. Mix with your hands until the pieces are well covered in popcorn.
Place the popcorn coated chicken on a baking paper lined tray,
Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 10 mins until golden and the chicken is cooked through.
Enjoy

If you want to reduce additives and preservatives in this recipe you can use my sixty second homemade mayonnaise as an alternative to sore bought.
Popcorn is typically not recommended for young children due to choking risk. In this recipe because these popcorn is broken down into bread crumb sized pieces the chocking risk associated with popcorn is removed.
Serve your popcorn chicken with your favourite sauce or dip, it's nice with tomato sauce, bbq sauce, ranch, honey mustard, or avocado aioli.
This recipe also works well in an air fryer. In my air fryer cook time reduces to 8 minutes but this will depend on the temperature of your air fryer basket and the size you have cut the chicken breast meat to.
Chicken boneless breast or tenderloin: This recipe will also work with a firm white fish.
Mayonnaise: Your favourite store bought or homemade mayonnaise.
Popcorn (popped): Plain popped popcorn is best
Flavourings: A mixture of paprika, thyme and garlic powder is my favourite flavor for this recipe, but you can mix this up with your favourite flavours. Add some chilli if you like spice, add some parmesan cheese if cheese is your thing, onion powder is nice as well!