Grandfather Maynard's Chicken for Old People Suffering from Heartburn

 Grandfather Maynard's Chicken for Old People Suffering from Heartburn

When Grandmommy Ginny began struggling with heartburn and had to eat food that was bland and free of acidity and spices, she came up with this:

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken tenders

1 cup low-fat buttermilk

1 tablespoon canola oil (for greasing bottom of baking sheet)

3/4 cup unbleached flour

1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper (if tolerated)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup panko breadcrumbs

Canola cooking spray

Directions:

1. Wash the chicken tenders and dry well with paper towels. Place chicken pieces and buttermilk in medium-sized covered bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
2. Preheat oven to 400-degrees. Spread the canola oil over the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
3. Place flour, pepper, salt, and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl and whisk to blend ingredients. Place Panko crumbs in a shallow bowl and line up the bowls and pan in this order: flour mixture then chicken then Panko crumbs then prepared baking dish.
4. Place one piece of chicken in the seasoned flour, then dip the chicken back into the buttermilk briefly. Place chicken in Panko crumbs next, and then place in prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining chicken tenders. Coat top of chicken strips generously with canola cooking spray.
5. Bake in center of oven for about 25 minutes or until chicken is nicely browned on the outside and cooked throughout on the inside. Remove from oven and serve.