Crispy Gluten-Free Baked Chicken recipe is breaded in almond flour and parmesan for an easy weeknight dinner the whole family will enjoy! Turn almond flour chicken into many gluten-free chicken recipes, such as chicken nuggets, tenders, or breaded chicken breasts using simple kitchen pantry ingredients.
Preheat oven to 425°F. On a baking sheet spread ½ tablespoon olive oil to grease pan. Set aside.
In a medium bowl mix together, almond flour, grated parmesan, tarragon, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, paprika, salt, and pepper. Mix together breading with a fork.
Drizzle remaining 1 ½ tablespoons olive over chicken breast cutlets and toss to evenly coat chicken with oil. Place a chicken cutlet, one at a time, in the breading mixture. Press down slightly and use the fork to flip over and coat other side. Transfer breaded chicken to greased baking sheet and repeat with remaining chicken.
Bake for 10 minutes, flip chicken, and then continue cooking for 5-10 minutes more, or until internal temperature reaches 165°F. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
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Notes
How to Make Chicken Cutlets
First make a deep slit in the middle of the breast, lengthwise.
Cut all the way across until you almost reach other side, so it will open like a book.
Cut down the middle of the crease. You end up with two, thinner thickness halves.
To make sure the chicken breasts cook evenly they should be even thickness throughout. At this point use a meat tenderizer to pound the chicken into even thickness. If you don't have a meat tenderizer mallet, gently pounding with a rolling pin will also work.
Making Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets or Tenders
Chicken nuggets:Cut each breast into nugget-size pieces before placing them in the almond flour parmesan breading. Boneless thighs may also be used, but will take a few minutes longer to bake.Coat the nuggets with olive oil and breading, then place on greased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes at 425ºF. Flip each nugget over and bake 5 minutes longer, or until cooked through. Chicken tenders:Cut the pounded chicken cutlets into smaller strips, making tenders. Alternatively, use chicken breast tenderloins.Coat chicken with olive oil, then dip in breading. Transfer breaded chicken tenders to greased baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 400ºF. Flip each tender over and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, or until cooked through.
Chicken Parmesan
Use this breaded chicken recipe as base for almond flour, low carb, and gluten free chicken parmesan. Instead of adding the seasonings listed, follow the seasoning ingredients in this gluten free parmesan chicken recipe. For even more low carb parmesan chicken, skip the breading as in this chicken parmesan recipe without breadcrumbs.
Air Fryer Baking Directions
Preheat air fryer to 390ºF. Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray. To avoid overcrowding the chicken and keeping the breading crispy, you may have to work in batches.
Place breaded chicken in prepared basket and cook for 5 minutes. Flip chicken over and bake for an additional 4-7 minutes, depending on the thickness of the chicken.
Remove and keep warm while the remaining chicken is cooked.