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Baked Buttermilk Beer Popcorn Chicken with Honey Beer Dipping Sauce

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Ingredients
  

For the chicken:

  • 1 lbs chicken breast cut into cubes
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup pale ale
  • ½ cup flour
  • 1 cup panko
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 2 tbs Olive oil
  • Olive oil spray

For the sauce:

  • ½ tsp chili powder
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 tbs pale ale
  • 1 tbs garlic chili sauce

Instructions
 

  • Place the chicken in a large bowl.
  • Cover with buttermilk and 1 cup beer, stir gently to combine. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour and up to 8.
  • Prepare a baking sheet by covering with aluminum foil and dizzling with an even layer of 2 tablespoons olive oil.
  • Preheat oven to 425.
  • In a small bowl stir together the flour, panko, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
  • One at a time remove the chicken cubes from the buttermilk, toss in the panko mixture until well coated. Gently dip back in the butter milk mixture and then toss again in the panko mixture.
  • Place on a prepared baking sheet.
  • Spray gently with olive oil spray.
  • Bake for 10 minutes. Turn the chicken pieces over, bake until cooked through about an additional 10 minutes.
  • In a small bowl stir together the remaining 2 tablespoons beer, ¼ cup honey and garlic chili sauce.
  • Serve the chicken bites with sauce on the side.

Notes

These freeze well. Just cook them completely, allow them to cool and then transfer to a gallon sized freezer zip lock bag. Freeze for up to three weeks.
Once ready to eat, cook for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven or until warmed through.