Honey Brown Sugar Chicken Tenders

Ingredients

           1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

             1/4 cup honey

            1/4 tsp salt

                                    1 cup Progresso (or any brand you want) plain panko crispy bread                    

           crumbs

                         1 pkg. (14 oz) uncooked chicken tenders (not breaded)

             1/4 cup honey

Directions

 1) Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray large cookie sheet with cooking spray.

2) In medium bowl, mix brown sugar, honey and salt. In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, place bread crumbs. Dip chicken into brown sugar mixture. (You will have to really press down when do this) Place in bread crumb bag; seal and shake to coat. Place chicken on cookie sheet.

3) Bake 15 to 20 minutes, turning once, until chicken is no longer pink in center and bread crumbs are golden brown. Serve with honey.


                                                                    Prep: 10 min    
                                                                    Total: 30 min.  
                                                                   makes 4 servings


this is a favorite kid friendly honey and brown sugar flavored tenders..and go great with fries..

Apple Kielbasa

                                                                            Ingredients

2 lbs kielbasa (or smoked sausage anything really that comes in a link form)

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup chunky applesauce

2 tbsp. Dijon mustard

2 cloves garlic, minced

Directions

1) Cut Kielbasa into 1 inch pieces

2) Combine the brown sugar, applesauce, mustard and garlic and place in crockpot with kielbasa.

3) Cover and cook on high for 2 hours.

(You could do low for 4 hours if you want) 

Tastes really good. This could also be used as an appetizer as well. Its simply and easy to make. 

Balsamic Roasted Pork Loin

2 tbsp. steak seasoning rub (I used the Cowboy Rub from McCormick)

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

1/2 cup olive oil

2 lbs boneless pork loin

1) Dissolve steak seasoning in balsamic vinegar, then stir in olive oil. Place pork into a resealable plastic bag and pour marinade overtop. Squeeze out air and seal bag. Marinate 2 hours to overnight.

2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3) Place pork into a glass baking dish along with marinade. Bake in preheated oven, basting occasionally until the pork reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees, about 1 hour. Let roast rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

Prep: 5 min. 

Cook:  1 hour

Ready in: 3 hours 5 min

Servings: 8

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