Lots of recipes online for a paleo chicken fingers, and what I love about bloggers and the interwebs is with every version of a recipe, other users comment on how to make it better. It leaves you with tons of ways to go about it. Hopefully everyone is civil about it but hey, it is the interwebs…

At Trader Joes in the spice section they have this thing called “Everyday Seasonings“. It’s a bunch of the same spices you always use, in a bottle with its own grinder so you can grind and use as needed. I am a big fan, and used it with the flour in addition to the other spices, as you’ll see below.

Almond-Crusted Chicken
1 lb boneless chicken breast, or a pkg of 2 breasts
2 eggs
Juice of 1 lemon
1-1.5 c almond flour
1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp coriander seeds, ground with the mortar and pestle.
1 tsp TJ’s Everyday Seasoning
Paprika, for the chicken.

Preheat oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and spray that with nonstick cooking spray.
In a bowl beat eggs with lemon.
On a plate combine the flour and seasonings well.
Slice up the chicken into even pieces. Tip 1: one blogging chef suggested sticking the chicken in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm it up and make it easier to slice. Each breast gave me 6 or 7 pieces.
Season the chicken with salt and paprika.
Dredge the chicken in the egg mixture, then roll it into the almond flour, place on the sheet. Dredge, roll, place. Season the crusted pieces before throwing into oven.
Bake for 25 minutes, turning once.
I’m anal when cooking chicken, so I always use a meat thermometer to check for doneness. 180 degrees.

The chicken was good, not great. A tad dry. Might want to brine the chicken next time around.
Other notes: on a few of these I double dipped (dredged and rolled twice before sending to the baking sheet) though I’m not sure I could tell the difference between those and the single dunk ones.
For the non-paleo eaters in the house, I used the microplane and grated parm-reg on a few. I used a paleo BBQ sauce as a dipper. Husband used sweet rays BBQ sauce.
Served on the side, “crunchy” green beans, ( i.e. stir-fried, seasoned with lemon zest, ginger and garlic.)
I also had a garden salad with olive oil and vinegar. Husband and kid had a side of onion rings. Must be nice.