Kids' Crispy Chicken with Triple Dippers
+ Snack: Chocolate-Dipped Mandarins
- Milk
- Wheat
- Eggs
- Soy
Does planning, cooking, and packing kids’ lunches and snacks feel like your part-time (or full-time) job? We feel you, and we’re here to help. This kid-pleasing lunch (plus snack) stars crispy white meat chicken strips served with three (3!) dipping sauces. On the side are sweet apple slices, cucumber rounds, juicy grapes, and wholesome dried fruit mix. And for later: chocolate-dipped mandarin orange segments for a tasty, wholesome snack. This recipe is designed to provide lunch and snack components for multiple days. For each lunch and snack meal, 3 servings and 6 servings are provided for a 2 person and 4 person box respectively. Nutrition information under the Nutrition Values section below is for the lunch portion. The following nutrition information is for 1 serving of the snack meal: Cals 190 Fat 8g Sat Fat 4.5g Chol 0mg Sodium 0mg Carb 29g Fiber 3g Sugar 24g Protein 2g. Download the nutrition labels to see final nutrition information for both lunch and snack components.
Ingredients
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
½ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
1 piece
Chick'n Dippin' Sauce
(Contains: Eggs)
1 piece
BBQ Dippin’ Sauce
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
2.25 ounce
Red Grapes
1 ounce
Dried Cranberries
1 unit
Ketchup
1 unit
Apple
1 ounce
Dried Apricots
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
3 unit
Mandarin Orange
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
3 ounce
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
(Contains: Soy)
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Halve, core, and thinly slice apple. Thinly slice cucumber into rounds. Halve grapes if desired. • In a small bowl, combine dried cranberries and dried apricots.
• In a medium bowl (large bowl for 6 servings), whisk together sour cream, garlic powder, 1 tsp water, and a pinch of salt and pepper. In a separate medium bowl, combine panko with a pinch of salt and pepper. • Pat chicken* dry with paper towels; slice crosswise into ½-inch-thick strips. • Add chicken to bowl with sour cream mixture; turn to evenly coat. Working one piece at a time, press coated chicken into seasoned panko until fully coated in panko. Transfer to a plate.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. • Once oil is hot enough that a pinch of panko sizzles when added to the pan, add chicken and cook until panko is browned and crispy and chicken is cooked through, 3-4 minutes per side (for 6 servings, you may need to cook in batches). • Transfer chicken to a paper-towel-lined plate. Lightly season with salt.
• To serve: Divide chicken strips, apple slices, cuke rounds, grapes, and dried fruit mix between plates. Serve with your choice of Chick’n Dippin’ Sauce, BBQ Dippin’ Sauce, and ketchup on the side for dipping. • To stash: Let chicken strips cool completely. Refrigerate chicken, apple slices, cuke rounds, grapes, dried fruit mix, and dipping sauces in separate containers and pack as desired!
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. • Peel and separate mandarin oranges into segments. • Place chocolate chips in a second small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until chocolate melts, 60-90 seconds. Lightly season with salt, then stir until smooth.
• Working one at a time, dip one end of each mandarin segment in melted chocolate and transfer to prepared sheet. • Refrigerate chocolate-dipped mandarins until ready to serve. • Arrange chocolate-dipped mandarins on a plate and serve. TIP: To store, refrigerate tightly wrapped in plastic wrap for up to 3 days.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Kids and adults alike loved the crispy chicken with its garlic-panko coating and variety of dipping sauces 🍗.
- Ease of prep: Some found it labor-intensive with many components, but others enjoyed making it with their children.
- Suggestions: Consider air frying the chicken for extra crispiness; add extra seasoning or coconut to the panko for more flavor.
- Portions: Many found it generously sized, feeding more people than expected with the addition of a simple side.
- Chocolate-dipped mandarins: These were a surprise hit, with many discovering a new favorite treat 🍊.
Reviews from our home cooks
It was great! Easy to put together but did take a little bit longer than what the recipe card said. But it all tasted wonderful. It actually fed 3 kids and 2 adults dinner (we just added in one more side from the pantry).
Not nearly enough breadcrumbs for the chicken. Had to add some in - good thing I had some. The chocolate doesn't stick very well or cleanly on the oranges if the flesh tears or they're wet. All in all very nice meal though
This kids(and husband) loved this one. And I found a new fave treat/snack with the chocolate dipped Oranges! Fun.
My girls loved making this, the chocolate dipped mandarins were different and delicious.
Needed more sauce sides, perhaps a ranch type dip for the chicken and cucumber.
Really tasty! Loved the sour cream and garlic powder with breadcrumbs on the chicken!
Great choice for adult lunch too, esp with all the fruit.
Needs more panko, we had to use our own because the recipe didn't have enough
Nothing. I added coconut to the panko and extra seasoning for my husband and I. Great! Had it with kale apple salad.
I love the garlic panko. The sauce options were an amazing touch. All around an excellent food item.
