These captain crunch chicken strips are very similar to the sweet breading on the very popular Planet Hollywood chicken strips! As a bonus we are sharing the recipe for our favorite dipping sauce to go with it!
Add the flour and salt and pepper to a shallow dish. Add the eggs to a second shallow dish and beat well.
Add the cereal to a food processor and process until you have fine crumbs. Alternately, use a rolling pin to smash the cereal into crumbs. Place the crumbs into a shallow dish.
Dip the chicken strips in the flour, then egg, then cereal. Press the strips into the cereal crumbs to ensure the chicken is evenly coated.
Spray the chicken liberally with cooking spray.
Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees.
Place chicken in a single layer in the air fryer basket. You may have to work in batches, depending on the size of your air fryer.
Air fry for 6 minutes and turn the chicken over. Continue cooking for 6 minutes more or until chicken is cooked through and the coating is crispy and golden.
While the chicken is cooking stir together the sauce ingredients.
Notes
You can make this recipe with just 2 cups of Captain Crunch, but we found the chicken strips were just a tad too sweet for us and that the mustard sauce was a MUST to balance it out. We replaced a 1/2 cup of the Captain Crunch with cornflakes and it balanced out that sweetness and still pairs perfectly with the mustard sauce.These chicken strips are nice and crispy straight from the air fryer. They do lose crispness the longer they sit, so we recommend eating them as soon as they come out of the air fryer. To reheat, place in a 400 degree air fryer for 5 minutes or until heated through.