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Lemon Yogurt Chicken Tenders {Five-Ingredient Recipe}

Aug 2, 2016 by Dara 11 Comments

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These lemon chicken tenders are marinated in a yogurt sauce and cooked in minutes. The perfect meal for a busy weeknight! 191 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP
Lemon Yogurt Chicken Tenders…Eat these on their own, use them to top salads or cut up and toss in pasta! 191 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP

This recipe for lemon chicken tenders is so easy and tasty that it deserves to be on the weekly menu, and I have my friend Phi of Sweet Phi to thank for it. As someone who works a full-time job, then comes home to run a full-time blog business, all while carving out time to spend with family and friends, Phi knows what it means to be busy. Luckily for the rest of us busy bees, she turned her Five Ingredient Friday blog series into a fantastic new book, Five-Ingredient Recipes that just hit the bookshelves.

Lemon Yogurt Chicken Tenders…Eat these on their own, use them to top salads or cut up and tossed in pasta! 191 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP

Lemon Chicken Tenders Marinated with Yogurt…Eat these on their own, use them to top salads or cut up and toss in pasta! 191 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP
Five-Ingredient Recipes on Amazon

Phi’s book is full of recipes ranging from breakfast ideas and entrees to salads and sweet treats, as well as menus and shopping lists. Every single recipe is accompanied by a gorgeous photo (something I love in a cookbook), as well as tips, tricks and substitutions when appropriate.

Lemon Chicken Tenders Marinated with Yogurt…Eat these on their own, use them to top salads or cut up and toss in pasta! 191 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP

You’ll notice that the recipe I chose to feature, the lemon chicken tenders, actually requires more than five ingredients. The extra ingredients are for the Mediterranean Spiced Sea Salt which you can make in bulk and store in your spice cabinet to be used for a variety of recipes. Make it once, use it multiple times. Smart! Alternatively, you can buy pre-made Mediterranean sea salt.

I did make one small change to Phi’s recipe, which was to cut the amount of olive oil in the marinade in half, reducing it from 2 tablespoons to 1 tablespoon. Otherwise, I kept this staple lemon chicken tenders recipe the same and I guarantee that we will be making this over and over again.

Once I transferred the chicken to the plate, my older son wondered into the chicken, promptly stuck his nose near the chicken and said, “Oh Mum, that smells so good! Can I have some right now?” Success.

Lemon Chicken Tenders Marinated with Yogurt…Eat these on their own, use them to top salads or cut up and toss in pasta! 191 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP

Other healthy chicken tenders recipe:

Healthy Chicken Tenders Recipe
Cookin’ Canuck’s Crispy Baked Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Tenders
Cookin’ Canuck’s Grilled Chicken Tenders with Chipotle Lime Yogurt
Salt & Lavender’s Sriracha Honey Chicken Tenders
EatWell 101’s Cilantro Lime Chicken Tenders
Whole & Heavenly Oven’s Cajun-Rubbed Chicken Tenders with Mango-Avocado Salsa

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Lemon Chicken Tenders Marinated with Yogurt Recipe

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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 9 mins
Total Time 1 hr 9 mins

Lemon Chicken Tenders Marinated with Yogurt…Eat these on their own, use them to top salads or cut up and toss in pasta! 191 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP

Serves 4

Ingredients

The chicken

  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 1 1/4 tsp Mediterranean sea salt (see below)
  • 1 1/2 lb. chicken tenders

Mediterranean sea salt (makes 3 1/2 tbsp salt blend)

  • 1 tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp lemon pepper

Directions

    The chicken:

    1. In a bowl, combine the lemon juice, yogurt and 1 ½ teaspoons of the Mediterranean sea salt, and stir to combine. Add the chicken and stir to coat the chicken in the marinade. Cover and refrigerate.
    2. Let the chicken marinate for 20 minutes, or up to an hour.
    3. Heat a large nonstick skillet over high heat for 1 minute. Add the chicken tenders, gently shaking off any excess marinade as you put them in the pan. Discard the remaining marinade.
    4. Cook for 3 minutes. Drain off any liquid and continue to cook for another 3 minutes. Flip and cook for an additional 3 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked.
    5. Remove from the heat. Serve.

    Mediterranean sea salt:

    1. Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine.

    by From the kitchen of cookincanuck.com

    Recipe Notes

    Weight Watchers Points: 1 (Freestyle SmartPoints), 5 (Points+)

    Disclosure: This post contains links to my Amazon affiliate page. Any revenue made from sales through these links helps to support this blog. Thank you!

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    Comments

    1. Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog says

      Aug 2, 2016 at 6:45 am

      Thank you SO MUCH for this lovely post and your kind words Dara!!! The photos are stunning and I’m so happy to liked the recipe and made it your own! You totally inspired me to make this recipe and so my hubby and I are enjoying it for lunches this week. Thank you again for sharing about my cookbook, I am so grateful to be able to call you a friend!
      Lots of love,
      Phi

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    2. Natasha @ Salt and Lavender says

      Aug 2, 2016 at 11:24 am

      Thanks for recommending my sriracha honey chicken tenders 🙂

      Reply
    3. Katerina @ kDiethood says

      Aug 3, 2016 at 11:29 am

      This is a perfect weeknight meal! Quick, easy and incredibly delicious!

      Reply
    4. Des @ Life's Ambrosia says

      Aug 3, 2016 at 12:13 pm

      What a great weeknight dinner! I am loving the yogurt addition!

      Reply
    5. Sommer @aspicyperspective says

      Aug 3, 2016 at 12:52 pm

      These beautiful chicken tenders look cooked to perfection! Loving the yogurt addition!

      Reply
    6. Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says

      Aug 3, 2016 at 8:54 pm

      I am always looking for ways to jazz up chicken tenders! This looks so good, I need to make it soon!

      Reply
    7. Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet says

      Aug 3, 2016 at 11:45 pm

      That chicken looks and sounds delicious and the fact that it’s quick and easy makes it even better!

      Reply
    8. Renee - Kudos Kitchen says

      Aug 4, 2016 at 7:55 am

      Looks delicious. I’ve marinated chicken in yogurt before and it really works wonderfully well! Love the concept for this cookbook. I’ll have to check it out.

      Reply
    9. Paula - bell'alimento says

      Aug 12, 2016 at 2:58 pm

      5 ingredients ! How fantastic. Can’t wait to try this one out.

      Reply
    10. Roshani says

      Jan 18, 2017 at 3:02 am

      Insanely adorable and delicious!

      Reply
    11. Cindy says

      Oct 11, 2017 at 5:12 am

      Yum, these look delicious. I agree they’d make an easy weeknight meal. I think might kids will like these too. They can be quite fussy but they do seem to like chicken tenders so I think this will be a winner.

      Reply

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