Chicken Tenders

budgetbytes.com

Chicken Tenders

These easy Chicken Tenders are oven baked with a crisp panko coating and tender chicken inside, perfect for busy lunches, dinners, or meal prep.

Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

Total

45 min

Serves

4

Instructions

  1. 01

    Gather ingredients. Preheat oven to 400℉.

  2. 02

    Add the chicken, Greek yogurt, salt, and water to a bowl.

  3. 03

    Mix to combine. Cover the marinating chicken and refrigerate.

  4. 04

    In a medium-size mixing bowl, mix together panko, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and neutral oil.

  5. 05

    Spread the panko out on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

  6. 06

    Toast them for 2-5 minutes in the oven until golden brown. It’s ok if the panko varies in color, toasting them before breading helps make these chicken tenders extra crispy, but they will continue to brown on the chicken during the baking process. Set a timer for 2 minutes to start with and check them! The panko can burn fast!

  7. 07

    Transfer the toasted panko back to the mixing bowl you used to add the seasonings. One at a time, using your hands or tongs, toss the marinated chicken tenders in the toasted panko mixture, pressing it into the panko to make sure they are thoroughly covered on both sides.

  8. 08

    Transfer each breaded chicken tender to a parchment-lined baking sheet. (You can use the same parchment and baking sheet you toasted the panko crumbs on.)

  9. 09

    Bake the chicken tenders in the oven for 30 minutes, flipping them halfway through. Make sure they reach the minimum internal temperature of 165℉.

Nutrition

per serving · 2 tenders

Calories
307
Protein
29g
Carbs
20g
Fat
11g
Fiber
1g
Sodium
621mg

Free · No ads

Save this recipe to your own library.

iCook.ing is a free recipe library. Create an account in 10 seconds to save this recipe, plan your week, and head to the store with one shopping list.

  • Save from anywhere

    Paste a link from a recipe blog, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or Pinterest — we pull the ingredients, steps, and photo.

  • Plan your week

    Drag recipes onto a weekly plan, scale for the number of people you're feeding, and never wonder what's for dinner.

  • One shopping list

    Your plan rolls up into a single, de-duplicated shopping list — sorted by aisle so the store run is faster.

  • Cook, don't scroll

    Big, screen-stays-awake cook mode with built-in timers. No ads. No life story above the recipe.