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Homemade Chicken Tenders
Skip the fast food line and make these homemade chicken tenders instead! Full of robust flavor & breaded with the crispiest ever coating!
Prep
30 min
Cook
20 min
Total
1h 50m
Serves
12
Instructions
- 01
Combine the hot sauce, water, and salt in a large bowl or plastic bag.
- 02
Drop the chicken tenderloins into the brine to coat, and allow them to marinate for 1 hour or overnight.
- 03
Place the flour, salt, and garlic powder in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
- 04
Whisk in the eggs and sparkling water a little at a time, until a thin batter forms.
- 05
Whisk the flour, salt, white pepper, onion powder, paprika, dry mustard, black pepper, garlic powder, and ground thyme together in a large bowl.
- 06
Stir in a few spoonfuls of the batter, until the mixture resembles coarse sand.
- 07
Heat about an inch of oil to between 325 and 375 degrees F.
- 08
Remove the chicken tenderloins from the brine and coat them first in batter, then in seasoned flour.
- 09
Fry the chicken (turning) until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F (approximately 5 to 15 minutes).
Nutrition
per serving · 1 chicken tender
- Calories
- 245
- Protein
- 20g
- Carbs
- 22g
- Fat
- 8g
- Fiber
- 1g
- Sugar
- 0.2g
- Sat. fat
- 1g
- Sodium
- 1009mg
- Cholesterol
- 76mg
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