Buttermilk Chicken Tenders

These chicken tenders get 4 stars because I found them to be a bit bland, although very tender. Next time I would dress them up with a better breadcrumb coating before frying.

Summary: Try these chicken tenders for a very moist variation of your favorite fried comfort food.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 3/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
  • 1 1/3 pounds chicken tenders
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups bread crumbs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. Mix buttermilk and tabasco/red pepper flakes in a resealable plastic bag with chicken tenders and marinate up to one full day or at least an hour.
  2. When you are ready to begin cooking preheat oven to 225°F.
  3. In a shallow dish, mix flour with salt and cayenne pepper. In a shallow bowl, beat together eggs with 2 Tbsp. water. Place bread crumbs in a separate shallow dish. Line the dishes up to make coating tenders easier
  4. Remove chicken tenders from buttermilk, draining any excess, and dredge individually in flour mixture, shaking off excess; then dip into egg, draining any excess. Next, dip chicken in bread crumbs, pressing gently into crumbs to coat.
  5. Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
  6. In a large skillet, heat 1/4 cup vegetable oil over medium-high heat. When hot, add one third of chicken tenders and cook, turning, until golden, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
  7. Wipe out pan and repeat cooking procedure in 2 more batches with remaining oil and tenders.

Quick Notes

* Leaving the tenders to marinate longer is a must to really have the buttermilk flavor soak in

* The bread crumbs you choose to use are very important for the taste and consistency of you chicken tenders – I used a mixture of butter bread, wheat bread, garlic powder, salt and pepper and wasn’t entirely happy with my choice, I would use a different or

Variations

* Instead of tabasco sauce you can use something less powerful like red pepper flakes if you are concerned about heat.

Cooking time (duration): 12

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: dinner

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