Hot Honey Chicken Tenders
Hot honey chicken tenders are crispy, buttermilk chicken tenders covered in a sweet honey with a little kick. They are easy to prepare and hard to stop eating!
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken tenderloins
- vegetable oil for cooking
Marinade
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Breading
- 1.5 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoon buttermilk
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon paprika
Hot honey
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon chili flakes
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
Instructions
- To start, make the marinade for the chicken. Allow the chicken to marinate for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours. When ready to start cooking after the marinade, move to the next step.
- Next, mix together the breading mixture. It will be lumpy, that is fine. Use one hand to remove the wet chicken and use one hand for the breading.
- Place the chicken in the breading mix and gently squeeze the breading around the chicken. It'll stick perfectly. Then, transfer the breaded chicken to a plate or cutting board.
- Heat up a pot of oil to 325-350F. Fry the chicken tenders until cooked all the way through. While the chicken tenders are frying, mix the honey and add the other ingredients.
- Now, when all the chicken tenders are fried and cooked through, before serving drizzle the hot honey over the crispy tenders. Lastly, serve the hot honey as an optional dip for more sweetness.
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
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