Crispy Chicken Tenders with Dipping Sauce 🍗✨
Ingredients:
Chicken:
- 1 lb (450 g) chicken tenders or chicken breast strips
- 1 cup buttermilk (or milk + 1 tbsp vinegar)
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp garlic powder
Breading:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cornstarch (extra crisp!)
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
For frying or baking:
- Oil for frying
or - Cooking spray or oil for baking
Dipping Sauce (Honey Mustard)
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp mustard
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions:
- Marinate chicken:
- In a bowl, mix buttermilk, salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.
- Add chicken and marinate 10–30 minutes.
- Prepare coating:
- In another bowl, mix flour, cornstarch, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Bread chicken:
- Remove chicken from marinade, letting excess drip off.
- Coat thoroughly in flour mixture.
- Cook:
- Fry: Heat oil to 350°F (175°C). Fry chicken 3–4 minutes per side until golden and cooked through.
- Bake: Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C). Place on greased rack, spray lightly with oil, bake 18–22 minutes, flipping halfway.
- Make sauce:
- Mix all dipping sauce ingredients until smooth.
- Serve:
- Serve hot with dipping sauce.
🔥 Extra-crispy tip: Double-dip chicken—back into buttermilk, then flour again.
If you want, I can also give you an air fryer version, kid-friendly sauces, or a viral 10-second recipe caption for social media.
