11 Crispy, Crunchy Chicken Tender Recipes Everyone Will Love (2024)

Updated on 08/12/21

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  Spicy Fried Chicken Tenders

  

  Creole seasoning adds a flavor boost, and a delicious kick of heat, to boneless chicken tenders. Add the seasoning mix both to your buttermilk marinade, and the pre-frying flour dredge for chicken. The result is juicy, crackling, spicy chicken strips that are perfect for munching at game day events.

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  Air Fryer Chicken Tenders

  

  Crispy chicken fingers with a moist and tender inside, and no messy splatters on your stove, can be yours with this life-changing recipe. All you need are a few common pantry ingredients, plus chicken, and an air fryer. A surprise marinade ingredient (it's pickle juice!) provides a ton of flavor, and locks in moisture.

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  Crispy Baked Chicken Tenders

  

  Wow your family with these restaurant-style chicken fingers. There is no mess from frying, with this oven-baked version that is succulent and tasty, with an awesomely crunchy coating just like the fast-food kind. Crushed garlic croutons are the secret to achieving that crispy crust kids and adults crave.

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  Grilled Chicken Tenders

  

  Fire up the BBQ (or your oven broiler) to make these easy grilled chicken strips. This recipe skips the breading and frying, marinating the meat in store-bought Caesar salad dressing instead, for a lighter, low-carb chicken strip that doesn't skimp on juiciness or taste. Use to top salads, or serve with boiled potatoes and a side green veg for a complete family meal.

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  Beer-Battered Chicken Strips

  

  Golden, crunchy, beer-battered chicken strips are a game day staple. This fan-favorite recipe produces the fried chicken fingers of your dreams. All you need is beer, chicken, and a few ingredients that are probably in your pantry.

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  Quick and Easy Garlic Baked Chicken Fingers

  

  Crunchy baked chicken strips with a garlicky coating are a healthier way to let your family enjoy chicken fingers. Serve them with oven-baked French fries, and a carrot-raisin salad, for a kid-friendly meal that is healthy and satisfying.

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  Dominican Deep-Fried Chicken Tenders

  

  You'll love the mouth-watering Caribbean fusion flavors in these Dominican-style fried chicken tenders. Make them for a flavorful upgrade on the usual game day snack, marinating chicken in a savory garlic-soy-lime bath, before dredging it in seasoned flour, and deep-frying to perfection.

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  Spicy Sriracha Panko Chicken Fingers

  

  Spicy Sriracha sauce makes a scrumptious coating for Panko-crusted chicken fingers. Bake them up in the oven for an easy after-school snack, or a weeknight family dinner with a salad, fries, and sweet-and-sour sauce for dipping.

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  Buffalo Chicken Strips

  

  Buffalo chicken strips just like the kind you'd get at the pub are easy to make at home with this recipe. These are spicy and saucy enough to taste like a guilty pleasure, but with far less grease than the restaurant version, because you "fry" them in the oven. Serve with the included Buffalo aioli, or a blue cheese dip.

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  Chicken Tender Piccata With Lemon and Parsley

  

  Chicken picatta is a classic, comforting Italian dish that cooks tender chicken pieces in a buttery, lemony sauce with briny capers. Serve it anytime you need a quick and elegant dish for entertaining, garnishing with fresh chopped parsley.

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  Chicken Strips With Grits and Green Onions

  

  Cook up a satisfying, down-home chicken dinner with this easy, Southern-style recipe. Use chicken tenders, or slice boneless, skinless chicken breasts into strips, and dust with seasoned flour, for browning in a skillet. Combine on plates with sauteed green onions and garlic, and hot cooked grits, for a warming weeknight meal.

• Chicken Mains
• Dinner
• Main Dishes
• Cooking for Kids