How to bake chicken tenders in the oven?
Arrange a wire rack on top of a baking tray. Spray the rack generously with a nonstick spray ( this is important as it prevents the chicken from sticking). Arrange the chicken spaced a little apart. Then lightly spray them with a cooking oil spray (optional, but it is still better than deep frying). The breadcrumb coating is crispy, well-seasoned, and not too thick. Chicken tenders are also juicy and perfectly cooked. Instead of following the traditional breading technique (which didn’t yield good enough crispiness anyway), I took these Baked Chicken nugget recipes as a reference here. While these baked chicken tenders are just delicious as it is, I have tossed them in a hot honey glaze. Of course you can serve the hot honey sauce as a dipping sauce. You might find chicken tender sold separately in supermarkets or you can ask for it at your local butcher. But don’t worry if you can’t get hold of chicken tenders, cut boneless chicken tenders into thin strips and use them instead( as I have shown below). Instead of going for flour-egg wash coating, this recipe calls for a two-step process that is less messy and gives the best result. For deep frying, the flour-egg wash coating works the best, but when I tried the same technique in this recipe the chicken didn’t turn out crispy, and also the flour remained slightly raw. Mayo and sriracha marination tenderizes the chicken and helps them to keep moist. Sriracha also seasons the chicken, instead of keeping it bland. Why do we place chicken on a wired rack while baking? – While testing I noticed, that if coated chicken was placed directly on the baking tray and baked, the part touching the tray didn’t crisp up. Instead, it gets steamed and stays soggy. When placed on a wired rack, the hot air circulates underneath the chicken making it crispy. And also no need to flipping the chicken in between.
How long do you cook chicken tenders at 400°f (200°c)?
In a conventional oven, bake chicken tenders in the oven 10-12 minutes at 400 F / 200 C . If the chicken is too thick, 1-2 minutes more that’s all, else the chicken will turn dry.
Tip: if the chicken is refrigerated, make sure you bring it to room temperature before baking for it to cook evenly.
Honey mustard chicken tenders
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