Easiest Way to Make Perfect Chicken Fingers

Chicken Fingers. Remove from the pan and keep the fingers warm. The coating should be crisp and the chicken should be juicy without any pink inside. In a plastic bag, mix bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese; set aside.

In a small bowl, mix the egg, buttermilk and garlic powder. Pour mixture into bag with chicken. Everyone's two-thumbs up favorite for a family-friendly meal, chicken fingers get a major upgrade from the standard variety with just a few quick improvements from Betty Crocker. You can have Chicken Fingers using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken Fingers

1. Prepare 1 cup of Flour.
2. Prepare 1 lb of Chicken Tenders.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of Cornmeal.
4. It's 2 tbsp of Cajun seasoning.
5. It's 2/3 tbsp of Salt.
6. It's 1/2 tbsp of Pepper.
7. It's 2 of Eggs.
8. It's 1 tbsp of Hot Sauce.
9. You need 1 cup of Frying Oil - veggie or peanut.

Your secret ingredient for these homemade chicken tenders is Progresso™ plain or Italian style panko crispy bread crumbs. These crunchy baked chicken tenders are life changing! The secret to truly golden, truly crunchy baked breaded chicken is to toast the breadcrumbs in the oven first. Bonus: No dirty fingers with my quick crumbing technique!

Chicken Fingers step by step

1. Turn the eye on to med low. Always heat oil very slowly and make sure oil is 350°.
2. Pour oil into a cast iron skillet. Your skillet may require more or less but make sure the oil will almost cover the tenders..
3. Beat eggs and hot sauce together. The container should be able to hold a couple tenders at a time..
4. Combine all dry ingredients in a deep plate or pan with sides. Set up a holding dish with wax paper in order to double batter..
5. once you have egg mix, flour mix, and holding dish you are ready to batter..
6. Submerge as many tenders in the egg mix as possible. (This will get really messy so I use one hand for egg dipping and transfer into flour mix. I use my other hand to flour the tenders.).
7. Remove from egg mix and place in flour mix. Coat both sides of tenders with the flour mix and then place on holding dish..
8. Continue with egg and flour coating until all tenders are in holding dish..
9. Now repeat steps 6 and 7 for the double batter. This makes for a better crunch!.
10. Once oil is hot enough place a few tenders in to fry. If oil is not hot enough the crust will be mushy. If the oil is to hot the chicken will be raw in the middle..
11. The tenders will need to fry about 5 min on each side or until the crust is browned to your liking. I like to place fried tenders on a cooling rack in a warmed oven to make sure they remain crisp..
12. Make sure the chicken is cooked and serve with you favorite dipping sauces!.

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