Crispy Chicken Tenders

For couple of days I have been craving fried food like onion rings, chicken tenders and cheese sticks. The last time I had these items the quantity was so less that I was left craving. So I decided to make some at home. 

Here is how I made my chicken tenders. Splatter alert, there would be a lot of splattering while cooking the chicken but the taste is  really worth the post cooking cleaning.

So lets get started.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken Breast: 1 
2. All Purpose flour: 1 cup
3. Egg: 1 large
4. Bread Crumbs: 2 cups
5. Salt To taste
6. Red Chilli Powder: 2 tbsp
7. Oil For deep frying.

Procedure:

Rinse and pat dry the chicken breast.

Lay it on the counter between 2 layers of plastic wrap and gently pound until they are about 1/8 inch thick.

Then cut it into strips of your desired size.

Heat oil in a pot.

In the meanwhile mix the all purpose flour, salt and red chilli powder in a large shallow dish.

In a large shallow dish beat the eggs.

Pour the bread crumbs in another shallow dish.

Working with one piece at a time, coat the chicken on both sides with all pupose flour, dust the extra, deep it in egg , let the excess run off and the dredge both sides with bread crumbs.

Place the chicken on a large baking tray while you finish the rest of the chicken pieces.

Now tha tthe oil is hot but not smoking ,  place as many chicken as you can fit in the pan without overcrowding it.

Fry till golden brown on both sides.

Transfer the chicken to a plate lined with paper towel to drain out excess oil.

Finish rest of the chicken tenders and enjoy with your favorite deep and a glass of lemonade.

This would really make a great appetizer for you upcoming 4th Of July parties.

Make some and enjoy.

Till then Happy Blogging

Rakhee