Crispy Chicken Fingers. Crispy Spicy Fried Chicken Cooking by our grandpa for Orphan kids. Chicken fingers are very popular in Philadelphia, which is where I was raised and currently lived! There are Deli's and Chinese fast food stores on pretty much every other corner in Philly.
Chicken fingers, also known as chicken tenders, chicken goujons, chicken strips, tendies or chicken fillets, are chicken meat prepared from the pectoralis minor muscles of the animal.
These strips of white meat are located on either side of the breastbone, under the breast meat (pectoralis major).
With Ellie Kreiger's recipe for crispy chicken fingers from The Food You Crave, I can give into my cravings without feeling like I'm selling out to Mickey D's evil empire.
You can have Crispy Chicken Fingers using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Crispy Chicken Fingers
- You need 300 grams of chicken breast fillet.
- It's 1 1/2 cups of milk.
- Prepare 1 Tbsp of brown vinegar.
- Prepare 2 cups of self raising flour.
- You need 1 Tbsp of garlic powder.
- You need 1 Tbsp of sweet paprika.
- You need 1 Tbsp of white pepper.
- It's 1 Tbsp of chicken stock.
- It's 1 Tbsp of brown sugar.
- Prepare of Canola oil for frying.
Whole-wheat chicken tenders you can easily whip up at home. If we had to bet, chicken fingers have probably been one of your go-to snacks since you were in elementary. Homemade chicken fingers marinated in buttermilk, then fried to crispy golden brown. The ultimate chicken tenders that are even better than what you'd get at a restaurant.
Crispy Chicken Fingers step by step
- Slice chicken into fingers..
- Mix milk and vinegar together (makes a butter milk) in a bowl and throw chicken in - soak for 10 minutes or so while you get your coating mix ready..
- Flour, garlic powder, paprika, pepper, stock and sugar into a bowl- mix well..
- Now coat your your chicken in flour mix. I then dunk back in butter milk and coat again in flour mix for a thicker, crispier coating..
- Heat oil to high heat in a small pot and deep fry chicken in batches until browned and crispy- draining on paper towel. Season with salt if needed. Enjoy!.
Chicken fingers are one of those childhood comfort foods you'll never grow out of. Crispy Chicken Tenders marinaded in buttermilk then fried (or oven baked!) golden brown are juicy The addition of the KFC spices that I use in my potato wedges recipe takes these chicken fingers. This baked chicken fingers recipe guarantees the most perfectly crispy chicken every single time! Chicken breasts are baked with a cornflake coating for an easy appetizer or main dish. Crispy Baked Chicken Fingers recipe: These are great with your favorite dipping sauce or in a yummy chicken parmesan sandwich.
