Buttermilk Fried Chicken Tenders

Name: Buttermilk Fried Chicken Tenders
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 2 pounds chicken tenderloins; 1 cup buttermilk; 1½ teaspoons salt; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; ¼ teaspoon garlic powder; ¼ teaspoon paprika; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 1½ teaspoons baking powder; 1 heaping teaspoon salt; ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ¾ teaspoon garlic powder; ¾ teaspoon paprika; 3 tablespoons buttermilk; 3 to 4 cups vegetable oil, (for cooking)

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Buttermilk-marinated chicken tenders fried until golden and crispy, seasoned with cayenne and paprika. Juicy inside and superior to any restaurant version.

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Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

For the Marinade

2 lbchicken tenderloins
1 cupbuttermilk
1½ tspsalt
¼ tspcayenne pepper
¼ tspgarlic powder
¼ tsppaprika

For the Breading

1½ cupsall-purpose flour
1½ tspbaking powder
1 tspsalt — heaping
¾ tspfreshly ground black pepper
¾ tspgarlic powder
¾ tsppaprika
3 tbspbuttermilk

For Cooking

3–4 cupsvegetable oil — for cooking

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Method

40m total

Read the method on Once Upon a ChefJennifer Segal’s original page

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 311mg
Calcium: 107mg
Iron: 2mg

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