Chicken Tenders

This recipe was made when I once thought of making fried chicken for a play date. The children whom we were expecting didn’t consume too much spice. This recipe has moderate spice, easy to handle by kids and its super crunchy.

Once upon a time, we did get frozen chicken tenders or chicken nuggets. This was around 11 years ago, me a new mom trying to have my son taste everything out there ..I have no idea why I never wanted to try cooking things on my own with a fear that all these “gora khana” or “American food” cannot be tried at home. I believe its the motherhood, when new does not let you pay attention to other things that you might enjoy exploring. Funny, right but that’s a reality. Ask any new mom, its Baby, Baby and Baby and times when you get to breathe for yourself, all you want is your Pj’s and a cup of coffee, or wait a warm plate of reheated noodles, store bought, left overs from the restaurant or anything.

My older son suffered from reflux and believe it when I say, that I was ready to feed him anything that his body would not convert to vomit. It’s sad but a fact that store bought chicken tenders were preferred over home made Biryani, and I felt that my cooking skills were so bad that he prefers store bought. It took me a while to understand that being a little child finger foods made him happier and that helped him keep the food down. So, during those days, to keep my sanity I would buy anything that my son enjoyed eating. After around 2 years, once the home food made its place in his taste buds, I started feeling that the frozen chicken nugget is too much junk and I stopped bringing them in altogether. By the way, all along Mr. Parveez always told me to give up bringing in all the garbage from the frozen section. My husband has always been against frozen food.

So, years later, the play dates started increasing and it was getting hard to satisfy the little tummies with sandwiches and cheese toast so, I finally came up with my own version of chicken tenders and if you try this recipe, there will be no looking anywhere ever. Its easy to make and never met a kid [or even an adult] who didn’t take seconds.

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Chicken Tenders

Boneless chicken cut to strips, marinated, rolled in flour and deep fried.

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Cuisine

American, Indian

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Passive Time

30 minutes

Servings

people MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 1 LB Chicken Breast cut to thin strips
• 1 No. Egg whisked
• 1/2 + 1/2 tsp Salt marination + Flour
• 1/2 tsp Red chili powder
• 1 tsp Garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 3 TBLSP Lemon juice
• 1 cup milk cold
• 1.5 cup Flour
• 1/2 cup Bread crumbs
• 3 cups Canola oil To deep fry

Cuisine American, Indian Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Passive Time 30 minutes Servings people MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1 LB Chicken Breast cut to thin strips 1 No. Egg whisked 1/2 + 1/2 tsp Salt marination + Flour 1/2 tsp Red chili powder 1 tsp Garlic powder 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder 3 TBLSP Lemon juice 1 cup milk cold 1.5 cup Flour 1/2 cup Bread crumbs 3 cups Canola oil To deep fry

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Instructions

1. Mix milk, lemon juice, egg, turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp salt and chili powder. Mix them all well. Take the chicken strips and marinate them in the mix for 30 minutes

   
2. Add flour, salt and bread crumbs to a ziploc bag. Add the marinated chicken strips to it. See that you only add the chicken and not the whole marination. Shake the bag so all the chicken pieces are well coated.

   
3. Deep fry the chicken strips till they turn golden brown.

   
4. Serve them warm with ketchup or chutney, whatever is preferred by your guests and a side of french fries.