Honey Garlic Chicken Tenders

Ingredients

• 2 lb chicken tenders (About 14–16 tenders)
• 4 cup buttermilk (For the marinade)
• 0.25 cup hot sauce (For the marinade)
• 2 tbsp mustard (For the marinade)
• 1 egg (For the marinade)
• 1 tbsp paprika, chili, and garlic spices (Combined spice listing for the marinade; exact individual proportions are not specified)
• salt and pepper (To taste; for the marinade)
• 6 cup flour (For the dry batter)
• 2 cup cornstarch (For the dry batter)
• 1 tsp baking powder (For the dry batter)
• 1 tbsp paprika, chili, and garlic spices (Combined spice listing for the dry batter; exact individual proportions are not specified)
• salt and pepper (To taste; for the dry batter)
• 20 oz sparkling water (About 2 cups; mixed with about 2 cups of the dry batter)
• 2 egg (Added to the sparkling-water batter)
• 1 stick butter (For the sauce; equivalent weight is not stated in the source)
• 10 cloves garlic (Minced; for the sauce)
• 1 tbsp jalapeño pepper, crushed (Called jalapeño dust in the written recipe; the visible product text identifies McCormick Jalapeño Pepper Crushed)
• 1 cup hot sauce (For the sauce)
• 0.25 cup honey (For the sauce)

Steps

1. 1

   Combine the buttermilk, 1/4 cup hot sauce, mustard, 1 egg, the paprika/chili/garlic spice mixture, and salt and pepper to taste to make the marinade.

2. 2

   Place the chicken tenders in the marinade and coat them thoroughly. The source provides no marinating time.

3. 3

   Combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, the paprika/chili/garlic spice mixture, and salt and pepper to taste to make the dry batter.

4. 4

   Transfer about 2 cups of the dry batter to a separate bowl.

5. 5

   Add the sparkling water and 2 eggs to the separate bowl of dry batter, and mix to form the wet batter.

6. 6

   Coat the marinated chicken tenders in the prepared batter mixture and seasoned dry batter. The source does not specify the exact coating order or frying method.

7. 7

   Prepare the sauce by melting the butter, then adding the minced garlic, crushed jalapeño pepper, 1 cup hot sauce, and honey. The source does not provide cooking temperatures or times for the sauce.

8. 8

   Finish the cooked chicken tenders with the honey-garlic sauce. The source does not specify the final tossing or serving procedure.

Notes

The supplied description lists the ingredients but does not state the marinating time, frying oil, cooking temperature, frying time, sauce-cooking time, or detailed assembly order. These details should be confirmed from the original video before cooking. The ingredient list says “1 stick of butter” without specifying its weight.

Nutrition per serving

• main
• chicken
• fried
• crispy
• spicy
• sweet-savory
• American
• high-protein