Easy and delicious Panko Crusted Chicken Tenders are great for any day of the week. Tender chicken wrapped up in a seasoned panko crumb with parmesan cheese. Served with a chili lime dipping sauce for a pack of punch!

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You can’t go wrong with Easy Chicken Tenders Recipes. They are easy to make, budget friendly, most people love them and they are so versatile. This recipe brings together tender chicken tenders with crisp panko bread crumbs, a little parmesan cheese and a special blend of seasonings. We served these in wraps with crisp lettuce and cheese for a fantastic lunch!

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What are These Panko and Parmesan Chicken Tenders Like

• Difficulty – These are really easy to make and cook quickly in the oven. You can prep them up to 24 hours and keep them in the fridge before cooking.
• Taste – These are tender, juicy with a light bread crumbed parmesan crust.
• Serving – This recipe will serve about 4 people. In the recipe card at the end of the post you can easily adjust the serving size.

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Ingredients

• Chicken – This recipe uses chicken tenders. They are great for quick cooking and easy to eat as an appetizer or finger food.
• Panko breadcrumbs – Panko breadcrumbs provide texture to the chicken strips. You can substitute regular breadcrumbs for panko.
• Parmesan cheese – Finely grated parmesan cheese is added to the bread crumb mixture for flavour and texture. It’s gives great results!
• Seasonings  – I used a combination of garlic powder, paprika, oregano, salt and black pepper to season the bread crumb mixture.
• Eggs – Helps bind the coating to the chicken.
• Sauce ingredients – For this recipe I made a sauce from mayonnaise, hot sauce and lime juice. Really easy to make and you and adjust ingredients to suit your taste.

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Instructions

• Make dipping sauce – In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, hot sauce and lime juice. Whisk to combine and set aside.
• Prepare bread crumb mixture – In a large shallow bowl, combine the panko bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, sweet paprika, oregano, black pepper and salt. Whisk to combine and set aside.
• Whisk eggs – Whisk the two eggs in a shallow bowl and set aside.
• Coat chicken – Add the chicken tenders to the whisked eggs and coat completely. Next, coat the chicken tenders in the panko bread crumb mixture. Repeat for all chicken tenders and lay on a clean plate.
• Cook chicken – Heat the vegetable oil in a large deep sided skillet about 2 inches up the side. Bring it up to temperature and add one chicken tender to see if it’s ready for frying. It will sizzle if it’s ready. Add about 1/2 of the chicken tenders to the hot oil. Cook for about 2 minutes and then flip over the chicken tenders and cook for about 2 more minutes. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Repeat cooking for remaining chicken tenders and drain them on paper towels as well.
• Serve – Serve chicken tenders hot with the dipping sauce on the side.

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Recipe Tips for Frying Chicken

• Type of oil – It’s best to use vegetable oil or canola oil for frying chicken. Avoid olive oil or avocado oil. Slowly heat the oil to 350 degrees to 375 degrees f. You can use an oil thermometer if you like to get an accurate reading.
• Check while cooking – If you notice your chicken is browning too quickly, you may need to decrease the temperature a little. Alternatively, if it isn’t sizzling, make sure to up the temperature. As the chicken keeps cooking, the oil gets hotter. When new chicken is added, it gets cooler. Maintain a temperature that feels right for that nice golden brown color.
• If your oil gets dirty –  Add some additional oil to the pan to clarify it a little bit. Note that this will temporarily cool the temperature of the oil.

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Substitutions and Other Cooking Methods

• Panko bread crumbs – You could use regular store bought fine bread crumbs or even homemade bread crumbs of your choice.
• Chicken tenders – This recipe will also work with chicken cutlets or chicken breast cut into strips.
• Cooking method – These can be baked in the oven at 375 degrees F/190 degrees C on a large baking tray for about 25 minutes.

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Serving

Serve these tenders up with the Crispy Oven Fries, Parmesan and Garlic Potato Wedges or the Creamy Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream and Mayo.

Here’s a few other sauces you might like to try out!

• Honey Garlic Sauce
• Blue Cheese Dip
• Classic Barbecue Sauce
• Sweet and Sour
• Dijon Mustard & Honey Dipping Sauce
• Garlic Alioli
• Minted Garlic Dip
• Sriracha.
• Jalapeño
• Sweet-and-Sticky Sauces
• Ranch dressing
• Ketchup – of course!

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Frequently Asked Questions

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