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Citrus Spicy Chicken Tenders
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Citrus Spicy Chicken Tenders

Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 16 Chicken Tenders
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp. hot sauce
  • 2 cups whole wheat panko bread crumbs
  • 2 tbsp. Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • Olive Oil Cooking Spray
  • salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix together the buttermilk and hot sauce. Put the chicken tenders into the buttermilk mixture and allow to sit for 15-20 minutes.
  • Mix together the bread crumbs, lemon zest, pepper flakes and a generous amount of salt into a shallow dish.
  • Put a wire wrack over a baking sheet. Spray with cooking spray. Dredge the chicken in the bread crumb mix and then lay on the baking sheet. Spray the tops of the chicken with cooking spray.
  • Bake the chicken tenders for 10 minutes. Flip the tenders and bake another 10 minutes. If you like your tenders super crispy, you can broil for the last 2 minutes.

Notes

The rack for this recipe is pretty important because you don't want the tenders to be soggy on the bottom.