This chicken tender recipe with pork rinds is super easy to make and taste phenomenal! Oven-baked for a crispy exterior yet still tender and juicy on the inside.
3chicken tenders (or breasts)Approximately 3 tenders per chicken breast
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius).
Cut the chicken tenders or chicken breasts into strips.
Add pork rinds to Food Processor, blitz until bread crumb consistency.
Combine the Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning and pork rinds in a shallow bowl and the mayo in a second bowl.
Dredge the chicken fingers through the mayo, coating completely.
Transfer to breaded mixture (pork rinds, parmesan cheese, and seasoning). Coat the chicken tender thoroughly and place each chicken strip in an oven safe casserole dish.
Bake 22-25 minutes until golden brown and chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 F
Recipe Notes
Pork Rinds are less absorbent than bread crumbs (panko) and provide the crisp, crunch, and flavor you'd expect from fried chicken.
Parmesan cheese, real parmesan cheese is essential. This will not work with powdered parmesan cheese. Real parmesan will melt and help bind everything together and enhance all aspects of this recipe.
Mayo helps protect the chicken from drying out in the oven. This ensures your chicken tenders are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. You can also substitute egg.Let me know if you want more delicious chicken recipes. We also have a pretty extensive recipe index for any occasion; just browse through our website recipe collection.