Try and tell me one thing that sounds more fun than the full family getting together to make these chicken strips from scratch, I’ll wait. Imagine you and your kiddos all working as a team laughing, smiling, while making these delicious tenders. Honestly, these taste amazing but the fun involved in making them from scratch, and making them healthy, makes them all the better!
These southern-style flour dredged chicken strips are easy to make in the air fryer and make a great alternative to breaded chicken tenders, they only take 10-20 minutes to cook, as I said it is super easy! Serve with a creamy American-style honey mustard dipping sauce.
So what are yous waiting for, grab your friends, family, or if you are wanting to make these for some alone time then get your apron on, and lets get cooking!
Air fryer chicken strips- ingredients!
You do not need to many ingredients in order to make these chicken tenders, and I will also give u a quick little recipe for a great dipping sauce but this is optional as these also work well with other sauces like ketchup, mayo, BBQ sauce and so much more;
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced or crushed
- 5 tbsp plain yoghurt
- ¼ tsp salt, plus extra for seasoning
- 2 chicken breasts
- 6 tbsp plain flour
- 6 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
- 1 tsp garlic granules
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 free-range egg
- olive oil cooking spray
and if you want to make the amazing dipping sauce for the side;
- 1 tbsp runny honey
- 1 tbsp light mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- ½ tbsp wholegrain mustard
- ½ tsp white wine vinegar
Air fryer chicken strips- method
There are only a few simple steps you need to follow in order to make these amazing chicken strips, so let’s get started.
Step 1
We are going to start off with marinating the chicken. To marinate the chicken, combine the garlic with the yoghurt and salt. Cut the chicken into roughly 3cm/1¼in wide strips and marinate in the yoghurt mixture for at least 20 minutes, or if you have the time it will be good to leave it overnight.
Step 2
Next we are going to start off the chicken strips. Grab a large bowl and mix together and combine all of your weighed out flour, breadcrumbs, paprika, garlic granules, cayenne pepper and a generous amount of salt and pepper and this will create your dredging mixture. In a smaller bowl or a cup beat the egg and pop in a little pinch of salt and pepper. Shake off any excess yoghurt from each chicken strip before dipping it first in the egg, then in the dredging mixture. Use one hand for wet ingredients and another for dry to avoid coating your fingers
Step 3
Spray the bottom of the air fryer basket with olive oil spray and arrange a single layer of chicken strips in the bottom. Now we are going to cook our tenders! Spray the top of the chicken strips with oil before air-frying for 15 minutes at 200C, turning roughly halfway through. Repeat until all the chicken strips are cooked (you may need to work in batches to make sure they are all evenly cooked!)
Step 4
While your chicken is cooking it is time to make all of the sauce! Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl, and mix. Then pop them into a little dish and put them on the side of your plate, then once your chicken is cook (cut down the middle of one to test there is no pink) pop these on a plate and serve! Enjoy!
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