Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets
Chicken nuggets and tenders from the air fryer — honey sriracha tenders, hot honey chicken bites, homemade nuggets, spicy tenders — easy weeknight dinners.
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Crispy chicken tenders with a sweet and spicy glaze
Ashley PanIngredients
- 6 Chicken tenders
- 1/2 cup A. P. Flour - plain
- Wet Batter:
- 1 Egg
- 1/3 cup A. P. Flour
- 1/2 cup Cold water
- Seasoned Flour Mix:
- 2 cups A. P. Flour
- 2 Tbsp Adobo seasoning
- 1 Tbsp Garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp Onion powder
- 2 tsp Paprika
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Pepper
- Sweet & Spicy Glaze:
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1/4 cup Sriracha
- 1 Tbsp White vinegar
- 1 tsp Korean chili powder
Instructions
- 1Pat dry chicken tenders
- 2Heat oil to 300 F
- 3In a small sauce pan, bring honey, sriracha chili powder, and vinegar to a simmer, let it reduce slightly, reduce heat to low
- 4Dip chicken in this order: plain flour, wet batter, seasoned flour, wet batter, seasoned flour, now fry in oil for 5 minutes
- 5Repeat for all chicken tenders
- 6Now heat oil to 350 F and fry each of the chicken tenders again for 2 more minutes, this makes them extra crispy. The internal temp of fully cooked chicken is 165 F
- 7Toss chicken tenders in sweet and spicy glaze
- 8Serve and Enjoy!
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Nuggets are the one dinner nobody argues about. Cutting up your own chicken breast takes ten minutes, and the air fryer gets the coating crisp without a pot of oil on the stove.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on busy school nights, when the kids want something they recognize, and on Sunday when they're packing lunches and want a batch in the fridge.
Every recipe here is chicken and a coating you already have: Honey Sriracha Chicken Tenders, hot honey chicken bites for meal prep, plain Chicken nuggets, Homemade Chicken Nuggets soaked in pickle juice, and Healthy Chicken Nuggets! rolled in corn flakes.
Quick Tips
- 1
Cut even pieces
Slice the breast into 1 to 1 1/2-inch chunks so they all finish at the same time. Uneven pieces mean some are dry before others are done.
- 2
Soak in buttermilk or pickle juice
Give the chicken 30 minutes in milk with lemon juice or pickle juice. It seasons the meat all the way through and helps the coating stick.
- 3
Spray the coating
Mist both sides with cooking spray before they go in, then again at the flip. Dry breading turns chalky instead of golden.
- 4
Don't crowd the basket
Cook in a single layer with space between pieces, about 10 to 12 minutes at 400°F, flipping halfway. Two batches beat one soggy one.
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