This delicious Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Tenders recipe will rock your world, and with the dipping sauce, they’re perfect! Scroll down to the bottom for a printed version of this Chick-fil-A copycat recipe!
We Love Chick-fil-A Chicken Strips
We Love Chick-fil-A Chicken StripsThere is no doubt that when it comes to fast food, Chick-fil-A reigns supreme in our house. When given the choice of any restaurant or fast food joint, in unison the kids shout, “CHICK-FIL-A!” I don’t blame them.
With the delicious nuggets, strips, and sandwiches, not to mention those waffle fries, if you do not live in an area with these choices you are surely missing out. That being said, some nights mom just does NOT want to head out for fast food.
And to fight the cravings, we make our own at home.
This is a delicious Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Strips recipe that will rock your world and tastes amazing. You can use this same recipe for Chick Fil A Nuggets as well by chopping the strips down!
Just add some of your own homemade waffle fries and some honey mustard and you may never want to eat out again!
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Chick-fil-A Chicken Tenders Copycat Recipe
Let’s get our chicken on! This recipe is set specifically for chicken strips and dip, but if you are more of a nugget fan, not a problem! Just chunk your chicken down and then check your chicken early so it doesn’t get overcooked.
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
- 1 cup dill pickle juice
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup peanut oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
You can also make a Chick-fil-A copycat sandwich by leaving your chicken as breasts! Honestly, once you have this recipe down, you are good to go on however you choose to enjoy this chicken recipe.
If you decide to make these as chicken breasts for sandwiches, get the thin ones or slice the breasts in half width-wise so they’re not so thick. They might need a little longer to cook, too.
Slice your (soon-to-be copycat!) chicken into strips lengthwise and place in a large bowl.
Add in the pickle juice
and 1/2 cup of the milk and let marinate for 30 minutes or overnight.
When ready to cook, heat the peanut oil
in a large skillet
or soup pot over medium heat.
Whisk together the remaining milk and egg.
In a large Ziplock bag
, combine the flour,
powdered sugar, salt, and pepper.
Remove the chicken from the marinade, dip it into the milk-egg mixture and then add a few at a time to the bag.
Seal and shake until the strips are fully coated.
In batches, carefully add 4-5 strips of chicken to the hot oil and cook on each side for about 3-5 minutes, until golden brown.
Transfer to a paper towel to drain excess oil as you continue working in batches.
That’s it, you have made a perfect rendition of Chick-fil-A!
Serve with homemade honey mustard or your favorite dipping sauce.
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COPYCAT CHICK-FIL-A CHICKEN TENDERS
Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken strips, nuggets, or sandwich with this versatile and easy chicken recipe
- 1 pound boneless (skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips)
- 1 cup dill pickle juice
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup peanut oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
- Slice your chicken into strips lengthwise and place in a large bowl.
- Add in the pickle juice and 1/2 cup of the milk and let marinate for 30 minutes or overnight.
- When ready to cook, heat the peanut oil in a large skillet or soup pot over medium heat.
- Whisk together the remaining milk and egg.
- In a large Ziplock bag, combine the flour, powdered sugar, salt and pepper.
Remove the chicken from the marinade, dip into the milk-egg mixture and then add a few at a time to the bag.
- Seal and shake until the strips are fully coated.
- In batches, carefully add 4-5 strips of chicken to the hot oil and cook on each side for about 3-5 minutes, until golden brown.
- Transfer to a paper towel to drain excess oil as you continue working in batches.
- Serve with honey mustard or your favorite dipping sauce.
- Want to have Chick-fil-A nuggets instead? Cut down your recipe and watch the cooking time as the chicken will cook faster.
- Prefer to have a Copycat Chick-fil-A Sandwich? Not a problem either! Same recipe, just use a boneless, skinless chicken breast and let cook a bit longer.
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