Truly Crispy Coconut Chicken Tenders
Crispy, delicious and so addictive, this coconut chicken with hot honey will be your new favorite dish it is so good. The super crispy coating is amazing and the homemade hot honey dipping sauce could not be tastier or easier to make
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken tenders cut in half length wise or chicken breasts pounded out and cut into 1 inch strips.
- 1 cup Vegetable oil
Chicken Coating
- 1 ½ cups shredded coconut unsweetened
- 1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- ⅛ cup Corn starch
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more for sprinkling over cooked chicken
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
For the Hot Honey
- ½ cup honey
- ⅛ cup Sriracha Or whatever hot sauce you have on hand.
Instructions
- Make your hot honey by mixing your honey and hot sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Prepare your chicken tenders by cutting them in half length wise.
- Grab 3 large shallow bowls and a large plate (the plate is for the chicken after it is coated).
- First bowl: Add your flour, corn starch, salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder and mix well.Second Bowl: Add your Eggs and mix well.Third Bowl: Add your Panko bread crumbs and shredded coconut and mix together.
- Dip your chicken in the flour mixture and shake off any excess.
- Now dip the chicken in the egg and then into the breadcrumb/coconut mixture.
- Place the coated chicken on a plate and repeat these steps until all the chicken is coated.
- Pre-heat your pan on medium heat for 3-5 minutes.
- Once your pan is pre-heated, add your vegetable oil and let it heat for a few minutes.
- Drop a piece of chicken into the pan. If it starts to sizzle right away the pan is ready.
- Add your chicken in two batches to the pan.
- Cook the chicken for about 3 minutes and then flip. The chicken should look brown and crispy when it is ready to flip.
- Cook the other side of the chicken for another 3 minutes or until the chicken is nice and golden brown.
- When ready, remove the chicken from the pan and place on to a cooling rack.
- Sprinkle lightly with a little kosher salt while the chicken is still hot.
- Finish cooking the remaining chicken by following the same steps.
- Serve immediately with the hot honey on the side for dipping.
Nutrition
Calories: 584kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 154mg | Sodium: 1143mg | Potassium: 651mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 191IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 4mg
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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