# Honey BBQ Chicken Tenders

A recipe for making crispy chicken tenders coated in a sweet and savory honey barbecue sauce.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken tenders
- handful flour
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- chili powder
- paprika
- cayenne pepper
- corn starch
- little baking powder
- club soda
- ketchup
- healthy amount brown sugar
- apple cider vinegar
- Worcestershire sauce
- healthy amount hot sauce
- honey
- nubs cold butter
- oil
- ranch

## Instructions

1. Season the chicken tenders generously with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, paprika, and cayenne pepper, then mix everything up and allow the tenders to dry out.
2. To the flour, add corn starch, a little baking powder, and the same seasonings used for the tenders.
3. Transfer 1/3 of the flour mixture into another bowl.
4. Crack in some club soda or anything with fizz into the transferred flour mixture until it resembles a thin pancake batter consistency.
5. Dip the dry tender into the wet batter, then into the dry mixture, one last time into the wet, and then finish in the dry mixture.
6. To make the honey barbecue sauce, combine ketchup, a healthy amount of brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, a healthy amount of hot sauce, and honey.
7. Add nubs of cold butter to the sauce to make it smooth.
8. Drop the breaded tenders into oil set at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. After 5-6 minutes, remove the tenders and allow them to rest.
10. Return the tenders to the oil for 1 minute to get them golden.

## Equipment

- bowl

## Tips

- Always remember the breading sequence: wet, dry, wet, dry.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/tTQiP8E5eKs?si=MSMp-ZEu13u7b8Tq
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/036c9583-a26b-4034-bd9f-2425798b0176
- Extracted: 2026-02-22

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