Chicken Tenders with Spicy Sweet and Sour Sauce
Serving size: 1
Calories per serving: 1,792.5
Ingredients:
Calories per serving: 1,792.5
FOR THE TENDERS:
1 cup almond flour
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon dried parsley
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 large eggs
1 1/2 pounds chicken tenders
olive oil cooking spray
FOR THE SAUCE:
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup hot sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Directions:
Combine the almond flour, garlic powder, parsley, paprika, salt and pepper in a shallow bowl and mix well.
In another shallow bowl, crack and whisk eggs and season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Set up an assembly line of the chicken tenders, the egg mixture, then the almond flour coating.
Dip each piece of chicken in the egg, then in the coating, pressing the almond flour mixture into each piece of chicken and shaking any excess off, lightly. Then place each piece of coated chicken onto a clean plate.
Preheat air fryer to 390 degrees Fahrenheit. Once ready, spray the air fryer basket with olive oil spray. Lay some of the chicken tenders in a single layer into the bottom of the basket and spray them well with more olive oil spray. Close the basket and cook the chicken for 7 minutes. Open air fryer basket and flip each piece over and cook for 4 more minutes.
Meanwhile, heat a pan to medium heat on the stovetop, add butter to the pan. Once the butter is starting to melt, pour in the hot sauce, tomato paste, honey, salt and pepper. Whisk the sauce to mix it all together as it cooks for about 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and set the sauce aside.
You can now serve the the chicken tenders three ways. You can coat all of them completely in the sauce, drizzle the sauce over the chicken tenders or use the sauce as a dipping sauce for the chicken tenders.
In another shallow bowl, crack and whisk eggs and season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Set up an assembly line of the chicken tenders, the egg mixture, then the almond flour coating.
Dip each piece of chicken in the egg, then in the coating, pressing the almond flour mixture into each piece of chicken and shaking any excess off, lightly. Then place each piece of coated chicken onto a clean plate.
Preheat air fryer to 390 degrees Fahrenheit. Once ready, spray the air fryer basket with olive oil spray. Lay some of the chicken tenders in a single layer into the bottom of the basket and spray them well with more olive oil spray. Close the basket and cook the chicken for 7 minutes. Open air fryer basket and flip each piece over and cook for 4 more minutes.
Meanwhile, heat a pan to medium heat on the stovetop, add butter to the pan. Once the butter is starting to melt, pour in the hot sauce, tomato paste, honey, salt and pepper. Whisk the sauce to mix it all together as it cooks for about 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and set the sauce aside.
You can now serve the the chicken tenders three ways. You can coat all of them completely in the sauce, drizzle the sauce over the chicken tenders or use the sauce as a dipping sauce for the chicken tenders.