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8
Servings
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20 min
Preparation Time
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10 min
Cook Time
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Elevate your chicken tenders with a crispy oatmeal coating, adding a wholesome twist to this classic dish for a crunchy, flavorful meal everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Quaker® Oats-Old Fashioned
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 lbs chicken tenders, sliced in half lengthwise if large
- 1 cup potato starch
- 2 tsp baking powder
- Vegetable oil, for frying
Cooking Instructions
- Whisk together buttermilk, pepper, salt, paprika, and cayenne pepper.
- Add chicken tenders to buttermilk mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours, up to overnight.
- Place oats in blender. Blend on high speed to produce oat flour.
- Mix oat flour, potato starch, and baking powder together in small bowl.
- Remove chicken tenders from buttermilk mixture. Do not discard buttermilk mixture.
- Whisk oat flour mixture into buttermilk mixture to form a smooth batter.
- Return chicken tenders to oat batter and coat each piece thoroughly with batter.
- Heat 1 inch of vegetable oil to 340°F in a large deep skillet.
- In batches, carefully lower battered tenders into pan.
- Fry until golden brown, turning once, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of each piece registers 165°F, about 5 minutes.
- Drain chicken on paper towels. Keep warm in a low oven while you fry remaining chicken tenders.
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- Calories 390
- Total Fat 17g
- Saturated Fat 2.5g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 65mg
- Sodium 460mg
- Total Carbohydrate 31g
- Dietary Fiber 1g
- Total Sugars 3g
- Added Sugars 0g
- Protein 29g
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 20%
- Iron 15%
- Potassium 4%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
