hey I'm John canel today I'm preppy kitchen we're making some easy delicious air fryer chicken tenders so let's get started first off grab two pounds of chicken tenders and you want to give them a nice Pat with paper towels so they're really dry if they're wet they're not going to hold on to the egg and the breading will add later the glue that'll hold everything together is two large eggs crack them into a shallow dish and we're going to give them a mix give the eggs a light beat so everything is nice and mixed up
in another shallow dish I'm going to combine two cups of Pinko breadcrumbs Pinko breadcrumbs are the cheat code for any air fryer crispy dish because they're really crunchy already and you don't have to add a lot of oil to get that crisp crunchy wonderful texture you can add any of your favorite seasonings to make this recipe your own but a good place to start is 1 teaspoon of paprika and 1 teaspoon of garlic powder okay there we go mix it up so it's nice and combined you could add chili powder to make this spicy you
could add any of your favorite dried herbs it's really up to you this might be one of the most versatile recipes I have on the channel and let me tell you why these can be delicious with anything you can enjoy them as is you could dip them in your favorite sauces one of my favorite things to do is cut the tenders into slightly smaller pieces do the recipe as is and then you can dip them in any of your favorite sauces so if you want to make orange chicken or bourbon chicken or any of those
crispy Saucy chicken recipes that you love without deep frying just make the air fryer version and it's going to be so good you could even use chicken breast cut into any size piece you want and the only thing you'll adjust is the baked time in your air fryer if you want to make my bourbon chicken recipe but use the air fryer method for the chicken tap up here for that video it has a step by- step for the sauce and it is so so good my dredging stations are all set up except I have not
seasoned the chicken tenders that's so important because you need to have that flavor so sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper and I'm using about 1 and 1/2 tspoons of salt and about 3/4 of a teaspoon of pepper but really you want a nice even coating flip all the pieces over and repeat now working a tender or two at a time we're going to dip each one in our egg mixture I'm using a fork so my fingers don't get totally gross let the excess strip off and then we're going to press those breadcrumbs over plop that
onto a line baking sheet just to hang out and now we're going to repeat that for the rest of our chicken tenders but once I have half of my chicken tenders done I'm going to go to the air fryer and get started with that and then finish the rest unless you have two air fryers just before you start dredging preheat your air fryer to 400 F that's a little bit loud so I'm going to have it off but when you do it in the kitchen preheat to save time my air fryer is nice and hot
so open it up and spray the basket with a bit of oil and now we're going to spray the tops of our chicken tenders this is an olive oil mist and it is also a must have if you're air frying anything it's super convenient you can also buy the refillable misters which I had but I but mine broke someone dropped it it wasn't me place the sprayed side face down in your air fryer and you want to leave a little bit of room for the air to circulate don't pack these chicken tenders in and now
spray the top again and we're going to bake at 4 for 6 minutes for the first side then we flip it over all right we be right back after 6 minutes oo this look so good we're just going to flip these over and cook them for about five more minutes so they're cooked all the way through and golden all over 5 more minutes and you're going to be in love with how golden crispy and tender they are out of the air fryer and just cool enough to touch these guys are are going to go in
a Flash really really good flavor through out and so crunchy on the outside but tender and amazing on the inside I hope you had a chance to make this recipe and if you like this video check out my air fryer playlist
