Fried Chicken Tender Bites with Buffalo Ranch Dipping Sauce
Fried Chicken Tender Bites with Buffalo Ranch Dipping Sauce
Prep time: 45 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 1 Hour
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 - 2 pounds Smart Chicken Organic Chicken Tenderloins, cut into thirds
- Vegetable Oil, for deep frying
- Kosher Salt
- Cayenne Pepper
Flour Dredge
- 2 cups AP Flour
- 1/2 tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Kosher Salt
Beer Batter Dredge
- 1 cup AP Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 1/4 cup Beer (any light beer you like)
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Kosher Salt
Buffalo Ranch Dipping Sauce
- 1/4 cup Mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Buttermilk
- 1/4 cup Sour Cream
- 1 TB Chopped Fresh Parsley
- 1 TB Chopped Fresh Chives
- 2-3 TB Hot Pepper Sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®)
- 1 Garlic Clove, grated
- Squeeze of Lemon Juice
- Kosher Salt, to taste
Instructions
- Whisk together the buffalo ranch sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Heat a large pot of oil a few inches deep to 375F and set out a large sheet tray lined with a wire rack for the chicken to land on out of the fryer.
- In one large bowl, whisk together the flour dredge ingredients.
- In a second large bowl, whisk together the beer batter dredge ingredients.
- Season the chicken tender pieces with kosher salt.
- To dredge the chicken, toss them in the flour dredge first until evenly coated.
- Shake off any excess flour and then transfer them to the beer batter dredge. If the beer batter gets too thick over time you can add a little more beer to thin it out.
- Coat them in the beer batter dredge, letting any excess batter drip off and then place the chicken pieces back into the flour dredge.
- Working in batches, add the dredged chicken to the pot to fry until golden brown. (About 5 minutes) You want to make sure the oil stays between 350F-375F during the frying process.
- Transfer the fried chicken to the wire rack lined sheet tray and season with kosher salt and a light sprinkle of cayenne pepper.
- Serve with the buffalo ranch dipping sauce.
