Garlic parmesan chicken tenders! Think garlic parm wings and fried chicken tenders having a baby! Everything you love about both of them, combined into one delicious and lightened up recipe. Delicious air fryer garlic parmesan chicken should be on a weekly rotation!
These garlic parmesan chicken tenders are easy weeknight dinner recipe that is kid friendly, family friendly, anyone friendly. I make it with chicken tenderloins but it can be made with chicken wings, chicken thighs, or any cut of chicken as well. You can make this in the air fryer, like I did, or try the oven or deep fryer.
What Do You Need To Make Garlic Parmesan Chicken Tenders
What do you need to make air fryer garlic parmesan chicken tenders, well an air fryer would be the first thing! I like to use this double basket air fryer or this rack style air fryer. If you do not have an air fryer, you can cook the chicken in the oven at 425 degrees, for around the same time. Follow the same instructions, flipping and spraying the chicken until fully cooked.
Next would be all the ingredients, which isn't much.
- Chicken tenderloins - you can also make this recipe using a different cut of chicken, make chicken nuggets or larger chicken breasts!
- Buffalo Wild Wings garlic parmesan sauce - I am obsessed with this and I want to use it on everything but is not the healthiest thing but everything in moderation. Use a different brand or use egg whites instead.
- Flour - you know, the usual all purpose stuff
- Breadcrumbs - any you want
- Reduced fat parmesan - Kraft makes a good one
- Chicken tenderloins - you can also make this recipe using a different cut of chicken, make chicken nuggets or larger chicken breasts!
- Buffalo Wild Wings garlic parmesan sauce - I have been obsessed with this and I want to use it on everything. It is not the healthiest thing but everything in moderation. Use a different brand or use egg whites instead.
- Flour - you know, the usual all purpose stuff
- Breadcrumbs - any you want
- Reduced fat parmesan - Kraft makes a good one
You can also use melted butter, and grated parmesan, then just toss the wings, or tenders, into the sauce after they are finished cooking.
Skipping the sauce?
Skipping the sauce? Then replace it with liquid egg whites, which is just my classic air fried chicken tenders recipe. I also have tons of other recipes that require the same air fried chicken tenders, just with different sauces. If you prefer something spicy, I highly suggest you check out my Nashville hot chicken tenders. Or, if you are more of a sweet tooth, check out my sweet fried wings, these are one of my favorites.
If you want to skip the breading, but add a little heat, my homemade blackened chicken strips are the way to go. You can find these in stores sometimes, but they are extremely popular and sell out very quickly. Therefore, I just make my own. If you are skipping the breading and the heat, check out my grilled BBQ chicken recipe, very easy and a bit of a sweet tang taste.
What sauce should you pair with this?
Add some more of the garlic parm sauce or make my homemade healthy ranch. This is a ranch dip or dressing made with greek yogurt. It tastes really good and you wouldn't even know it was healthy.
What sides should you pair with this?
If we are making air fryer garlic parmesan chicken tenders, we are going to make some air fryer fries! I love making homemade fries in the air fryer. They come out so crisp and so delicious. Much better than takeout. You can also go the Mac and cheese route with my two ingredient Mac and cheese sauce. Protein packed and very filling.
How to Make Garlic Parm Fried Chicken Tenders
Start by greasing and preheating the air fryer to 400 degrees.
Grab two bowls then combine the garlic parm sauce and the water in one, whisking together very well. In the other, combine the flour, breadcrumbs, parmesan and seasonings.
One by one, dip chicken in the garlic parm mixture then toss in the flour mixture, to completely coat. It only needs to be lightly coated in the sauce mixture.
Place in the greased air fryer, in a single layer trying not to let the chicken pieces touch, as best as possible. You may need to cook in batches if you have a smaller air fryer. If cooking in batches, do not bread chicken until ready to cook as the flour will just melt into the chicken. It is really important to make sure they are not touching to ensure optimal crispiness.
Air fry for 2 minutes Pull tray out and spray chicken with cooking spray (I love using Pam butter spray). Air fry for another 3 minutes. Remove chicken and flip over, spray with cooking spray then air fry for another 4-5 minutes, or until thoroughly cooked. You want the chicken to be golden brown and crispy.
Garlic Parm Fried Chicken Tenders
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken tenderloins
- 6 tablespoons buffalo wild wings grocery parmesan garlic sauce
- 3 tablespoons water
- ¼ cup flour
- â…› cup breadcrumbs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon reduced fat parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Grease air fryer with cooking spray and preheat to 400 degrees.
- In one a small bowl, combine garlic parm sauce and water, in another bowl, combine flour, breadcrumbs, parmesan and seasonings.
- One by one, dip chicken in the garlic parm mixture then toss in the flour mixture, to completely coat.
- Place in the greased air fryer, in a single layer trying not to let the chicken pieces touch, as best as possible. You may need to cook in batches if you have a smaller air fryer. If cooking in batches, do not bread chicken until ready to cook as the flour will just melt into the chicken.
- Air fry for 2 minutes Pull tray out and spray chicken with cooking spray (I love using Pam butter spray). Air fry for another 3 minutes. Remove chicken and flip over, spray with cooking spray then air fry for another 4-5 minutes, or until thoroughly cooked.
Nutrition
How many WW points is this now?! Click on the link below and it will take you to the recipe I made within your own WW app. Your specific points will be calculated, and you can track that.
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