Restaurants were cooking chicken sticks and chicken fingers before 1974. So far, though, nobody has seriously challenged Manchester’s status as first in the nation to embrace the true tender.
Chicken tenders are a popular item at many fast-food chains; some chains have even built their entire business off them. Todd Graves, for example, turned his idea for a chicken-finger restaurant ...
Start by trimming the tendons of the tenders. Combine the brine ingredients ... you'll need to add more as you cook the Chicken. Make sure when you add more oil that you give time for the oil ...
I tried chicken tenders from Popeyes, Chick-fil-A, Whataburger, Raising Cane's, KFC, Bojangles, Zaxby's, and Cook Out. Chick-fil-A and KFC's chicken tenders were similar in their breaded texture.