Description
These Hot Honey Air Fryer Chicken Tenders are a delicious twist on classic chicken tenders, with a crispy cornflake coating and a sweet and spicy hot honey drizzle. Perfect for a quick and easy weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
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Chicken:
- 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts sliced into strips
Egg wash:
- 1 large egg
- splash of water
Cornflake breading:
- 2 cups crushed cornflake cereal
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Hot honey:
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 – 4 Tbsp hot sauce
Miscellaneous ingredients:
- cooking oil spray (avocado oil)
- minced fresh parsley for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare: Add cornflake cereal to a resealable plastic bag and crush. Whisk egg and water in one bowl. Combine cornflake crumbs, salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne, thyme, onion powder, and garlic powder in another bowl. Preheat air fryer to 400°F.
- Bread chicken: Coat chicken in egg mixture, then in cornflake crumbs.
- Air fry: Spray basket, place chicken tenders, air fry at 400°F for 8-10 mins.
- Make hot honey sauce: Simmer butter, honey, and hot sauce in a saucepan.
- Drizzle and serve: Drizzle hot honey sauce over chicken, garnish with parsley.
Notes
- This recipe yields 10 chicken tenders, serving 4-5 people.
- Store-bought hot honey can be used as a shortcut.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken tender
- Calories: 502 kcal
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 1714mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 81g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 107mg
