Coconut Chicken Tenders

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs chicken tenders
• 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs
• 1 cup of shredded sweetened coconut
• 1 egg
• 0.5 (15 ounce) can condensed milk
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• salt and pepper
• peanut oil (for frying)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 marmalade

Recipe

• 1 on a cookie sheet, season chicken with salt and pepper on both sides. set aside. in a medium bowl, mix orange juice, condensed milk, and a beaten egg until your “wet” mixture is well incorporated. in another bowl, mix coconut and panko crumbs.
• 2 heat peanut oil in a medium pan or skillet on medium-high heat. fill pan to about 1/2′ of oil. dip and fully coat each tender in the egg mixture first and then the panko/coconut mix.
• 3 set each coated chicken on a cookie cooling rack.
• 4 fry each tender for 6-8 minutes until golden brown.

recipe

• 5 serve with a honey marmalade dipping sauce - directions: in a small bowl, add honey and marmalade. heat in the microwave for 1 minute. stir everything until well mixed.