Baked panko chicken tenders

These KFC Oven Fried Chicken Tenders are my KFC copycat recipe! Made in the oven, tastes like KFC, nice and crunchy but with just a fraction of baked panko chicken tenders calories! These are Baked Fried Chicken Tenders are a total crowd pleaser!

Spices and a fraction of the calories! I have it maybe three times a year. I’d say every few months, I have the urge to splurge. And my bottom hates me for it.

I do the drive through because I’m too ashamed to risk being seen inside KFC. And though I savour every bite while I’m consuming it, I always regret it afterwards. It’s heavy and excessively greasy and I don’t feel great. And yet, there’s a repeat performance every few months. I contemplated about the ridiculousness of craving something that makes me feel not-so-crash-hot afterwards. SO much fun, so enjoyable while it’s being consumed.

Unless you’re drinking real French champagne, in which case, you’ll be headache free! Made this for dinner the other night, this really does taste like KFC! I’ve had around 10 goes, using recipes I’ve found online and trying my own variations. Here’s the thing that I’ve come to accept. You can make truly crispy oven baked wings, but it only works really well with wings using a very unique technique discovered by America’s Test Kitchen.

There needs to be enough oil so the chicken floats in it, not just a thin layer in a skillet. There’s a silver lining to every cloud! Just because an exact KFC copycat can’t be made in the oven, it doesn’t mean that you can’t make something similar! And that’s what I have here for you today.