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Southern Fried Chicken Tenders- Recipe by Rajiv Chaudhri



Southern Fried Chicken Tenders- Recipe by Rajiv Chaudhri

Ingredients

220g chicken breast filet, boneless
500mL vegetable or cottonseed oil, for frying
50g mesclun (mix leaf), for decoration

Southern fried marinade:

100mL buttermilk
5g Tennessee smokehouse seasoning
100g Rice flour

Chilli sauce:

5mL sriracha sauce
50mL aioli sauce

Method

Prepare the chicken.

Slice the chicken breast flat cutting into half, then cut into 3 pieces.

Mix Tennessee smokehouse seasoning, buttermilk together and place chicken marinade to ensure each piece is well coated. Leave for six hours.

Toss in rice flour and deep fry in hot oil at 175 degrees centigrade for 3-4 minutes or until chicken is cooked.

Once cooked drain off chicken bites and rest for 30 seconds.

Serve drizzled with Hot Chilli Sauce on a bed of chopped mesclun.