Honey Gochujang Chicken Tenders | Recipe

Love Me Tender

Crispy Honey Gochujang Glazed Chicken Tenders

Everyone knows chicken tenders are superior to nuggets according to my brother— and his Honey Gochujang Glazed wings prove him right.

One time he demanded a car full of our friends to vote on nuggets or tenders and immediately answered for the car that we all could agree tenders were better. When my brother loves a food, he LOVES it, he will eat it nonstop for months. He’ll make these every week + we’ll huddle around the kitchen island munching on these crunchy tenders. These crispy tenders are super juicy, with a sticky sweet + spicy glaze, they are incredibly addictive. So here's to you loving chicken tenders as much as he does with this recipe!

The full video is here if you want more visual references!

you’ll need:

• neutral frying oil (enough to fill a pan + submerge the chicken tenders)

DRY RUB:

• 1 lb chicken tenders

• 1.5 tsp coarse salt

• 1 tsp black pepper

• 1 tsp paprika

• 1 tsp ginger powder

• 1 tsp garlic powder

WET BATTER:

• 1 egg yolk

• 2 tbsp vegan butter

• 1 cup AP flour

• 3/4 cup water

• dash of salt

DRY BATTER:

• 1 cup AP flour

• 1/2 cup potato starch or cornstarch

• 2 tsp garlic powder

• 2 tsp coarse salt

• 1 tsp black pepper

• 1 tsp ginger powder

• 1 tsp black pepper

THE SAUCE:

• 2 tbsp vegan butter

• 4-5 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 tbsp + 1 tsp gochujang

• 2 tbsp honey

to make:

1. Add your dry rub spices to your chicken tenders + let them sit while you prepare the batter.

2. Mix your dry + wet batter in two separate bowls.

3. Coat your chicken in the dry batter, then the wet batter. Remove the chicken from the wet batter and let the excess drip off. Place back into the dry batter, and pack in the coating onto the chicken so it holds well. Place onto a plate. Don’t place the tenders on top of one another because you don’t want the coating to stick on to other tenders.

4. Heat a pan to medium heat + add neutral frying oil, enough that you can submerge each coated chicken tender in. Fry in batches, taking care to not overcrowd the pan, it’s not a rave!!

5. Remove the tenders from the oil once they’re golden, you can fry them one more time for 30 seconds for a double fry if you want a super crisp fry.

6. Lay on a rack and to let them rest + cool until not too hot to touch. While they are resting you can prepare the sauce.

7. Add butter to a pan on medium heat, once melted add in garlic. Once the garlic starts to fry, add in gochujang, breaking it up in the pan. Add in the honey, stir in until fully blended.

8. Add in your tenders until they’re fully glazed or you can use this sauce as a dipping sauce and let us know if you’re also on #TeamTender after these!