Ahhhh chicken tenders, such a great staple, and there are so many great ways to make them. These Easy Garlic Butter Chicken Tenders are my new favorite. I mean just look at them…yum! They are high protein, low carb, keto friendly and take about fifteen minutes start to finish.
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Let’s talk about the Tenders:
“Tenders” are a small piece of meat attached to the under side of the chicken breast. Most supermarket meat departments carry them already packaged as tenders, usually by the pound. But if you can’t find tenders you can always thinly slice a chicken breast into strips, they will still be delicious and very tender.
How to Make Easy Garlic Butter Chicken Tenders:
To make Easy Garlic Butter Chicken Tenders combine tenders, onion powder, Italian seasonings, paprika, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Then you heat a pan, add olive oil and butter and cook the tenders for 3-4 minutes a side. Next, you’ll remove them from the pan, add more butter and garlic to the pan and cook for a minute, then add the tenders back to the pan, tossing in the garlic butter sauce for two minutes! Five minutes to prep, ten minutes to cook! These tenders are great served over rice, cauliflower purée or mashed potatoes.
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The Recipe: Easy Garlic Butter Chicken Tenders
What you need: a good pan, I prefer cast iron for this one.
A simple, delicious and tasty chicken main course made in about 15 minutes. Great served over rice!
- 1 pound chicken tenders
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- good quality sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablspoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
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In a bowl, place chicken tenders, add onion powder, paprika, Italian seasoning, generous sea salt and pepper, toss until chicken is coated in spices.
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Heat a pan on medium heat for two minutes, add olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter to pan. Swirl pan to get oil and butter evenly distributed. Add chicken tenders in one layer and cook 3-4 minutes and side. While chicken cooks, mince garlic.
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Remove chicken from pan, add two tablespoons butter to pan, add garlic. Cook for 60 seconds, using a spatula to scrape brown bits and seasonings from the bottom of the pan. Add chicken back to pan and cook for two minutes, tossing chicken in garlic butter sauce. Enjoy!
These tenders are great served over rice, cauliflower puree or mashed potatoes. Be sure to drench in the garlic butter sauce!
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