Southern Fried Chicken Strips

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

These pan-fried chicken tenders are ready in 30 minutes. They're easy to make, crunchy, and finger-lickin' good! Serve alongside honey mustard sauce.

Ingredients

30 saltine crackers
2 tablespoons dry potato flakes
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 egg
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch strips
1/4 cup vegetable oil, or as needed

Directions

1 Place crackers in a resealable plastic bag; crush into coarse crumbs. Mix cracker crumbs, potato flakes, seasoned salt, and black pepper together in a shallow bowl. Beat egg in a separate small bowl. Place flour in a third shallow bowl.
2 Coat chicken pieces in flour, beaten egg, and cracker mixture, respectively.
3 Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Pan-fry chicken strips until no longer pink in the center and coating is golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.