Ingredients
- 2 cups sweetened coconut flakes
- 2 pounds hen tenders
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup panko crumbs
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. Garlic powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Oil for frying
Dipping Sauce
- 1 cup mango nectar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- three/four teaspoons Sriracha
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons honey
Red pepper flakes for garnishing, optional
Instructions
Instructions
- If baking, pre-toast coconut. Preheat oven to 325 stages F. Place coconut in a skinny layer on a baking sheet. Bake for 5-eight mins, stirring midway. Keep a close eye on coconut after the halfway point as it goes from mild to toasted inside seconds. Remove and stir. Allow to chill. If frying, do not pre-toast coconut.
- In a small vessel, combine salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Set apart.
- Add eggs, milk, and 1/3 of the seasoning combination into a huge shallow bowl. Beat eggs. Set aside.
- Add flour and the closing seasoning combination into 2nd wide shallow bowl. Mix to mix. Place coconut in a third huge shallow bowl.
- To coat fowl: Dip chicken into the flour aggregate to coat. Shake off extra. Dip into egg aggregate. Allow excess to drip off. Dip into coconut, patting coconut onto chook. Place onto a baking sheet. Continue coating the closing chook. Allow tenders to rest approximately 30 minutes to permit time for the coating to paste.
- Make sauce: a small saucepan, off heat, whisk mango nectar and cornstarch until there aren't any lumps. Whisk within the final dipping sauce substances. Place on medium high warmth, whisking frequently. When sauce begins to bubble, whisk constantly until thicken. Remove from warmth. Garnish with purple pepper flakes just earlier than serving, elective.
- If frying, preheat 1 half to 2 inch oil to 360 stages F in a skillet. Working in batches, add bird. Fry for five-eight minutes or till cooked thru, turning over midway. Cooking time varies with length of tenders and fluctuating heat.
- If baking, preheat oven to 400 stages F. Place fowl on a organized baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 mins or till cooked via.
- Serve with dipping sauce. Makes about 14 hen tenders.
Recipe Notes
- To assist breading stick, shake off excess flour and egg wash while coating tenders.
- To save you coating from falling off in the course of baking or frying, permit tenders to relaxation approximately half-hour after breading to offer it time to stick previous to cooking.