In this video I’m going to share how I make frozen chicken tenders in my air fryer. It’s a quick and easy dinner idea, and it’s a kid friendly meal. All frozen foods cook differently and so I always start with the package instructions and adjust from there. The air fryer cooks hotter than a regular oven, because it’s a mini convection oven. So you are Air Frying and not Deep Frying. It’s different! With an air fryer, your cooking temperature will always be a littler lower and cook times a little less. You do need to experiment to get the food the way YOU like it! But remember that cooking meats requires a certain internal temperature for it to be safe to eat. So don’t under cook your frozen food! Food safely first.

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How I made the Chicken Tenders:

1. I used Breaded Chicken Tenders from Trader Joes.
2. Space out the chicken in the fryer basket. Don’t overlap!
3. Cooking Temperature: 400 degrees F
4. Cooking instructions: Air fry for 8 minutes, pull out the drawer and flip the chicken tenders over, return to air fryer and continue cooking another 11 minutes. So I had a total cook time for 19 minutes. You could simply cook them 10 minutes on each side to simplify, which is what I’ll do the next time I make them.

I spritz using peanut oil which is optional. I personally like it, but you don’t have to add anything extra if you don’t want to. If you want to use something other than peanut oil, select an oil with a high smoke point so it doesn’t burn or make a mess.

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Recipe for Copy Cat Chick Fil A Sauce:

* 1/2 cup Mayo
* 2 tsp prepared mustard
* 1 tsp lemon juice
* 2 tbs honey
* 1 tbs smokey BBQ sauce

Instructions
Whisk all ingredients together.
Store unused sauce in a tightly sealed container in the fridge.

You can add a dash of paprika but I haven’t tried it that way. Maybe for the next video!

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