These Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders are made with tender, juicy chicken, breaded and fried until crispy, then tossed in buffalo sauce. They are excellent served with my Keto Ranch Dressing or Creamy Chive Blue Cheese
The Best Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders
A few notes about this Keto Buffalo Chicken Tender Recipe: Instead of frying them, you can bake them on parchment paper at 375°F for 15 to 20 minutes. For either method, be careful not to flip them too many times as this will cause the breading to fall off.
There are a couple of other ways I like to make these—tossed in low carb barbecue sauce or tossed in a fifty-fifty mixture of low carb barbecue sauce and the buffalo wing sauce. That last combination is my absolute favorite.
These low carb buffalo chicken strips are amazing dipped in my Dairy Free Keto Ranch Dressing. Or better yet, if you are a blue cheese fan, try this Chive Blue Cheese Dressing. If you are a fan of Keto Buffalo Chicken Strips, then this is sure to become your go-to recipe.
These Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders are so good that you would never be able to tell them apart from the ones served on your local bar menu. Now you can have all the flavors of your favorite low carb appetizer, but without all the extra carbs.
I have always loved crispy breaded chicken tenders. Even as a child it would be the first thing my eyes spotted on the menu. Now, even as an adult, I still love them. Things are just a little different these days as I make my own keto chicken strips at home.
For many of you, your first instinct may be to walk away when you see pork rinds listed as an ingredient. Trust me when I tell you that you cannot taste them at all. I have never really been a fan of pork rinds, but when used as a low carb breading option, you would never even know they are there. Combining the pork rinds with the Parmesan cheese and the seasoning makes a perfectly crunchy keto breading mix that you can’t tell apart from its gluten-filled, floury counterpart. These keto buffalo chicken tenders are the real deal!
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Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
These Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders are made with tender, juicy chicken, breaded and fried until crispy, then tossed in buffalo sauce. They are excellent served with my Keto Ranch Dressing or Creamy Chive Blue Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 batch Nut Free Keto Breading
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into tender-size pieces
- 1 cup buffalo wing sauce (I use this brand)
- ¼ cup butter (½ stick)
Instructions
- Combine the pork rinds, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and onion powder and mix until well incorporated. Pour the mixture into a thin layer on a large plate.
- Crack the eggs into a shallow bowl and fork whisk. Dip the chicken tenders in the egg wash, and then dredge them in the breading mixture. Make sure both sides are thoroughly coated in the breading mixture.
- Heat 1 to 2 inches of oil is a high-sided skillet. I like to use avocado oil for this. Once the oil is hot and begins to bubble slightly, drop the breaded chicken tenders into the oil. Fry until they are golden brown and crispy on both sides, about 3 minutes each side. Be careful not to flip them too much or else the breading will fall off.
- Remove the chicken tenders from the oil and place them on paper towels to absorb the excess grease.
- In a small sauce pan, heat the buffalo wing sauce and the butter over medium heat. Cook until the butter is melted and mixed into the sauce. Transfer the sauce to a large mixing bowl. Toss the tenders in the sauce until thoroughly coated.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: 30 Minute Meals
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tenders
- Calories: 335
- Fat: 21g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 33g
leigh says
easy and delicious!!! my favorite combo.
Tara says
Easy and delicious recipe. My husband assumed he was eating regular chicken tenders! This will definitely go into the regular recipe rotation at our house.
Sharon says
Fairly new to Keto and have made some new keto recipes for old favorites. This one rates in the top two. Quick, easy and taste wonderful! Since my husband won't eat keto, I plan on refrigeration one serving for tomorrow and going to try freezing the other two for later Quick mea!s.
Thank you for sharing!
Sammy says
I usually don't comment on these types of things but damn the were the bomb I will definitely be making these again! Everyone in the house enjoyed them so much.
Emilie says
Omg so delicious!! This is going to be my new go to meal prep recipe because it was so easy to make.
My only annoyance is that there was so much of the mixture left over once I was done with all the chicken. I think it could easily stretch to another pound of chicken which would ultimately bring the carb count down.
JoAnna says
These were so good!!!
Lorién Cortez says
These are delicious! They were a huge hit. Can they be baked? The amount of oil I need to use to keep breading from coming off is insane!
Thanks!
Brad says
How does cooking them in the over turn out? Pretty good? Or better to just use oil?