Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers
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Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers – Easy oven fried chicken tenders tossed in a delicious sweet and spicy honey chipotle sauce!
Winger’s Sticky Fingers, Crispy Coconut Chicken Tenders, and Baked Firecracker Chicken Tenders are more chicken recipes to try next!
Ever been to Chili’s? Annnnnd did you try their Chicken Crispers? I bet you can’t guess where I’m going with this. Chili’s Chicken Crispers were my inspiration for this dish. My husband and I went to Chili’s often when we were dating and he always ordered their Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers. The sauce here is the real star of the show, so sweet and sassy with that chipotle spice… I just can’t. get. enough! You won’t believe how easy these are. Simply coat the chicken strips, let em bake til crispy, dip them in the sauce, and then smother them in cool and creamy ranch dressing.
Ranch dressing: not a requirement, but totally recommended.
Easy oven fried chicken tenders tossed in a sweet and spicy honey chipotle sauce!
More Recipes to Try
- Strawberry Bacon Chopped Salad – turn healthy into irresistible.
- Maple Dijon Chicken – hits sweet and savory in all the right ways.
- Garlic Parmesan Chicken – pure comfort with every bite.
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Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers
Ingredients
- 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded to ½ inch thickness and sliced into strips
- 1 cup flour
- 2 cups panko bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 eggs,, lightly whisked
- 8 tablespoons butter, melted
Sauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons chipotle adobo sauce , (the sauce that chipotle peppers are packed in inside the can! These can be found in the latino section at the market near the canned jalapeños.)
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce , (I used Franks)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- ⅓ cup cold water
- optional: ranch dressing for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. Pour melted butter onto a large baking sheet and brush to coat entire surface.
- Whisk together flour, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Place bread crumbs in a second bowl, and eggs in a third bowl. Dip chicken into flour and turn to coat. Next, dip chicken into egg, turning to coat, and lastly into panko bread crumbs, tossing to coat well. Place coated chicken strips in a single layer on prepared baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes, then flip strips over and bake another 8 minutes. Remove from oven.
- While the chicken strips are baking, prepare the sauce. Add all ingredients except for water and corn starch to a large sauce pan and bring to a gently boil, whisking throughout. Whisk together cold water and corn starch until corn starch is dissolved. When sauce reaches a boil, add corn starch-water mixture and stir until sauce thickens. Reduce heat to low.
- When chicken strips are finished baking, dip chicken strips in sauce, tossing to coat. Serve warm with ranch dressing for dipping if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
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How could i freeze this? Then heat it? I have little ones and time in the kitchen is limited.
Just make sure that when you are freezing them, you freeze them separately first… once they are frozen you can then put them together in a bag. I’d recommend cooking them in the oven when you’re ready. It will help keep the coating more crisp.
These have become a favorite aT our house. I omit the butter, but otherwise folloW the recipe. One of my kids Favorite meals.
Way to go, Summer! I am super excited to hear that you and your family enjoy this recipe so much!
This was a good try but its definitely not like chilis…
I just made this. My favorite!!!
I just made this. My favorite!!
Made these today, and I followed the recipe exactly…I must say they were WAY too sweet. No one at the table could finish it. Next time, I’ll increase the chipotle sauce, and decrease the honey. The tenders did have the perfect crunch though.
THIS SAUCE. This is finally the sauce that matches the honey chipotle chicken crispers at Chili’s. I’ve tried a few recipes but this nails it. I have extra sauce and am very happy about this. I have a licensing exam next week and I think I’ll throw the extra on a package of frozen chicken tenders for an easy meal while I’m studying next week.
So delicious! Even my picky husband loved them!
I have a question about the chipotle peppers. Do you add the whole chipotle pepper in the sauce or at a certain point do you blend it up so that it’s not a whole pepper in the sauce?
Made these today. Somewhat involved for after work dinner, but well worth it. DELISH!