Sourdough Discard Chicken Tenders

Chicken tenders with a dipping sauce on a wooden board.

5 from 5 votes

Sourdough Discard Chicken Tenders

Sourdough isn't just for bread! These baked sourdough discard chicken tenders are a great way to use up any discard. They are a quick and easy dinner.

Prep Time5

Cook Time8

Total Time13

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings: chicken tenders

Calories: 238kcal

Author: Audrey Wood

Cost: $5

Equipment

Frying pan

Ingredients

½ cup buttermilk
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons seasoning salt or more if you like
½ cup sourdough discard
1 pound chicken tenderloins or chicken breast cut into strips
oil for frying

Instructions

Pour your oil in a frying pan and heat it.
oil for frying
In a medium bowl, combine the all purpose flour and seasoning salt. Stir together.
1 ½ teaspoons seasoning salt, 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
In another bowl, combine the discard and buttermilk. Whisk together.
½ cup sourdough discard, ½ cup buttermilk
Coat each chicken tender with the buttermilk and discard mixture then toss them in the flour mixture until they are well coated.
Fry the chicken tenders in batches until the pieces are golden brown. Mine took about 6 to 8 minutes per batch. When they are done cooking place them on paper towels to drain the excess oil.

Notes

Any nutritional information is an estimate by online calculators. Please verify using your own data. This recipe calculated about ¼ cup of oil into the facts.

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