Air Fryer Almond Flour Chicken Tenders with Spicy BBQ Sauce
Chicken tenders coated in parmesan almond flour breading and cooked until perfectly crisp in the air fryer. Dip in spicy bbq sauce or sauce of your choice.
2poundschicken breastboneless and skinless (about 4 medium breasts)
1cupalmond flour
¼cupparmesan cheesecanned
¾teaspoongarlic powder
¾teaspoononion powder
¼teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonpaprika
1egglarge
Spicy BBQ Sauce
¼cupSweet Baby Ray's Original BBQ Sauce
¼cupbuffalo sauce
¼teaspoonbutter
Instructions
Cut each chicken breast lengthwise into strips that are about 1 inch wide by 1 inch thick. Set aside. (If using medium chicken breast, one breast will make 2-3 strips)
Crack the egg into a medium sized bowl. Whisk until combined and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the almond flour, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and salt. Mix until combined. Set aside.
Preheat the air fryer to 390 F.
Create an assembly line to dip the chicken tenders. Set the chicken tenders on a plate, set the bowl of egg next to the chicken and the almond flour next to the egg.
Using a pair of tongs, each chicken strip in the egg until evenly coated.
Remove from the egg mixture and dip evenly in the almond flour mixture until evenly coated. Set aside.
Once the air fryer has preheated, place the strips evenly in the bottom of the air fryer. The strips can be touching, but should not be overlapping or stacked. (Depending on the size of your air fryer, this will need to be cooked in 2 different batches).
Cook at 390 F for 14-16 minutes. The cook time will vary slightly depending on the thickness of the chicken. Test the temperature of the thickest piece of the chicken with a meat thermometer. Chicken is fully cooked when it reaches 165F.
Spicy BBQ Sauce
Melt the butter. Set aside.
Combine the bbq sauce and buffalo sauce in a microwave safe dish. Heat in the microwave for 20 seconds.
Stir in the butter. Mix until combined. Serve!
Notes
Nutrition facts are for ⅕ of the recipe (about 2-3 strips depending on the size of chicken strip). The spicy bbq sauce adds an additional 38 calories and 1 gram of protein.