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Cholula Chili Garlic Chicken Strips |
Why go to those fast-food joints for chicken tenders? Make it better at home and with real breast-meat chicken. No anonymous meat in here!
I was intrigued by this brand of hot sauce ever since a fellow blogger used it for a wing recipe.
Have to say, I am definitely NOT a fan of hot HOT food or sauces. I like a nice hot sauce, but it has to have good flavor, not just tons of heat.
I found the original variety in both my stores, but I really wanted their “flavors.” Especially this chili garlic and chipolte. Those varieties are not to be found here so I had to go to my pals at Amazon–these guys always come through for me LOL. I could get a variety pack at the same price per bottle that they want in the grocery store.
I got the idea for this off of Cholula’s website in their recipes. Naturally I always have to change stuff, and I thought the introduction of some panko crumbs would improve this. Funny thing is, I had no club soda or seltzer and all I could get in my local convenience store was an assortment of regular sodas (pops). I just guessed that ginger ale or lemon-lime would be a good substitute. Beer would be too, but the rest of that would go to waste where the other options wouldn’t, so I chose the lemon-lime variety. But the original club soda/seltzer or beer, etc., would make a nice and tasty change.
My chicken breasts were about 8 oz each. They were bigger ones, but you’d need about 1 pound to serve 2 for a dinner, and more if you are doing this as an appetizer for a party.
Use any flavor hot sauce you wish. I just liked the flavor of the chili garlic with this.
A nice dipping sauce would go well here. Offhand I’d use some mayo with some of the chili garlic hot sauce, a shake or 2 of dehydrated onion and some dry ranch dressing mix.
Cholula Chicken Strips
- 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup lemon-lime soda (like Sprite)
- 3 tbs Cholula Chili Garlic Hot Sauce
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers
- 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 cup oil for deep frying
Cholula Chili Garlic Chicken Strips |
Cholula Chili Garlic Chicken Strips |
alkinsey says
Can you bake these with this mixture???
Judith Hanneman says
I don't see why not, although I would spray them with Pam or if you have one, a Misto filled with olive oil.