Frozen Chicken Tenders can be super crunchy, juicy, and delicious when you cook them in Air Fryer. This is the best cooking method that can give your Frozen Chicken Tenders/Strips supreme crunchiness. If you are new to Air Fryer and don’t know how to air fry frozen chicken tenders, don’t worry! it will soon become your favorite obsession. An Air Fryer cooks all kinds of food quickly, crispy, and crunchy.
The best part about Air Fryers is that it’s healthier than frying as they do in restaurants. These Frozen Chicken Strips are great because they don’t take much time to cook. It also saves your preparation time. All you have to do is take them out from the packaging and put them in the air fryer basket, spray some cooking oil and let them cook for a few mins. Sit back relax on the couch.
The resulting Chicken Tenders will be crispy and delicious. These tenders are so easy to make in the Air Fryer.
How to Cook Frozen Chicken Tenders in an Air Fryer?
It’s really simple and quick to Cook Frozen Chicken tender in Air Fryer. The dipping can be barbeque sauce or honey mustard sauce. If you are quite creative, then you can make sweet and spicy chicken wings sauce which is also a great option.
- First, preheat the oven at 360°F.
- Put Chicken Tender in the air fryer basket and spray some cooking oil so that it won’t stick to the surface of the air fryer basket.
- Arrange the Frozen Chicken Tenders in the basket so well that they don’t touch one another.
- Cook for 10-12 mins. at 360°F.
- Shake the basket occasionally and cook for extra 1-2 mins. until they the level of crispiness as you expected. You can also increase the temperature to 400°F for 1-2 mins., but make sure they don’t burn.
How Long to Cook Frozen Chicken Tenders in an Air Fryer?
If you are cooking Frozen Chicken Tenders in an Air Fryer at 400°F, then you have to cook for 7-8 mins. Make sure your Chicken Tenders are cooked from the middle. You can leave them for 5 mins. more after cooking at 400°F. The heat will cook the middle part perfectly.
On the other hand, You are cooking Frozen Chicken Tenders in an Air Fryer at 360°F, then you have to cook for 10-12 mins.
How to Cook Two Types of Frozen Breaded Chicken Tenders/Strips in the Air Fryer?
First, You have to know which one of two types of chicken you are dealing with. Frozen Breaded Chicken Tenders/Strips come in both Raw and precooked.
Raw Frozen Breaded Chicken:
Raw means chicken has not been cooked at all. It means you to cook the chicken longer than if it was pre-cooked. If you are going to cook raw frozen breaded chicken, use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature that should be 165°F.
Pre-Cooked Frozen Breaded Chicken:
In Pre-cooked Frozen Breaded Chicken, the chicken flash is frozen usually, then cooked before it ships to the grocery stores. Approximately 90% of Frozen Breaded Chicken Tenders/Strips are pre-cooked. These would be typical brands such as Tyson, Kirkwood, and Perdue.
