Chicken Fingers with Tomato-Jalapeño Sauce

Name: Chicken Fingers with Tomato-Jalapeño Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps unsalted butter or rendered bacon fat; 473 milliliters buttermilk; 454 grams chicken breast tenders, white membrane removed; 237 milliliters cornmeal, preferably stone ground; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 to 2 jalapeño chiles, minced; 4 servings Lemon wedges, for garnish; 454 grams okra, trimmed; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 Tbsps hot pepper sauce; 4 servings Salt; 4 mediums tomatoes, peeled and chopped; 59 milliliters vegetable oil

Chicken Fingers with Tomato-Jalapeño Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free recipe serves 4. One serving contains 665 calories, 35g of protein, and 37g of fat. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have rendered bacon fat, to 2 jalapeño chiles, cornmeal, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Put the chicken tenders in a large bowl and cover with the buttermilk. Stir in the hot sauce. Set aside to marinate for 10 minutes to 1 hour.

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Hot Sauce

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In a nonreactive medium skillet, heat the olive oil over moderately low heat.

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Olive Oil

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Add the garlic and cook until softened, about 4 minutes.

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Garlic

Add the jalapeos, increase the heat to moderately high and cook until the chiles wilt, about 2 minutes.

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Chili Pepper

Add the tomatoes and boil, stirring often, until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt.

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Tomato

Sauce

Salt

Heat a large cast-iron skillet over moderate heat for about 5 minutes.

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Add 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil and increase the heat to moderately high.

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Add half of the okra and fry, shaking the pan, until the okra is bright green and just tender, about 4 minutes.

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Okra

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Transfer the okra to a plate.

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Okra

Add another 1/2 tablespoon of oil to the pan and fry the remaining okra. Season with salt.

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Okra

Salt

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Put the cornmeal on a large, shallow plate.

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Cornmeal

Remove the chicken from the buttermilk and shake lightly. Season the tenders with salt and dredge them in the cornmeal.

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Buttermilk

Cornmeal

Whole Chicken

Chicken Tenders

Shake

Salt

In the same cast-iron skillet, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in 2 more tablespoons vegetable oil over moderately high heat.

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Butter

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Add the chicken tenders to the skillet without crowding and fry until lightly browned and crisp, about 3 minutes per side. Adjust the heat if the oil gets too hot.

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Chicken Tenders

Cooking Oil

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Drain the chicken on paper towels and fry the rest, using the remaining 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon butter.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

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