Low Carb CHICKEN TENDER Battle - The BEST Keto Chicken Finger Recipe! 

LINK: perfectketo.com/B2G1WHEY CODE: B2G1WHEY Buy 2 Keto Whey Get 1 Free! I want to personally thank Perfect Keto for partnering with me and sponsoring this video! Low Carb Chicken Finger Battle - The Best Keto Chicken Tender Recipe! Join us as we make two of the best low carb chicken tender recipes! These keto chicken fingers are just as crispy and delicious as traditional fried chicken tenders. The breading options of pork rinds or whey protein, along with seasonings of your choice, make for crunchy low carb chicken nuggets that are perfect for dipping. These chicken tenders can be fried in oil or made in an air fryer - your choice! -------------- LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO Visit my friend's channel At Home With Misty: ru-vid.com/show-UCXhDLmPpdv4PNSkBqhz0NyA My Low Carb Biscuit Battle: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DtYc5j592yE.html -------------- PRODUCTS USED IN THIS VIDEO Oat Fiber: www.netrition.com/lifesource_oat_fiber_page.html Proteak Cutting Board: amzn.to/2Qb2dLX My Amazon Shop: www.amazon.com/shop/highfalutinlowcarb (We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.) --------------- SIFT Y'ALL MERCHANDISE! Get your "SIFT, Y'ALL!" shirts, hoodies and aprons by visiting: shop.spreadshirt.com/lowcarb -------------- MY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Patreon: www.patreon.com/highfalutinlowcarb Facebook: facebook.com/highfalutinlowcarb Twitter: twitter.com/hf_lowcarb Instagram: instagram.com/highfalutinlowcarb Shirts & Aprons: shop.spreadshirt.com/lowcarb Amazon Shop: www.amazon.com/shop/highfalutinlowcarb Email Inquiries: wes (at) highfalutinlowcarb (dot) com Music by Epidemic Sound. #chickentenders #lowcarbchickentenders #ketochickenfingers

If you have problems with your "coating" sticking while frying, coat it all and refrigerate them for 20 minutes or so before frying. It sets the coating, let's the dry parts absorb the wet parts. I make double or triple batches and freeze them after the coating has set.

I am 73 pounds down since January 2019. I was losing interest in my keto recipes and your videos have awakened my keto bug. I have been more excited and exploring more and more keto recipes. Thank you.

I made these tonight.. the pork rind recipe. Dude these were insane. My wife absolutely flipped out. Chicken was tender and the flavor is out of this world. Honestly better than any flour battered tenders I’ve ever had. Kudos!

I’ve found a great trick to breading fried foods is to only use the egg whites, things stick a lot better.

Recently I saw someone mix a cup of sharp cheddar with a 1/3 cup of pork rind panko that they just pulsated in a food processor, and they said that the ratio was perfect on tenders. Someone in their comment section also added that instead of putting the chicken into an egg wash and then coating it with that mix, they subbed it out for an avocado mayo and then packed the mixture onto that, and put it in their air fryer for 395 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 mins. I am very excited to try this very soon!

I’m sure someone has already commented on this, but love the Flo “Kiss my Grits” art! 👍

I just want to note.....I got free Perfect Keto products today because I’m a healthcare worker!🥰. Great company!

I mix all my spices and herbs into my egg wash. This helps to keep the herbs and spice from burning in the oil. I do a combination of oils. Usually Lard and bacon grease mixed together.

For air fryer, spray chicken on both sides, then put in refrigerator for at least 15 minutes before cooking. Do this for any "breaded" foods in the air fryer. Keeps breading in place.

Rewatching this battle. I wanted to wrap my head around each type of breading. Thank you for your BATTLES. I love each and every one. I love my THermopen. My Grandkids got it for me a few years ago for Christmas.

The oat fiber is a brilliant suggestion! Thank you both Wes and Misty

I just started my keto 5 weeks ago. Down 10 lbs. you are a ‘hoot’! I love it..you make me chuckle....I learned several good tips today. I love being in my kitchen for 51 yrs now. Thank you for helping us to continue to cook healthy! Just ordered the fiber for frying....

Thank you! I've been asking for a chicken nugget battle for a while. Tenders are close enough, lol. Some great tips. I add some nutritional yeast to the parm cheese pork rind breading. It just adds a little something to the flavor.

Thank you for explaining what some of the ingredients do, especially the whey protein.

Marinate the tenders in pickle juice A couple of hours and you have another knock off (Chick-fil-A). Does the whey powder dry on the utensils like cement?

I subscribed immediately just from this video! I'm on day 9 of keto and I've been haunted by fried chicken for days!!! Lol This will help me immensely! Thank youuuu!! 😋🥰🇨🇦

Always good to see you Wes. Thank you for reminding people about the correct oils to use and for your comprehensive directions. You provide valuable information and yummy stuff. some slip-shod directions on other channels drive fussy me, crazy. Be well.

I loved this video. You always do a great job of explaining every step. I am excited to try these "breadings" for fried fish, fried green tomatoes, bloomin' onions, fried mushrooms, fried pickles and anything else I can get my hands on!

I've used the pork rind recipe quite a bit. I think adding the oat fiber at the beginning might be a game changer.

Oh my golly this is just what I needed. Hmmm maybe part 2 using the air fryer?? 😉😉 Thanks for sharing today. Love and blessings.

The notification "Highfalutin' Low Carb has uploaded a video" means my day has been made. :) Thanks for making my day, Wes!

OMG my heart tingled when you took that first bite. I've obviously got some issues. Definitely going to try both recipes! Thank you!

We just finished supper, and tried this recipe. HEY HOWDY!!! Winner winner chicken dinner. We used the whey powder recipe...but realized our's was vanilla flavored. Guess what? It didn't matter...no taste other than the tiniest bit of sweetness. This was absolutely delicious, and we used your cookie sheet/rack idea, and it was perfect, no greasiness at all. You (and we) hit a home run and out of the park for this one. A real keeper ... THANK You so much for sharing it. :) Not a scrap of it is left :)

My wife wants to lose weight and I'm doing it with her for support. I'm looking for new health recipes and I came across this!!!!!!! Definitely gonna have to make this happen. Thank you for everything you do and supporting the keto family.

Thank you for this! I've been doing the pork rind/Parmesan coating for several years now, and we Love it! I soak the chicken in the egg/cream wash for a few minutes with some hot pepper sauce added--the hot sauce tenderizes the chicken, but doesn't make it spicy. That coating also works very well baked at 410 for about 30 minutes for bone in chicken pieces--comes out super crispy and it's super easy. I like the oat fiber recommendation, too. Love your videos!

Yum! I'm glad you got the "Kiss My Grits" up finally!!

I always get happy when you post a new video! ❤ I've tried a bunch of breading and this is by far the best one I came up with. For 1 lb of chicken: • egg wash (2 eggs + splash of cream) • 1/2 cup pork rinds • 2 scoops of whey • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast • seasonings of choice Fry in coconut oil (I tried avocado but it smokes for me). Perfect and super crunchy every time! And now I finally know what to do with that big bag of oat fiber I have! 🤣

Look how GOLDEN BROWN they fried! I would never have thought to use oat fiber as an "egg" adherent!! Thank you for the tip!!!

Since watching this video, I've tried both of these versions to make the chicken fingers. I really liked them both but preferred the pork rind version a lot more since I like "extra crispy". The oat fiber dredge is a great tip too! Thanks for the good eats!

1/2 tsp salt pepper garlic powder onion powder paprika, & pinch of cayenne mixed into 1/2 cup grated Parmesan (Kraft) and 1 cup powdered pork rinds OR whey protein powder Dredge in OAT POWDER , then into 2 eggs beaten with 2 tbsp cream, then into pork rind powder or almond flour Fry in avocado oil

Oh. My. Goodness! Delicious doesn’t even begin to describe these. I made the whey protein version but made a couple of small changes: I soaked the chicken in heavily salted water for around three hours before preparing, so I reduced the salt in the breading mix to 1/4 teaspoon and fried them in bacon grease, which I had an abundance of. Even my husband, who doesn’t eat keto loved them.

Love this. I mix protein and pork rinds for the breading, with grated cheese and parmigiano. Sometime drip bit of egg into Brading to make lumps before breading for extra crispy. Also consdider milk with lemon juice to make a buttermilk to pre marinade thr chicken . Great videos

Omg Wesley where did you get the Kiss my grits picture... I love it

I’ve been making chicken tenders this past month and they taste better than regular breaded ones, I dust them in coconut flour, egg wash, pork bread crumbs. I found they come out best in oven but by using broil, doing them in regular oven bake dries the chicken too much when u cook it enough to make it crunchy, so I broil them on one side, flip and broil other side. There is a decent amount of oil that comes out of pork crumbs so it basically not only fries it and makes it crunchy, it gives the chicken a slight flavor of being fried in animal lard malign it even more amazing which u don’t get when u fry it. I eat them with a mayo sugar free ketchup mix.

Awesome Wes! I can't wait to try these! You are a meticulous perfectionist! Stay well and thanks for all your creativity .....you should be a star on cooking channel!✌

When i do this with pork rinds i put the pork rind coating in a bag and shake like shake and bake

I made homemade Keto chicken tenders a week ago and used "heavily seasoned" King Arthur Keto flour. I dredged the tenders in the flour first, then egg, then flour again. I let the flour hydrate before frying and they were great. I deep fried them in lard, come at me bro, they were freakin' delicious. Dipped in Sweet Baby Ray's buffalo sauce then into Marzetti's Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing... 11 out of 10.

I found a keto chicken tender recipe on a website somewhere that uses crumbled up pork rinds in the crust. You crush the rinds season them and dip your chicken in an egg and then in the pork rinds and bake them. I swear it tastes almost exactly like Chick-fil-A.

Great video! I've tried some of these, not these exact ones. I do a blending of some almond flour and ground pork rinds. I like to add nutritional yeast flakes, which can add an additional flavor and crunch. I have not tried the oat fiber, so I'm excited to try that next!

He said “please don’t do that!” 😆 sooo adorable awe

Slightly wrong on the oat fiber... I've gone through 5 lbs in a year! I do experimenting and I always sub part of the coconut or almond flour with oat fiber cuz it works so well! 🙂

Light olive oil (not EVOO) has a smoke point of 465-470 F. It works very well for frying. It also has a very neutral flavor profile.

Yes! You DEFINITELY bring joy to our lives!!!

4C brand makes a shelf-stable parmesan that does not contain cellulose. It’s at the supermarket by the pizza sauce.

Dude, I absolute adore your face when you bite into that chicken and your enjoyment is making me want to make them myself.

This is the BEST low carb chicken we’ve ever made!! Made the pork rind air fried and fried in avocado oil and both are outstanding! Thank you!!

Okay, Wes, you have never steered us wrong, and this recipe is a home run! I tried it last night, and this chicken came the closest to my late mama's southern fried chicken! Mama's chicken was loved by so many people, and this really was the closest! I used the whey protein powder and lard. Delicious!

Thank you once again for taking the time to invite us into your kitchen while you entertain and tempt us with these wonderful recipes. Btw.. I like the little candle looking light behind you. Don't remember seeing that before. (I am always nosy and looking around while you are talking, lol. And does it drive you crazy that there is not enough room to make you knives stand up straight?)

I know when the fist goes to the forehead and the other hand comes up to the camera, it's a recipe I am definitely going to make! I just took chicken breasts out of the freezer, and I can't wait to try these, Wes. Your reactions always make me chuckle. THANK YOU for sharing these wonderful recipes and taking the time to make such well-done videos. As a (now retired) multimedia teacher, I know how much time editing takes. Oh, and the "Kiss My Grits" poster is awesome! Can't wait for the next video! Stay safe and well, my dear. I will comment again once I try these.

Oh my! I made your chicken fingers made with whey protein powder. THEY ARE OFF THE CHARTS THE BEST CHICKEN FINGERS!!!!! Thank you so much!

I literally made some last night lol, half of the tenders were almond flour and the other half was Coconut flour!!!

Thanks for the whey recipe, and the oat fiber for the first dredge! I bake my tenders in a 350 oven, using avocado oil poured to a depth of about 1/8”. I flip them halfway through the baking time til they are golden, about 35 minutes total, adding more oil if necessary when I flip them. They come out nice and crispy, and I don’t use a ton of oil.

yay! I'm so glad that the oat fiber worked for you too! Those look so good. I want to dip some in some chipotle ranch! Love your face!

So when I used to fry stuff regular chicken fried steaks and chicken. Used to make a gravy out of some of the grease and crispy bits. I tried it with this recipe and it turned out pretty awesome.. Took a little bit of the grease with some crispy bits a little bit of butter. Thru in some almond flour and browned it (happened quick so be carful) Then I added milk and decided to put a little pinch, maybe a sixteen tsp of xanthum gum in it, salt and pepper to taste and simmered it down to gravy came out virtually exactly the same. Highly recommend.

I normally use Isopure with the same amazing results you got. I do bone in, boneless fried chicken and fish. Delicious! 😋 I'm looking forward to giving perfect keto a try. I'm interested in these light and fluffy baked goods. I've always been a home baker but sadly I've lost that passion with keto baked goods. They haven't measured up in the 3+ years I've been doing them. Expensive ingredients with so-so results.

I made the pork rind recipe with the oat flour and just some garlic powder mixed into the pork rind/parmesan mixture, and it is fantastic! I shallow fried some chicken tenders and pickle chips and it worked excellently for both. The pickle chips were a little salty though and I didn't even add any extra salt. So your advice to be mindful of the salt is spot on. Thank you so much for this.

Wesley, O Wesley ... Could you, pleeeeease, do a keto beef stroganoff battle? *Thank you.*

I made these tonight. Wonderful recipe!!! I did the protein powder recipe with a few kimchi flavored pork rinds added. I did forget to add the salt to the oat fiber. It was needed. But these came out AAAAAAhhhhmazing. I also used the dredging for zucchini coins. Those were wonderful as well. I think I would have only needed half of the oat fiber as I had quite a bit left over. Other measurements were right on. I will definitely be using this recipe again and again. No need to look at any others. Fish is next as I have been craving a fish sandwich. Thank you for sharing YOUR recipe.

This inspires me to come up with a coconut shrimp recipe!

You are absolutely my favorite RU-vidr. Thank you SO much for these videos!!

It took us lots of trial and error but we came up with a great spicy keto chicken strip recipe using pork rinds that we shared the video and recipe on our site. We love watching your cooking battles.

I use this same breading recipe but I fry my tenders in pure lard. It is DEE-licious!

I’ve been waiting for this for my whole life. Tendies are my weakness.

I just tried the whey dredge but instead of chicken tenders I did chicken livers. OH! MY! STARS! Winner winner chicken dinner!!! This definitely goes in my Keto Keeps folder!!

Thank you for the suggestion of netrition.com, I'm like a kid in a candy store with all these options!

So, I switched to Keto 10 days ago (I did a lazy version last year but still lost 12kg) and it's been going really well. I also gave up smoking/vaping and drinking... so it's been quite a week! Feel better for it, but I knew come payday I'd be craving some KFC. Alas, I tried this out! I couldn't get my hands on oat fibre, so had to use ground almonds (basically almond flour) and lard > avo oil and I also used the full KFC seasoning list. I put them in the fridge for 15 mins or so as Cheryl suggested and it did seem to help, though a couple did slightly fall apart while devouring them, so I've chucked some oat fibre in my Amazon basket for next time! I have to say - and I don't know if they're different in the UK - but the Pork Scratchings were a little overbearing. You could definitely taste them, even though I put a lot of KFC spice mix in both the almond flour and the crushed rinds it struggled to come through the pork flavour. I wanted the Hot Wings kind of texture rather than original recipe, so I didn't grind the rings particularly finely. Wonder if that made a difference? Either way, I'm glad I tried, my KFC craving is gone and it feels like I've cheated without cheating (Halloumi fries ftw)! A big thanks for the channel, Wes! I rarely subscribe, but your channel has been a great watch over the past two weeks and no doubt beyond. EDIT: Think I've worked out why the rinds were so overwhelming. I used a full on KFC spice mix, which contains a lot of garlic salt, as well as celery salt and pink salt. I guess combined with the salt in the rinds, I ended up with exactly what you warned about! Doh!

I might try the whey protein powder coating to fry some pickles. I really miss those!

Keto Rewind sent me! I went right over to the corn bread recipe and made it...delicious!!

Don't forget to hit "All" on notifications and not Personalized. Personalized lets RU-vid pick and choose what to show you.

Wesley I was hoping you would drag that fork over the crust to show us how crispy they were! Good job!

WAIT!!!!!! What?!!!!!! "Low Carb | High Snark" LOL You just get me....

I've tried making a good chicken finger so many times i've lost count but overall I'd mark them under the unsuccessful column. The one thing I haven't tried is the initial oat flour dusting you did. My upcoming weekend project will now be chicken finger redux, I am optimistic. Mahalo for another great video.

Has anyone tried ground lupin? I just found some at my last Costco haul and I want to try it as a fried chicken coating.

OMGOODNESS. WES WES WES Made these for dinner tonight..... AMAZED AT THE CRUNCH, GREAT FLAVOR ( ADDED CUMIN, OREGANO,BASIL. Only had Romano ), THE OAT FIBER IS AN EXCEPTIONAL TIP. Will be making this again and again. Took your advice an kept the pan not too crowded. My cast iron cooked them wonderfully at 290 degrees. LOVE your vids. LOVE watching your reactions, good or not so much, THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.

You know it's really good when your teeth are moving faster than your lips are.😁 Glad to know there are others who every now and again bite the lip while chewing.

Finally tried this and the oat fiber is an absolute game changer. I had tried every type of keto flour, pork rinds, whey protein, etc and the breading would come off. Not anymore. Also it's much easier to put the oat fiber in a plastic bag and then you can dredge a whole bunch of chicken tenders at once in the first layer like shake and bake method. Not sure how well it would work for the final breading layer, but it works very well for the oat fiber. My favorite was a combination of a little of everything almond flour, pork rinds, parmesan cheese, and whey protein isolate. Coconut flour doesn't work too well because it doesn't get crispy. thank you so much for this idea I can have fried Chicken now

My son is complaining that you didn’t send him any. He wants his piece.

Hi Mr. Highfalutin, I tried the protein powder recipe and fried them in my cast iron frying pan. I realized quickly, I can't fry on the stovetop at all! Lol. They all overcooked and we're tough even when I kept temping them. So I decided to trust you that pork rind tenders don't taste or smell like pork rinds. I cooked them in the air fryer. I forgot to spray them, but they were great. It was easier for me to cook them to 165° and they were the perfect amount of crispy, and I didn't double dip the tenders. Thanks for your work bringing all the Keto recipes and challenges to help me find the right recipes. I'm waiting for the allulose honey alternative to arrive in Monday. I ♥️ Chick Fil a sauce and I I can't wait to make the keto version and use it in my chicken tenders.

Welp, gotta order oat fiber now!

Jane here. Thanks for the ideas for coatings. Can't wait to try them.

Immediately liked👍🙂

Wes, I just made these...both coatings. You sir, are amazing!! I had been feeling like keto is so restrictive and craving a lot of non-keto foods. This has made me so happy! I will be making these weekly. With food like this, I don't feel deprived and I can KCKO to my goals. Bless you, sir. I am eternally grateful.

Finally get my CHICKEN TENDIES!!!!

I made them tonight with crushed pork rinds but with boneless/skinless chicken THIGHS (dark meat) seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic and smoked paprika ...Soo good

In my family, I am a pork rind connoisseur, LOL!!! I love, love, love pork rinds and I am so darn picky about them.

I made this for dinner tonight. My boyfriend said his expectations were low. How could I bread chicken when I’m not eating bread? Well, he was pleasantly surprised, as he loved them. I breading them both ways, as I wanted to see which I’d like better and my boyfriend swore he wouldn’t like the pork rind breading. Well, that was his favorite! I’ll sure be making this again! Thanks, Wes. Love your channel.

No need to sift, y’all! 😉💜

Wes, your pie pan tip is Genius! I wish I had thought of it much earlier. A friend and I are seniors, and cooking a long time. This is MUCH better than a plate. I'm vegetarian, and might try this with vege chicken. The tip for the Oat Fiber dredging is a game changer. It adds a lot more fave recipes back into rotation. I'm glad I listened, even after hearing about the pork rinds, Besides, your videos are so fun!

Awesome, something I need a lot to keep me out of Popeyes

I just tried my chicken with your pork rinds & oat fiber......that oat fiber is a game changer! I used my air fryer & left it alone.....oh my so crunchy! My husband (non keto) loved it too! Thanks! Love your channel!

I tossed my tenders with baking powder to coat then tried the pork rinds coating. Baking powder crisps up well, very light, adheres perfectly...oh you must try. Have not tried oat fiber bc I didn't have any, so I tried baking powder bc same light consistency. Delicious!

Instead of egg. Try dipping it in water. Batter then sit on a rack until the breading you used gets gummy from absorbing the water. Then dip them again in the breading and really press them down. Fry immediately after that. It makes for the best fried, crispy chicken ever! I also fry mine in half oil and butter and talk about flavor. So yum.

I don't know where you're from, but you remind me of ME back before I moved away from OK & TX. SO funny and thank you for not going on and on and on with unnecessary comments.

*I appreciate having healthier options that still satisfy my craving for crispy chicken. Can't wait to give these a try!*

I don’t even eat keto, just like to reduce carbs and sub protein when possible. This was SOOOOO fun to watch! I loved it! The cross contamination and tasting your first bite were some of the best you tube I’ve ever seen! Excellent video! What a great teacher!

Yes! I love your videos. You have made it so much easier to not just take a break from keto during quarantine.

Hi Wes tried this recipe tonight. Just used the pork panko option . Delicious 🤤. Thank you for all your battle videos they have helped me narrow down recipes worth trying especially at the end when you taste test and you have that look, I already know you liked it.

Everytime I watch your channel you always put a smile on my face. Thank you, needed this today.

These look so good. I love the picture in the back ground of "Flo" Polly Holliday. My Grandmother baby sat her when she was little in Childersburg AL.