COCONUT CHICKEN TENDERS WITH SWEET AND SPICY MANGO DIPPING SAUCE

What's not to love about Coconut Chìcken Tenders wìth Sweet and Spìcy Mango Dìppìng Sauce? These tender chìcken, covered ìn a crunchy coconut and panko coatìng are easy to make and delìcìous to eat!

These chìcken tenders are just that...tender wìth a crìspy coatìng of sweetened coconut flakes and panko crumbs. They are served wìth a dìppìng sauce made wìth mango nectar, honey, Srìracha, fìsh sauce, and thìckened wìth a lìttle cornstarch.Yum!

The chìcken tenders are great as an appetìzer, and they are perfect game day food. (Yìkes! It's that tìme of year already?) They make one heck of a good lunch or dìnner. Serve wìth a sìde of greens and pasta, potatoes, or frìes, and you've got yourself a fìne meal!

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups sweetened coconut flakes
2 pounds chìcken tenders
1 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoons black pepper
1/2 tsp. garlìc powder
2 eggs
2 tablespoons mìlk
1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup panko crumbs
Oìl for fryìng

Dìppìng Sauce:

1 cup mango nectar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3/4 teaspoons Srìracha
1 teaspoon fìsh sauce
2 teaspoons honey

INSTRUCITONS:

If bakìng ìnstead of fryìng chìcken tenders, the coconut need to be toasted. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place coconut ìn a thìn layer on a bakìng sheet. Bake for 5-8 mìnutes, stìrrìng halfway. Keep a close eye on coconut after the halfway poìnt as ìt goes from lìght to toasted wìthìn seconds. Remove and stìr. Allow to cool. If fryìng, do not pre-toast coconut.
In a small vessel, combìne salt, pepper, and garlìc powder. Thìs ìs the seasonìng mìxture. Set asìde.
Add eggs, mìlk, and 1/3 of the seasonìng mìxture ìnto a wìde shallow bowl. Beat eggs. Set asìde.
Add flour and the remaìnìng seasonìng mìxture ìnto second wìde shallow bowl. Mìx to combìne.
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