{Oven-Baked} Ranch Chicken Tenders (2024)

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These Oven Baked Ranch Chicken Tenders are baked in the oven instead of fried. These chicken tenders are marinatedwith ranch dressing, giving this homemade chicken tender recipe incredible flavor! They’re a total crowd pleaser.

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Chicken tenders were my meal of choice back in the day. Dipped in barbecue sauce, honey mustard, or the glorious ranch dressing (somewhere my dad is gagging), they were the perfect meal.

Plus, they always came with fries, and I’m a French fry junkie (cue these ‘lil babies: Black Pepper Parmesan Potato Wedges).

I’m totally using past tense in the latter paragraph as if my tastes have matured and expanded even though I still order the chicken tender basket practicallyevery time I’m at a restaurant. I mean, sure, my tastes certainly are more cultured than they once were. I like feta cheese, fruit in my salad, and the occasional apple on my grilled cheese. But, when push comes to shove, if I had to choose, I’d probably pick all the classic, All-American, kid-friendly fare.

So, if you’re like me and have the tastes of a child(or actually have a child), this istherecipe. I’m telling you, these Ranch Chicken Tenders are absolutely incredible.

Making this chicken could not be any easier.

Seriously.

While many breaded chicken recipes call for coating in a flour/egg/breadcrumb or some combination of similar ingredients, this recipe uses Bisquick, which is what gives this chicken its crunchy coating, aka the “fried” quality.

The chicken is marinated in ranch dressing, dredged in a combination of Bisquick, paprika, salt, and pepper, and baked with olive oil.

The chicken is crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Basically, it’s perfect.

The paprika in this recipe gives the chicken tenders an added burst of flavor, yielding a slight peppery flavor to the chicken. RawSpiceBar’s smoked paprika (or sweet paprika) adds a smoky depth to these chicken tenders.

Or, if you are a bit of a flavor master (or just love adding your own twist to recipes), maybe mix it up a bit and try some of RawSpiceBar’s freshly ground & toasted spices & blends?? The mixing and matching possibilities are endless! You can check out their whole spice collection here!

Oven Baked Ranch Chicken Tenders Tips & Tricks:

• I like to use large ziplock bags for this recipe, because it makes the clean-up portion of this meal a breeze (you’ll see what I mean down in the recipe instructions). However, you could use a shallow baking dish instead to coat the chicken in the breading mixture.
• The crispy skin on the chicken comes from the high oven temperature and the olive oil, so it is really important you let the oven preheat to 475 degrees before you put the chicken in the oven.
• When it comes time to flip the chicken over, you do want to do this as carefully and gently as possible. The coating on the chicken can slip off easily (especially since only one side has crisped up at this point).

I could eat these every single day.

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