Air Fryer Chicken Tenders with Copycat Cane’s Sauce
Simple, delicious, kid friendly Air Fryer Chicken Tenders with Copycat Cane’s Sauce recipe was a hit with my family!
My wonderful daughter came home with leftover chicken and sauce from Cane’s restaurant a few weeks ago.
I had never even heard of this place, but she was all about this fabulous sauce.
Bless her heart, she let me try it and I darn near ate almost all of her leftovers!
Holy cow, this stuff is so addicting!
I instantly set my newest goal to recreate this sauce at home.
How to Make Air Fryer Chicken Tenders with Copycat Cane’s Sauce
I looked up a few other recipes from people who recreated this sauce, but none seemed quite right to me.
This is my perfected recipe that I carefully tested many times.
1/2 cup mayo (or light mayo), 1/3 cup ketchup, 1 tsp each of garlic powder, worcestershire sauce, and sugar, and a 1/2 tsp salt and pepper.
Mix it together and it’s done.
Now for the chicken…dip strips of chicken into melted butter, panko breadcrumbs, and give a little sprinkle of kosher salt and pepper.
It really doesn’t get more simple than this.
After 20 minutes the chicken is crispy, crunchy, golden brown and cooked to perfection.
The only downside of the air fryer so far is that you can only cook a small amount at a time.
So you’ll have to make these in two batches.
Serve with the Cane’s sauce to dip.
We had french fries that I baked in the oven and the fries are awesome with the sauce as well with our Air Fryer Chicken Tenders with Cane’s Sauce.
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Air Fryer Chicken Tenders with Copycat Cane’s Sauce
Breaded chicken air fried to perfection and served with copycat Cane's sauce
Ingredients
Copycat Cane’s Sauce
- 1/2 cup mayo (or light mayo)
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1 tsp worcheshire sauce
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
- 2 chicken breasts (approx. 1 1/2 pounds)
- 3 Tbsps melted butter
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- kosher salt, pepper
Instructions
Copycat Cane’s Sauce
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Combine all ingredients in a bowl mix until evenly combined. Set aside.
Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
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Cut each chicken breast into 4 strips (8 strips total).
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Dip 4 of the chicken strips into the melted butter and then into the panko bread crumbs. Press the panko into the chicken so it sticks. Place the 4 strips in the air fryer basket, sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper.
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Set the air fryer for 20 minutes at 390 degrees.
Note: These can also be baked in a 400 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
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Repeat with the remaining 4 strips of chicken.
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Serve with Copycat Cane’s Dipping Sauce.
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