Recipe: Perfect Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders. To ensure the bacon grease dripped off and the bacon gets crisp, I cooked the bacon wrapped chicken tenders on cooling racks. My family members who tested these oven baked bacon wrapped chicken tenders thought they were a bit spicy. I'll probably tone down the cayenne pepper.

Sprinkle mixture evenly over chicken tenders, (top and bottom) completely coating them generously in the spices. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate. Season chicken tenders with BBQ rub. you can cook Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders

1. You need 2 packages of boneless chicken tenders.
2. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
3. It's 1 pinch of pepper.
4. You need 1 pinch of onion powder.
5. You need 1 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
6. Prepare 1 packages of uncooked bacon.
7. Prepare 1 pinch of ground cayenne pepper.

Generously seasoned chicken tenders wrapped in smokey bacon, covered in brown sugar- chili powder and then baked to perfection.baaaaby.yes!!! These made one flavor-packed lunch & dinner. I served them with steamed cheese broccoli, rice, and whole wheat yeast rolls and they were devoured. Unwrap bacon from chicken, discard chicken, eat bacon.

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders step by step

1. preheat oven too 400°.
2. sprinkle chicken tenders with salt, pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper (optional, but totally recommended!).
3. wrap each tender with a slice of bacon.
4. roll the bacon wrapped chicken tenders in 1 cup of the brown sugar.
5. in a separate bowl, mix the rest of the brown sugar (1/2 cup) sprinkle in some onion powder and a pinch of the cayenne pepper. ( this is to your liking there are no exact measurements).
6. arrange chicken in a single layer in a baking dish (or 2) and sprinkle on the remaining brown sugar mixture.
7. bake, uncovered 15 minutes, baste with juices, turn over, baste again, and cook for another 15-20 minutes.

Is there a way to bake or roast the chicken to get the bacon crispy? This seems like a common problem with bacon-wrapped stuff -- good in theory but reality is more rubbery. Wrap a piece of bacon tightly around each chicken tender, skewering a toothpick on both ends to secure. Remove from the oven, and set the broiler to. Cheesey chicken wrapped in your favorite bacon.