These crunchy baked chicken tenders are life changing! The secret to truly golden, truly crunchy baked breaded chicken is to toast the breadcrumbs in the oven first. It also irritated me no end that the breadcrumbs always came out splotchy, no matter baked whole chicken much oil I used. So this is how I make baked crumbed chicken.

This stuff is great glue for the breadcrumbs! Use tongs to transfer the batter slathered chicken into the breadcrumbs. Sprinkle over breadcrumbs to cover, press down to adhere. Watch how to make it This recipe features in my debut cookbook Dinner.

The book is mostly new recipes, but this is a reader favourite included by popular demand! Subscribe to my newsletter and follow along on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for all of the latest updates. Beautifully golden, truly crunchy baked chicken tenders! The trick is to toast the breadcrumbs before coating the chicken. See recipe notes for pictured Honey Mustard Dipping sauce.