Recipe: Perfect Baked Cheddar Ranch Chicken Tenders

Baked Cheddar Ranch Chicken Tenders. Baked Cheddar Ranch Chicken Tenders Incredibly tender, juicy flavorful Baked Cheddar Ranch Chicken Tenders coated in the most AMAZING ranch/cheese cracker breading! These chicken tenders are so finger-lickin'-good they will fly off the plate! These Oven Baked Ranch Chicken Tenders are baked in the oven instead of fried.

These chicken tenders are so finger-lickin'-good they will fly off the plate! Baked Chicken Tenders are SO CRISPY, so flavorful, and so delicious. These Cheddar Bacon Ranch Chicken Strips are a new favorite for game day! You can have Baked Cheddar Ranch Chicken Tenders using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked Cheddar Ranch Chicken Tenders

1. Prepare 2 of chicken breasts.
2. Prepare 2 1/2 cups of buttermilk.
3. You need 1 packet of ranch dressing mix.
4. Prepare 3 cups of cheezits.
5. You need 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
6. It's 2 tsp of Dijon mustard.

They're coated in ranch, cheese, and bacon, and oven baked to perfection. I decided to also whip up a healthy Chipotle Greek Yogurt dipping sauce to accompany the tenders as well. You will use the cooking spray again. Tip: I like to use an oil based cooking spray for this recipe.

Baked Cheddar Ranch Chicken Tenders step by step

1. Preheat oven to 425˚F..
2. On a cutting board, slice chicken breasts against the grain into strips..
3. Place the chicken strips in a bowl and add in buttermilk and ranch packet. Stir until well-coated..
4. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least an hour..
5. Pour cheese crackers into a resealable bag and crush with a rolling pin until they become finely ground..
6. Coat in flour. Shake off the excess..
7. In a separate wide, shallow bowl, whisk together the eggs with the Dijon mustard. Place chicken in bowl. Coat well..
8. Now, open the bag and place a marinated piece of chicken in the cracker crumbs. Now coat the chicken with the crumbs and place on parchment lined baking sheet..
9. Bake for 20 minutes, flipping halfway..

This baked ranch chicken is the perfect delicious easy weeknight dinner. The chicken breasts are coated with a sour cream ranch mixture, topped with panko bread crumbs, cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese, more ranch dressing, and baked until golden brown. Chicken seasoned with dry ranch mix, then breaded and baked, makes for some tasty tenders! For a more intense ranch flavor, serve with additional ranch dressing for dipping. 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).