Chicken fingers
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Alternative names | Chicken tenders, chicken strips, chicken fillets, chicken goujons, tendies [1] |
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Course | Appetizer, main course |
Place of origin | United States |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Chicken, breading |
Chicken fingers, also known as chicken goujons, chicken strips or chicken fillets, are chicken meat prepared from the pectoralis minor muscles of the animal.[2] These strips of white meat are located on either side of the breastbone, under the breast meat (pectoralis major).[3] They may also be made with similarly shaped pieces cut from chicken meat, usually the breast, or sometimes just pulverized chicken flesh.[4]
Chicken fingers are prepared by coating chicken meat in a breading mixture and then deep frying them, in a manner similar to the preparation of schnitzel.[5] Chicken fingers are a popular fast-food snack in the U.S.[6]
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Chicken fingers were first made in Manchester, New Hampshire at the Puritan Backroom in 1974.[7][8][9][10] [11][12][13][14]
Mass production[]
Chicken fingers are a mass-produced product in the United States.[15] Production can involve coating chicken meat with spices, polyphosphate and breading or crumbs, flash-frying the product to hold the breading in place, and then freezing it[15] prior to shipment for consumer, retail and commercial use. Tyson Foods is one such company that mass-produces chicken fingers.[16] Some are manufactured with a specific flavor profile, such as with a Buffalo-style hot sauce flavor.[16]
See also[]
- Chicken and chips
- Chicken nuggets
- Fish fingers
- List of hors d'oeuvre
Food portal
References[]
- ^ Bloomberg News January 25 2021. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-25/how-wallstreetbets-pushed-gamestop-shares-to-the-moon
- ^ "The History of Chicken Fingers". Leite's Culinaria.
- ^ RecipeTips. "Chicken – Description of Parts". RecipeTips.com.
- ^ "Give a hand for homemade chicken fingers".
- ^ Ellie Krieger. Crispy Chicken Fingers Recipe. Food Network
- ^ How can I make Chinese chicken fingers like in the northeast?. Cooking.stackexchange.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-19.
- ^ "The History of Chicken Tenders and the Best Places to Get Them". The Epicentre (in American English). 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ Fuhrmeister, Chris (2015-12-17). "A New Hampshire Restaurant Says it Invented Chicken Tenders in 1974". Eater. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "The Story of Chicken Tenders". www.texaschickenandburgers.com. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "Chicken Fingers: A Look at America's Favorite Finger Food". Kates Kitchen KC (in American English). 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ Andrew Sylvia (2021-11-01). "New Hampshire Fisher Cats will become Manchester Chicken Tenders (temporarily…) | Manchester Ink Link". manchesterinklink.com (in American English). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ Pomranz, Mike (December 18, 2015). "New Hampshire Diner Claims They Invented Chicken Tenders". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ Olmsted, Larry. "N.H. restaurant says it invented chicken tenders". USA Today (in American English). Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ Kira. "Adam Sandler Invited back to Manchester, New Hampshire, to Root on the 'Chicken Tenders'". 97.5 WOKQ. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ a b Booth, R.G. (2012). Snack Food. Springer US. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-4613-1477-6. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ a b Bangura, Fatima (April 17, 2019). "You still can't eat Tyson Buffalo-style chicken strips sold in Michigan". WSYM-TV. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
External links[]
Media related to Chicken strips at Wikimedia Commons
- American chicken dishes
- Appetizers
- Convenience foods
- Fast food
- Deep fried foods
- Fried chicken