These Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Tenders consist of breaded chicken breasts that are baked until golden brown and then tossed in a sticky Asian-style sauce. Serve with some vegetable fried rice, cauliflower rice, or Pad Thai, as well as some roasted broccoli or cauliflower for a quick and delicious meal that comes together in under 30 minutes.
If you like these Asian-inspired baked chicken tenders (aka baked boneless chicken wings), then try my Grilled Asian Chicken, Sticky Asian Chicken Thighs, and my Slow Cooker Asian Meatballs. You’ll love ’em!
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Homemade Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Tenders
These Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Tenders are super easy to make, requiring less than 30 minutes to make from start to finish! I cut the chicken breast into thin tenders, and pound them with a mallet to be a bit thinner. This helps the chicken to cook evenly and stay juicy! Then, I coat the chicken tenders in Panko breadcrumbs to make them super crispy on the outside.
You just can’t go wrong with a sweet and spicy sauce and crispy chicken tenders. Made with soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, sriracha, hoisin sauce and sesame oil, this sauce is amazingly sweet, spicy, and tangy. Plus, you can make these chicken tenders as spicy or sweet as you’d like. If you like a little more heat (like me), add some more crushed red pepper flakes and sriracha. Yum!
Key Ingredients for These Asian Chicken Tenders
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts: You’ll need two for this recipe, pounded out to be thinner and sliced into tenders.
- All-Purpose Flour: To help the egg adhere to the chicken for the Panko breading.
- Egg: Just one to help the Panko breadcrumbs stick to the chicken.
- Panko Breadcrumbs: For the crispy, crunchy breading.
- Salt and Pepper: To taste.
- Sweet and Spicy Asian Sauce: Combined 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce, 1 minced garlic clove, 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil, and 1 1/2 teaspoons Sriracha
- Crushed Red Pepper Flakes: For garnish, if desired.
- Sesame Seeds: For garnish if desired.
How to make Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Tenders
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Season the panko breadcrumbs with salt and pepper.
- Dip the chicken into the flour, egg and breadcrumbs — starting with the flour and ending with breadcrumbs.
- Line the chicken tenders on a baking sheet covered with a silicon baking mat or aluminum foil, spacing them apart so that they get crispy on all sides.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until fully cooked and golden brown.
- Prepare the Asian-style sauce by whisking together hoisin sauce, sweet chili sauce, minced garlic, tablespoon low sodium soy sauce, teaspoon sesame oil, and teaspoons Sriracha in a medium bowl.
- Toss the cooked chicken with the Sweet and Spicy Asian Sauce.
- Serve immediately with crushed red pepper flakes and sesame seeds, if desired. Enjoy!
What to serve with these Crispy Asian Chicken Tenders
- Vegetable Fried Rice
- Cauliflower Rice
- Pad Thai
- Roasted Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Chow mein noodles
- Chicken Lo mein
- Spicy Roasted Garlic Brussels Sprouts
How To Store, Freeze, and Reheat These Asian Chicken Tenders
- Store leftovers in an airtight container or ziplock bag in the fridge for up to three days.
- Freeze cooked chicken and Asian sauce separately for up to three months.
- Reheat frozen chicken tenders and Asian sauce by allowing to thaw in the fridge overnight. Then, bake tenders in the oven at 425 degrees for 10 minutes or so until warmed through and crispy. You can also reheat them in the air fryer at 450 for 5-10 minutes. Place container of frozen sauce in a bowl of hot water until warmed through.
More Chicken Recipes To Try
If you enjoyed this Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Tenders, then you’ll love these chicken recipes:
- Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
- Easy Chicken Shawarma
- Instant Pot Butter Chicken
- Baked Chicken Nuggets
- Grilled Asian Chicken
- 20 Minute Cashew Chicken
- Crispy Asian Chicken Bites
- Asian-Style Chicken Meatballs
Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Tenders
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts, cut into tenders
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- salt and pepper
Sweet and Spicy Asian Sauce
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1-1 1/2 teaspoons sriracha, or to taste
- crushed red pepper flakes, if desired
- sesame seeds for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Season the breadcrumbs with salt and pepper.
- Starting with the flour and ending with breadcrumbs, dip the chicken into the flour, egg and breadcrumbs.
- Line the chicken tenders on a baking sheet covered with a silicon baking mat.
- Place in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until fully cooked and golden brown.
- Toss the cooked chicken with the Sweet and Spicy Asian Sauce.
- Serve immediately with crushed red pepper flakes and sesame seeds if desired.
Sweet and Spicy Asian Sauce
- Whisk all of the ingredients together in a large bowl (You want it big enough to toss the chicken in after it is cooked). Set aside until ready to toss with the chicken tenders.
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Justin
Drooling and it’s only breakfast! These look so crunchy and delicious. 🙂
Jessica
It’s 8am in the morning here but I am sitting at my work desk drooling over these gorgeous spiced chicken tenders! They are so beautiful! Must try, must try!
Daniel
You said that you used sesame oil in the sauce but I don’t see it in the ingredients. How much do you use?
Daniel
You mentioned there should be sesame oil in the sauce – I don’t see the amount in the ingredients. I was going to try this tonight. How much should I use?
Kelley
Hi Daniel,
You want to use 1/2 teaspoon of sesame oil.
Thank you!
Kelley
Jacob Matthew
Hello,
No baking temperature is given in this recipe. Searching the internet gives wildly varying temperatures for oven-frying chicken, from 350-375 degrees up to 425 for bone-in chicken. So what temperature do you bake at for this recipe?
Kelley
Hi Jacob!
So sorry about that! You want to preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Thank you,
Kelley
Lol
Note to self -sweet chili sauce is different from chili oil
Kelley Simmons
Ohhh no! Hopefully you like spicy!