🍗🥯😍 Everything Bagel Baked Chicken Tenders are EASY, ready in 15 minutes, and perfectly CRISPY on the outside! They taste like an everything bagel met chicken on the way to the oven, and are so GOOD! Don’t bother frying chicken when you can bake it, and it still turns out super crispy!
Why You’ll Love These Everything Bagel Chicken Tenders
These oven baked chicken tenders are a favorite with kids and adults alike! Here’s why they’ll be a hit in your home, too:
- There’s SO much flavor in every bite! If you like everything bagels, you will love these.
- Easy, ready in 15 minutes, and perfect for busy weeknights.
- These oven-baked chicken tenders are plenty crispy on the outside and are tender and juicy on the inside.
- All you need are 5 ingredients! You can easily double or triple the recipe to have enough chicken strips to feed a crowd.
Excellent! Never would have thought to use the everything seasoning on chicken but it’s superb. Thank you for sharing.
Angela
Ingredients You’ll Need
Just five simple ingredients are all you need for everything but the bagel chicken strips:
- Panko Breadcrumbs – Panko breadcrumbs are Japanese-style breadcrumbs and are not the same as regular breadcrumbs, so don’t substitute those. These are bigger, crunchier crumbs and yield chicken tenders that have a lovely crispiness on the outside that you wouldn’t get from regular breadcrumbs. Use gluten-free panko, if needed
- Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning – I used Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning, but you can use other brands or make a quick and easy homemade version of this seasoning blend
- Large Egg
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts – I buy chicken tenderloins to save time, but you can use breasts. Just slice them into strips
- Optional Dipping Sauce – Serve your chicken tenders with your favorite dipping sauce, like Ranch, BBQ sauce, ketchup, or mustard
How To Make Homemade Everything Bagel Seasoning
Simply combine 2 teaspoons each: dried chopped onion, dried minced garlic, poppy seed, and sesame seed with 1 teaspoon kosher salt.
Leftover seasoning mix can be stored in a small jar, an airtight container, or a resealable food-storage plastic bag.
Use it on so many things like roasted vegetables, in eggs or omelets, stir fries, in pasta salads, on cheesy sliders rolls, or sprinkle it on deli meat before making a sandwich.
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How To Make The Everything Bagel Chicken Tenders
This is an easy recipe perfect for busy weeknights! Here’s how it comes together:
- Bread chicken by beating an egg in a shallow dish, and dipping the chicken strips into it.
- Add the chicken to a large zip-top plastic bag along with panko breadcrumbs and the everything bagel seasoning.
- Seal up the bag and shake. This is the modern DIY version of shake-and-bake chicken. Arrange the chicken tenders in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until the exterior is golden brown and the internal temperature is 165°F, and dinner is ready!
- These are also great for game day parties or any time you need a casual appetizer or snack that everyone will love.
What to serve with everything bagel chicken tenders
Everything Bagel Baked Chicken Tenders
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning
- 1 large egg
- 1 to 1.25 pounds boneless skinless chicken tenders
- ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, ketchup, etc. for serving if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil for easier cleanup; set aside.
- To a large ziptop storage bag add the panko, everything bagel seasoning, and stir to combine; set bag aside.
- To a medium bowl, add the egg, lightly beat it with a fork, add the chicken, and toss and flip chicken with the fork so all pieces are coated evenly.
- Remove chicken from the bowl using the fork (discard excess egg), drop it into the plastic bag, seal bag, and toss and shake bag to evenly coat the chicken.
- Place chicken pieces on the prepared baking sheet, evenly spaced. If there is excess panko in the bag, use your fingers to push it onto the chicken in sparsely coated areas.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, flip midway through to ensure even cooking. Serve immediately with your favorite dip or dressig if desired. Chicken will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months, noting that reheated chicken will not retain it’s crispiness.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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What is the serving size and carb, sugar count?
I am working on updating all of my recipes to include nutrition stats but it’s a work in progress since I have about 2500 to get through. You can calculate manually in the meantime.
Very tender and moist.
Glad they turned out great!
Very tender and moist.
It looks in the pictures like there is something red in the “everything bagel seasoning”. What is that ingredient?
Someone else just asked this question, read my other comment reply.
Excellent! Never would have thought to use the everything seasoning on chicken but it’s superb. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the 5 star review and I’m glad it turned out excellent for you!
Excellent! Never would have thought to use the everything seasoning on chicken but it’s superb. Thank you for sharing.
What is the red spice that is in the seasoning in the photo of the everything bagel seasoning chicken. The homemade recipe does not have red spice listed.. It looks delicious. Thank you for sharing your wonderful page. I am new as of today and you are an awesome cook. I am going to make your pineapple upside down cake as a surprise for my grown daughters at Easter.
It’s a combination of both the chicken browning/cooking and the spice turning darker as it goldens in the oven. And a touch of red pepper flakes but that is not traditional for this spice blend which is why I didn’t mention it.
can you cook in the air fryer and how long would I cook it for and the temp? looks like another amazing recipe I feel like I should be paying you for all the wonderful recipes lol
I really don’t have much experience with an air fryer so I cannot give you advice on that.
I cooked them in the airfryer for 7 minutes at 320.
I love this idea! Do you have a dipping sauce you normally eat these with? We have a ton of “favorites” so will likely try a bunch, but if you have one that goes particularly well with the everything bagel seasoning, I’ll be sure to have it on hand.
What a great idea for chicken! The seasoning looks delicious–it’s a great savory blend and sounds good on veggies too!
You can’t go wrong with this seasoning! It definitely jazzes everything up from chicken to veggies!