{"id":47,"date":"2025-09-12T10:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/?p=47"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:50:33","slug":"rustic-cheddar-bacon-chicken-tenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/rustic-cheddar-bacon-chicken-tenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustic Cheddar Bacon Chicken Tenders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rustic-Cheddar-Bacon-Chicken-Tenders.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rustic-Cheddar-Bacon-Chicken-Tenders.jpg 526w, https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rustic-Cheddar-Bacon-Chicken-Tenders-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Juicy chicken tenders coated in crispy breadcrumbs, smoky bacon bits, and melted cheddar \u2014 served golden and rustic with a creamy dipping sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ingredients (serves 4)<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">500g chicken tenders or strips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 cup flour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">2 eggs (beaten) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1 \u00bd cups breadcrumbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1 cup cheddar cheese (grated) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u00bd cup cooked bacon (crumbled) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1 tsp garlic powder <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1 tsp paprika <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Salt &amp; pepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><em>Oil for frying:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">For the Dipping Sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u00bd cup ranch or mayo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1 tbsp Dijon mustard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 tsp honey <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><em> Instructions:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1. Set up breading station: flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs mixed with cheddar, bacon, garlic powder, paprika, salt &amp; pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">2. Dredge chicken tenders in flour, dip in eggs, then coat in cheesy bacon breadcrumb mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">3. Fry in hot oil until golden and crispy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">4. Mix sauce ingredients until smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">5. Serve tenders hot with dipping sauce on the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Rustic Tip: Serve piled high in a parchment-lined basket with extra bacon crumbles and melted cheese drizzled over for that pub-style wow factor <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Elegant-Logo-with-Stylish-Fork-and-Plate_20250724_185346_0000.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9\" style=\"width:117px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Elegant-Logo-with-Stylish-Fork-and-Plate_20250724_185346_0000.png 512w, https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Elegant-Logo-with-Stylish-Fork-and-Plate_20250724_185346_0000-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Elegant-Logo-with-Stylish-Fork-and-Plate_20250724_185346_0000-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juicy chicken tenders coated in crispy breadcrumbs, smoky bacon bits, and melted cheddar \u2014 served golden and rustic with a creamy dipping sauce Ingredients (serves 4): 500g chicken tenders or strips 1 cup flour 2 eggs (beaten) 1 \u00bd cups breadcrumbs 1 cup cheddar cheese (grated) \u00bd cup cooked bacon (crumbled) 1 tsp garlic powder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aldentegourmet.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}