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Place the chicken tenders in a shallow baking dish.
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Pour the buttermilk over the chicken tenders and make sure that they are well coated in the liquid.
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Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
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(Feel free to let them marinate overnight if youre a planner!)
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Once your tenders have marinated, remove them from the fridge and pre-heat the oven to 375 F. Spray a wire rack with cooking spray, place it on top of a rimmed baking sheet and set aside.
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(Note: Depending on the size of your rack, you may need to use two, or bake the chicken tenders in batches.)
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Pour the crispy brown rice cereal into a shallow bowl or baking dish.
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Use your hands to lightly crush the cereal.
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You dont want to pulverize the rice, but you do want to break it up into smaller pieces so that it will stick to the chicken more easily.
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Add the paprika, salt and white pepper to the cereal and mix to combine.
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Now its time to coat your chicken fingers.
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I like to form an assembly line by placing the chicken tenders/buttermilk dish next to the crispy rice mixture, followed by the prepared wire rack.
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Remove the tenderloins from the buttermilk one at a time, shaking lightly to remove any excess liquid.
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Place each tender in the crispy rice mixture and use your hands to press the cereal onto the chicken.
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You want each tender to be thoroughly coated, people.
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Place the coated tenderloins on the wire rack and mist with cooking spray.
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I like to use an olive oil spray, but any old spray will work.
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Repeat until youve coated all of the chicken.
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Transfer the pan of chicken tenders to the oven and bake for 11 minutes.
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Carefully remove the tray from the oven, flip the chicken fingers over and mist again with cooking spray.
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Return them to the oven and bake for another 11 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the tenders are golden brown.
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While your chicken fingers are cooking, prepare your fancy dipping sauce.
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Place all the ingredients for the Sriracha honey mustard in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth.
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Serve your crispy chicken tenders hot alongside a bowl of Sriracha honey mustard.
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Do the funky chicken.