Everyone will love this delicious Southern delicacy of baked BBQ fried chicken! Keep in mind that you can also eat the chicken plain.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup salt
- 5 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons dry mesquite flavored seasoning mix
- 4 cups oil for frying, or as needed
- 3 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into strips
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 (12 ounce) bottle barbecue sauce
Instructions
- Set up a batter station: Whisk together eggs, water, milk, 2 tablespoons salt, and 2 tablespoons pepper in a large bowl with a fork until smooth. Stir together flour, 1/4 cup salt, 5 teaspoons pepper, garlic, and mesquite seasoning in another large bowl.
- Fill a large heavy skillet or wok halfway full with oil. Heat to 365 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Coat chicken in batter: Use a fork to pick up one chicken strip at a time and dip it into the egg mixture, then into the flour mixture, back into the egg mixture, and into the flour mixture again.
- Place coated strips into the hot oil to fry. Cook in batches without crowding. Once chicken is browned on one side, flip over and brown on the other side.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Butter a 12×20-inch glass baking dish, or two 9×13-inch baking dishes.
- Pour enough barbeque sauce into the prepared dish to coat the bottom. Arrange fried chicken strips in rows in the dish. Pour remaining sauce over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the sauce is caramelized onto the chicken, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of batter ingredients. The actual amount of batter consumed will vary. We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. The exact amount will vary depending on cooking time and temperature, ingredient density, and specific type of oil used.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 568 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 68 g |
| Cholesterol | 113 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 28 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 2171 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Easy to make, and my guest enjoyed it. Will definitely make again
I am Jamaican so for my sauce I add a magnum and a Malta and some sugar
It turned out great but I used less salt
My family loves this. The bbq sauce is yummy
Cut back on the salt and halved the recipe. Super good flavor but my breading was soggy and not crispy at all, so that was a huge let down! Not sure why as I left plenty of space between the chicken & fried in batches!
My family loves this.
It called for 1/4 cup salt and I made my own cooking correction to the amount of salt listed in the recipe ingredients , for a very delicious tasty dish .
We really enjoyed this. To save time, I only floured, egged and floured the chicken. I cut two boneless breasts into nuggets instead of strips. I also took the advice of the reviews and brushed the chicken well with the sauce before baking & omitted a lot of the salt. My husband raved over it, he said it was a far better version of the “anytizers” we buy in the store. From now on, I’ll just make these!
Why on EARTH does this recipe require such copious amounts of salt?? The chicken ended up tasting absolutely awful… far too salty to be enjoyed. Unfortunately, we end up throwing away the entire meal. Do not recommend this recipe
Worst chicken I have every made.
Made this as exception of the hickory seasoning because I didn’t have any. I substituted a Cajun poultry seasoning. It was wonderful! My 2 yr old grandchild and my adult son and daughter loved it. My daughter is gluten free and I used an all purpose gluten free flour. It stayed crispy even after the BBQ sauce caramelized during the baking phase. I plan on using this recipe and tweek the sauce to mimic a meatier Panda Express orange chicken. It was that good! Thanks for the recipe!
Wow…this bbq chicken was so easy, and so amazing! I followed the recipe exactly and it was so so yummy. This is definitely going to be a regular meal at our house!
I made this but my friends party did everything but times 10 and it was a big hit. If you like Kentucky Fried BBQ chicken then you will love this is one of the best out of best
Took a while to make, but my hubby and I loved it!
This recipe was awesome. I only used 2 teaspoons of salt. I also cut up garlic cloves and added it to the flour. I used regular party wings , instead of chicken strips..
worked with the recipe a little bit but I prepared the chicken to bake it at a later time. I took all the fried chicken and put in a bowl with bbq sauce . one I got home t was easy to throw in the oven and there ya go……yum yum yum
Oh my! Delicious!!!!!
I only did a teaspoon of salt in both mixtures and used Kinder’s roasted garlic BBQ sauce. It was amazing!
I made this dish for my famil and the husband and kids absoulutly loved it !!
I made this a few times. It was time consuming but the family loved it and I agree it is better than KFC chicken tenders. My son liked it better fried and not baked but I thought the baked with the sauce was great, just not as crispy obviously. I lost my original recipe from years ago so went searching for it to make again soon.
Before bakin, try dipping each piece of chicken in a bowl of thick sauce and make sure chicken is crispy/crunchy before using sauces and baking. Try liquid smoke in BBC sauce (only a few drops). THANK YOU for posting and sharing recipe!