Chicken tenders are made of 100% beef…just kidding (although imagine if someone just stopped reading right there and went on believing that? We really wield a lot of power here, and we really ...

Orders of chicken tenders are plated in the kitchen of a restaurant in Manchester, N.H., on Sept. 26, 2024. Fifty years ago, the breaded, fried chicken tender as we know it was invented in Manchester.

Fried Chicken In The American South At this time, fried chicken was labor intensive and difficult to make, so it was a dish served on special occasions. This is probably why the first fried ...