TendieDex 🐔

Chicken Tenders, the most basic of foods, yet somehow restaurants manage to screw it up.

This is going to be an honest review of chicken tenders and nuggets from a wide variety of places, ranging from classic American diner to seafood restaurant. Everyone has them, and I've probably ordered them. Yea, I'm that guy that orders from the kids menu...

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Rules, Standards, and Judgement Guidelines:

The following reviews are based on the following criteria:

• Flavor: Was it good, bad? Rich, garbage?
• Size: Were they small? large? adverage?
• Breading: Was it like eating sandpaper? Or was it too wet and fell right off?
• Individuality: What makes them different compared to everyone else? (Optional)
• ⭐: Means that this area is ideal, or meets expectations.

Just a reminder, these reviews are my own, and solely my own. I have not been influenced by any of the restaurants / brands reviewed.

Please do not contact me regarding the review of your product, this website was built as a joke in reference to the fact that one of the only things I eat at restaurants is often off the kids menu.

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Reviews:

Reviews are sorted Best to Worst (Top to Bottom)

All Chicken Was Eaten Without Sauce, Or Ketchup. (As-Served)

Frozen / Store Bought:

Logo | Brand:	Flavor:	Size:	Breading:	Individuality:
| Kirkwood Honey Battered Chicken Breast Tenders	Good	Small, Fingerfood	Thin, Good Taste	Honey-Sweet Taste
| Tyson Honey Battered Chicken Breast Tenders	Good	Small, Fingerfood	Thin, Good Taste	(Literally Copies Aldi) Honey-Sweet Taste
| Kirkwood Popcorn Chicken	Good	Small, Fingerfood	Good	Rich Thick Taste
| Kirkwood Chicken Fries	Good	Small, But Fingerfood	Light, But Good	OK Seasoning, Easy To Make
| Any'tizers Chicken Fries	Good, Not Terrible	Small, Fingerfood	Light, But Good	Good Seasoning, Easy To Make
| Any'tizers Chicken Bites	Good, Lacking Depth.	Small, Fingerfood	Dry, Crunchy	Plain-Jain
| Dino Fun Nuggets	Good	Small, Fingerfood	Good, Semi-Thick	Sweetened, Semi-Crunchy
| Crispy Chicken Strips	Good	⭐ The Perfect Size	Good, Acceptable	Plain-Jain
| Chicken Nuggets	OK, Lacking	Small, Fingerfood	Light, Falls Off	Plain-Jain

Fast Food:

Logo | Restaurant:	Flavor:	Size:	Breading:	Individuality:
| Chick-fil-A	Rich, Marinated	Varies, Acceptable	Light, But Rich	⭐ Very Good Marinade
| Culvers	Sweet, Battered	⭐ The Perfect Size	Thick and Rich	Very Thick Batter, Very Rich Taste
| Raising Canes	Rich, Marinated	Shrinking, Marginal	Light, Thin, Falls Off	Good Marinade, Sometimes Dry
| Gus's	Pickle-y, Marinated	Large, Quantity	Light, Juicy	Good Marinade, Very Rich
| Lee's	Crunchy, Marinated	Midsize, Fair Quantity	Light Breading	Good Marinade, Unique
| Freddy's	Marinated	Good	Crunchy, Easy To Chew	Seasoning Intensifies Flavor
| Shake Shack	Marinated, Sweet	Good	Slight crunch, Easy to Chew	Slight Marinate With a Slight Crunch Combination
| Churchs	Rich Marinated	Good	Crunchy, Sweet	Good Batter Consistency
| Steak n' Shake	Classic American	Good	Adverage	Tastes good, has never changed
| Dairy Queen	Plain	Good	Adverage Thickness, Baked	Plain, A Good Middle-Ground
| Wendy's	Good, Marinated	Small, Nuggets	Good	Seasoning, Semi-Crunchy
| Jack in the Box	Good	Mid	Good, Thin	Spicy-Marinade Taste
| Burger King	Good	Small, Nuggets	Good, Thin	Seasoning
| McDonalds	OK, Plain	Small, Nuggets	Thin, Occasionally Missing	Plain-Jain, OK In a Pinch
| Sonic	Undercooked, Soggy	Good	Good, On Par With Dairy Queen	Undercooked, literally gave me food poisoning.

Restaurants:

Logo | Restaurant:	Flavor:	Size:	Breading:	Individuality:
| Texas Roadhouse	Rich, Marinated	⭐ Medium, But Large Quantity	Rich, Battered	Very Rich Taste, Good Batter
| Meddy's	Rich, Mediterranean-esque batter, with a "kick" of spice.	Medium, Filling.	Spiced, Battered	Very Unique Taste, Marinaded
| Red Robin	Marinated, Baked	Good	Heavily Battered, Crunchy	Good Batter, Light Marinade
| Twisted Biscuit	Marinated, Fried	Great (Large)	Crunchy, Sweet	Very Large Tenders, Well Cooked, Sweet Marinade
| Sugarfire	Marinated, Fried	Chicken Patty	Crunchy, Sweet	Chicken Sandwich, Exceeds Expectations
| Llywelyn's Pub	Marinated, Baked	Adverage	Crunchy, Semi-Sweet	Good For Pub Food, Otherwise Adverage
| Portillos	Baked	Adverage	Crunchy, Small Twang	Better than adverage
| Applebees	Marinated, Baked	Adverage	Crunchy	Occasionally Small, or Overcooked
| Bandana's BBQ	Sweet	Adverage	Baked, Marinated	Stringy, Sweet and Crunchy
| Mercy N. Cafeteria	Baked	Above Adverage	Baked	Shockingly well priced and good tasting!
| Hard Rock Cafe	Baked	Adverage	Crunchy	Basic, Good
| LongHorn Steakhouse	Baked, OK	Adverage	Crunchy	Basic, Good
| Red Lobster	Baked, OK	Adverage	Baked, Battered	Basic, OK Batter
| Red Bar - Hyatt O'Hare	Baked, OK	Below Adverage	Baked	Basic, they'll do
| IKEA (Dining)	Baked, OK	Adverage	Baked, Battered	Basic, But Good for Sweedish Chicken Tenders
| Sushi-Ai (Japanese Restaurant)	Yakitori	Skewered	You get rice	These Are Not Chicken Nuggets, or Tenders
| Kyoto (Japanese Steakhouse)	Fried, Light Sauce	Finely Chopped	You get rice	These Are Not Chicken Nuggets, or Tenders
| Wings and Rings	Baked	Adverage	Crunchy	Disappointingly Tough, Overcooked
| Denny's	Tough, Well Cooked	Adverage	Fried, Plain, Thin Batter	OK, Very Oily, Tollerable