Cooking: You can bake or microwave these per the packaging (see below). Microwaving delivers a listless experience, all spongy and soggy and mushy. I went with the air fryer, and that was order of magnitude better; turning the otherwise thin and meagre coating into a slightly crisp textural contrasts.
Taste and texture: These are far from my favorite chicken nuggets, possessing a slightly greasy after taste that lingers. The air fryer did help reduce this somewhat, though not entirely. The interior chicken is highly processed, with little poultry-taste. The coating is very thin and again, microwaved, is a mushy meagre thing.
Overall: Quantity reigns over quality here. If you’re looking to load the freezer up with something basic to cook up in a 60 second rush, you find it. If you’re looking for. There are much better nuggets out there though, see our roundup here.
Perdue Chicken Breast Tenders cooking and nutrition
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Overall
Are Perdue Chicken Breast Tenders any good?
These a pass for me. The interior chicken is dry and spongey with little to recommend. There’s a slightly greasy after taste and overall, a quite unremarkable product.
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