Ingredients:
2lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into strips)
2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
black pepper (to taste)
1 cup buttermilk
vegetable oil (for deep frying)
Honey BBQ sauce-
1 cup hickory flavored BBQ sauce
¼ cup water
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon ketchup
½ teaspoon liquid smoke
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: In a medium saucepan combine BBQ sauce, water, honey, ketchup , and liquid smoke. Mix well and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes. Allow the sauce to cool slightly when finished simmering.
Step 2: Meanwhile, in a pie dish combine flour, salt and pepper. Set aside. Place the buttermilk into a separate bowl. Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees. Dip chicken strips first into the flour mixture, then into the buttermilk, and then again in the flour mixture. Repeat until all chicken strips are well coated.
Step 3: Place into a deep fryer and deep fry the chicken strips in batches, until golden brown and fully cooked (the internal temperature has reached 165 degrees). Drain on paper towels. Toss chicken strips with the BBQ sauce and serve immediately.
(Makes 4 Servings)