I ordered chicken tenders from 8 fast-food chains and ranked them from worst to best

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Of each nan chickenhearted tenders I tried, nan ones from Whataburger didn't wholly wow me.

A three-piece chickenhearted tender costs only $6.85 astatine Whataburger at nan location I visited successful Austin, Texas. 

The chickenhearted tenders were ample and perfectly fried.

I thought nan tenders could only beryllium described arsenic "classic" — they weren't thing out-of-the-box, but I enjoyed them.

The nutrient wrong was juicy, but I thought nan fried coating could person had a spot much crunch.

The chickenhearted tenders tasted bully connected their own, arsenic good arsenic pinch ranch dipping sauce. They weren't bad by immoderate agelong of nan imagination. However, I did deliberation nan different tenders I tried were somewhat crispier and had conscionable nan slightest hint of much spirit successful nan batter.

Regardless, for a comparatively debased price, I'd decidedly bid these again.

I besides ordered chickenhearted tenders from Cook Out, a location concatenation I visited successful South Carolina.

The three-piece "snack" costs $4.99, not including tax.

The chickenhearted tenders were crispy connected nan outside.

They were besides a bully size. The value was besides a awesome woody for nan generous information I received.

However, location wasn't an abundance of chickenhearted nutrient inside.

These were undeniably classical chickenhearted tenders, akin to nan ones from Whataburger, but they were a touch excessively fried for my liking. However, I thought they were well-seasoned and had a batch of peppery flavor.

Chick-fil-A's chickenhearted tenders were bully ... but I really conscionable utilized them arsenic a conveyance for nan chain's Chick-fil-A sauce.

When it's not included successful a repast deal, a three-piece chickenhearted tender costs $8.95 astatine my nearest location successful New York City. For a meal, nan value bumps up to $15.89, excluding taxation and fees.

Some of nan chickenhearted pieces looked somewhat darker and much fried than others.

There were mini bits of fried breading scattered connected nan outside, which I ever emotion pinch a chickenhearted tender.

The chickenhearted tenders were nicely fried but still juicy connected nan inside.

However, they weren't rather arsenic crispy arsenic I expected. I wanted a chopped crunch erstwhile I spot into nan tenders, but they didn't present that. In nan end, it's mostly up to individual preference.

When I dipped them successful nan chain's signature Chick-fil-A sauce, nan acquisition was thing short of mouthwatering. However, nan existent chickenhearted tenders were conscionable alright — it was nan condiment that took them complete nan edge.

My 4th favourite chickenhearted tenders came from Popeyes.

A three-piece tender combo costs $16.89 earlier taxes and fees. The repast woody included a ample serving of fries, a drink, and a biscuit, arsenic good arsenic a prime of dipping sauces. 

The chickenhearted tenders from Popeyes were crispy, flaky, and crunchy.

I really liked nan crunchy extracurricular of nan chickenhearted tenders from Popeyes.

The nutrient wrong was flaky and moist arsenic well.

I besides thought nan batter was rather flavorful — I could sensation hints of seasoning and buttermilk, though they weren't rather arsenic buttery-tasting arsenic nan Chick-fil-A tenders. However, I thought this repast was rather costly for only 3 chickenhearted tenders, moreover though they were large.

I thought nan chickenhearted tenders from Bojangles were flavorful and ace crispy.

A four-piece chickenhearted tenders combo, including fries, a mean drink, and a biscuit, costs maine $12.59, excluding taxes and fees.

I thought nan chickenhearted tenders were a bully size.

The texture and spirit of nan breading made them sensation for illustration a transverse betwixt nan chickenhearted tenders from Chick-fil-A and Cook Out. 

The breading was peppery, conscionable nan correct thickness, and perfectly encapsulated nan juicy achromatic chickenhearted nutrient inside.

I besides thought nan value was adjacent considering really overmuch nutrient I received. The chickenhearted tenders paired perfectly pinch chromatic mustard but were besides tasty connected their own. Overall, I would decidedly bid these again.

KFC's caller original look chickenhearted tenders really impressed maine pinch their sensation and value.

I ordered a four-piece tender repast for $13.04, excluding taxes and fees. I thought this was an fantabulous worth for nan magnitude of nutrient I received. 

The tenders were well-breaded connected nan outside, though nan breading wasn't arsenic crispy aliases crunchy arsenic others I tried.

The breading stuck intimately to nan chickenhearted tenders, alternatively than having a heavy aliases crunchy texture.

However, nan chickenhearted tenders paired good pinch nan chain's chromatic mustard and caller comeback sauce. The breading had a tasty, very peppery spirit to it that was unsocial compared to nan different chickenhearted tenders I tried.

The chickenhearted tenders were flavorful and contained an awesome magnitude of achromatic nutrient chicken.

However, nan somewhat little crispy texture of nan breading meant they didn't travel retired connected apical erstwhile compared to nan past 2 chains I tried.

My second-favorite chickenhearted tenders came from Zaxby's.

A five-piece chickenhearted tenders combo came pinch fries, a mini drink, coleslaw, and a portion of Texas toast. I besides asked for a broadside of chromatic mustard and Zaxby's celebrated Zax sauce. My repast costs $14.77, excluding taxes and fees.

The chickenhearted tenders' breading was very akin to Chick-fil-A's successful its consistency, flavor, and texture, but I thought these chickenhearted tenders had much chickenhearted meat.

The breading was perfectly crispy and ace flavorful, pinch a flimsy sweetness.

The chickenhearted tenders held their ain without condiment but were really taken to nan adjacent level erstwhile dipped successful nan tangy Zax sauce.

Zax condiment tastes akin to Cane's sauce, but I recovered it to beryllium conscionable ever-so-slightly little flavorful, and creamy. I besides thought that it didn't person nan aforesaid kick.

However, nan chickenhearted tenders really impressed me. They were a bully size, highly flavorful, and addictingly delicious. I recovered myself craving moreover much than nan 5 chickenhearted tenders I was given, which is uncommon for me.

In nan end, it was a really reliable telephone connected whether I preferred Zaxby's aliases Raising Cane's chickenhearted tenders.

But my favourite chickenhearted tenders came from Raising Cane's.

My six-piece meal costs $15.99, including tax, but a three-finger combo that includes 3 chickenhearted fingers, fries, Cane's sauce, Texas toast, and a regular portion costs $9.23, excluding taxation and immoderate additions aliases swaps. 

The chickenhearted tenders were ace crispy.

The chickenhearted tenders were besides thick. After biting in, I could really spot nan strips of achromatic chickenhearted underneath, which, successful my experience, you don't ever find pinch fast-food chickenhearted tenders.

The chickenhearted tenders were ace crispy and juicy connected nan wrong — I had to springiness them nan win.

I tried nan tenders connected their ain and pinch nan Cane's sauce. On their own, nan tenders were simply everything 1 could inquire for — thick, juicy, and crispy connected nan outside.

However, nan concatenation is celebrated for its chicken-complementing sauce, and aft biting in, I could decidedly spot why. It had a flimsy footwear to it, was ace creamy, and amazingly tangy. It paired perfectly pinch nan chickenhearted and was dissimilar immoderate different condiment I've ever tried.

In nan end, Raising Cane's took location nan triumph for maine pinch nan chain's near-perfect chickenhearted tenders and adjacent prices.