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Breaded Picante Chicken
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Breaded Picante Chicken

Ingredients

  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into cubes
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup self-rising flour, or as needed
  • 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt (such as Season-All®), or to taste
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, or more as needed
  • 1 (16 ounce) jar picante sauce

Instructions

Step 1

Combine chicken and buttermilk in a bowl. Refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes.

Step 2

Mix flour, seasoned salt, salt, and black pepper in a bowl.

Step 3

Drain buttermilk from chicken and softly pat dry with paper towel. Mix chicken in flour mixture until well coated on all sides.

Step 4

Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat.

Step 5

Fry chicken in 2 batches in the hot oil until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 minutes per batch; drain on a plate lined with paper towel.

Step 6

Rinse saucepan and return to medium heat. Stir chicken and picante sauce together in the pan; cook until hot, about 5 minutes.