Menu Prices AUJack’s Fried Chicken Tenders, Southern Style
Hungry Jack's copycat · ⏱ 45 mins · Difficulty: Medium · Serves 2 · By Sophie Bernard
Buttermilk-brined tenders in a seasoned Southern-style crumb, fried crisp. The real 3 Jack’s Fried Chicken Southern Style Tenders are ≈ $11.10 (menu-page guide price — the ordering app never rendered, so kJ is marked ≈). Copycat method follows the standard Southern-style tender build (buttermilk brine, seasoned flour, 175°C fry); no dedicated Jack’s tenders copycat was found.
The Original
3 Jack's Fried Chicken Southern Style Tenders
Price: ≈ $11.10 (pickup)
Energy: ≈ 944 kJ (226 cal)
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Ingredients
Home-kitchen amounts for 2 — standard home-cooking quantities for this dish, not the chain’s recipe (chains do not publish theirs). Difficulty: Medium.
- 300 g chicken breast, cut into 6 strips
- ½ cup (125 ml) buttermilk
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 1 cup (150 g) plain flour
- ½ cup (75 g) cornflour
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- Vegetable oil, for shallow-frying
Method
- Soak the strips in the buttermilk and salt for at least 30 minutes (up to 4 hours).
- Stir the flour, cornflour and all the spices together. Drizzle in 1 tbsp of brine and rub through for shaggy bits.
- Lift the strips out, dredge firmly in the flour mix, dip back in the brine, and dredge again. Rest 10 minutes so the crumb sets.
- Shallow-fry in oil at 175°C for 3–4 minutes per side until deep golden and cooked through. Drain on a rack.
- Serve hot with your dipping sauce. Tip: the Southern-style crumb is flour-based, not breadcrumb — panko gives a different, lighter crunch — and resting the dredged strips before frying is what stops the coating falling off in the oil.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How close is this to the real 3 Jack's Fried Chicken Southern Style Tenders?
This is a home-kitchen copycat, not the chain’s recipe — the chain does not publish its recipe. It is built to sit beside the original: the real 3 Jack's Fried Chicken Southern Style Tenders is ≈ $11.10 for pickup with ≈ 944 kJ (226 cal). Compare the two before you cook — the home version trades the chain’s equipment for a frypan and an oven.
How long does it take, and how hard is it?
About 45 minutes, rated Medium difficulty, serving 2.
What do I need to make it?
The ingredients are listed below — starting with 300 g chicken breast, cut into 6 strips, ½ cup (125 ml) buttermilk, 1 tsp fine salt, and 8 more. Quantities are home-kitchen amounts, written to serve 2.
What does the original cost at Hungry Jack's?
The real 3 Jack's Fried Chicken Southern Style Tenders is ≈ $11.10 (pickup), ≈ 944 kJ. Prices vary by location and delivery is higher.
Where can I check the original dish?
On its own dish page — open the 3 Jack's Fried Chicken Southern Style Tenders at Hungry Jack's page for the price, kJ and calories.
Is this recipe the chain’s official recipe?
No — no Top 10 chain publishes its recipes. Every recipe on this site is a copycat written from the dish’s published description and the home-kitchen method below, and the comparison box shows the real dish’s price and kJ so you can judge it yourself.
Written & checked by Sophie Bernard
Sophie reads every menu directly from each chain’s official Australian ordering site and records the store and price basis on the page. No price is published without a source.