Menu Prices AUOporto-Style Grilled Chicken Tenders at Home
Oporto copycat · ⏱ 35 mins · Difficulty: Easy · Serves 2 · By Sophie Bernard
Flame-grilled chicken tenders marinated in lemon, garlic and Portuguese-style spices. The real Chicken Tenders are $10.80, 1,595 kJ. Build follows Oporto’s flame-grilled chicken style; no dedicated Oporto tenders copycat was found.
The Original
Chicken Tenders
Price: $10.80 (pickup)
Energy: 1,595 kJ (381 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Home-kitchen amounts for 2 — standard home-cooking quantities for this dish, not the chain’s recipe (chains do not publish theirs).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: Easy.
- 300 g chicken breast, cut into 6 strips
- Marinade: 2 tbsp olive oil, juice of ½ lemon, 1 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp dried oregano, 1 garlic clove crushed, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tbsp olive oil, for the pan
- Lemon wedges and chilli sauce, to serve
Method
- Toss the strips in the marinade and leave at least 30 minutes (overnight is better).
- Heat a grill pan or barbecue over high heat until smoking.
- Grill the strips 2–3 minutes per side until charred at the edges and cooked through.
- Squeeze the lemon over the strips while they rest, so the juice soaks in.
- Rest 2 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges and chilli sauce. Tip: the pan must be properly hot before the chicken goes in — a lukewarm pan steams the strips grey instead of charring them — and do not move them around while they cook, or they will not get the flame-grilled marks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How close is this to the real Chicken 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 Chicken Tenders is $10.80 for pickup with 1,595 kJ (381 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 35 minutes, rated Easy 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, Marinade: 2 tbsp olive oil, juice of ½ lemon, 1 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp dried oregano, 1 garlic clove crushed, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp chilli flakes, 1 tbsp olive oil, for the pan, and 1 more. Quantities are home-kitchen amounts, written to serve 2.
What does the original cost at Oporto?
The real Chicken Tenders is $10.80 (pickup), 1,595 kJ. Prices vary by location and delivery is higher.
Where can I check the original dish?
On its own dish page — open the Chicken Tenders at Oporto 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.