Menu Prices AURed Rooster-Style Chicken Tenders at Home
Red Rooster copycat · ⏱ 45 mins · Difficulty: Medium · Serves 2 · By Sophie Bernard
Buttermilk-brined tenders in a seasoned flour-and-cornstarch crumb, fried crisp. The real 3 Tenders are $8.95, 980 kJ. Copycat method follows the standard buttermilk tender build; no dedicated Red Rooster tenders recipe was found.
The Original
3 Tenders
Price: $8.95 (pickup)
Energy: 980 kJ (234 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Home-kitchen amounts for 2 — standard home-cooking quantities for this dish, not the chain’s recipe (chains do not publish theirs).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
- 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 gravy or your dipping sauce. Tip: the double dredge is what builds the thick, crunchy coating — a single dip gives a thin, patchy crumb — and rest the strips after dredging, or the coating falls off in the oil.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How close is this to the real 3 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 Tenders is $8.95 for pickup with 980 kJ (234 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 7 more. Quantities are home-kitchen amounts, written to serve 2.
What does the original cost at Red Rooster?
The real 3 Tenders is $8.95 (pickup), 980 kJ. Prices vary by location and delivery is higher.
Where can I check the original dish?
On its own dish page — open the 3 Tenders at Red Rooster 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.