Are Chicken Nuggets Better Than Chicken Strips?

According to the USDA: “Nuggets are irregularly shaped, usually bite-sized meat and/or poultry products which are usually breaded and deep fat fried and intended to be used as finger foods.” They come in a variety of different categories.

Let’s explore chicken tenders. Tenders are bigger and usually less processed than nuggets. But with bigger portions comes a bigger price. Chicken tenders are typically found in sit down restaurants. And usually, it’s the safest option on the menu when you aren’t quiet so sure about a restaurant. The tenders will never let you down in that case.

But you can go through any drive-thru and there is usually a nugget meal on the menu. Chances of them being warm and juicy like tenders are not very likely. But cold or not nuggets are the bomb.com. Chicken nuggets are cheap and convenient, you can get them in the middle of the night and you can even get the while you’re in the car driving.

(If you see something referred to as “chicken strips,” they are probably chicken fingers.) These are not to be confused with chicken tenders, which are made from an actual cut of meat: the pectoralis minor, a small muscle that runs directly under the chicken breast.

What is a Chicken Tender?

You’ll love our famous hand-battered chicken tenders more than just about anything else!

Tom Super, senior vice president of communications for the National Chicken Council, explains it the best: “Chicken nuggets and chicken strips are basically the same thing, just shaped differently.