CopyCat Cracker Barrel Grilled Chicken Tenderloins
Hi ya’ll! I hope you liked last week’s copycat recipe because I have another yummy one to share today!
This is seriously one of the easiest recipes I have ever tried, there are only 4 ingredients, so no excuses!
You HAVE to make these… YUM!
I freakin’ love cracker barrel.
I don’t know what it is, I love a lot of the menu and come on, anytime there is shopping and food involved I’m totally in!
I get these grilled chicken tenderloins almost every time we go. They are just so moist and flavorful.
When I found this recipe I knew I had to make them and they came out great! They are almost dead on to the original, so of course, this is now on our weekly rotation!
Oh, and did I mention they are super easy?!
Recipe adapted from here. This post contains affiliate links.
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Step by Step Directions
Mix the dressing, lime juice, and honey together. Place the marinade in a ziplock bag with the chicken and make sure all the chicken is coated. Place this in the fridge to marinade for an hour, if you marinade longer the chicken might start cooking due to the lime juice so keep an eye on it!
In a skillet over medium heat, spray with cooking spray and place chicken in the pan.
Let brown on all sides until cooked through, about 8 minutes total or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees.
Serve with your favorite sides or with a salad and enjoy!
It can’t get much easier than that! I had mine on a salad and it was soooo good.
And, a low-calorie count which I love, we are trying to lose a few pounds around here, boo! But with this yummy salad, it’s not going to bad!
What do you think? What is your favorite dish at Cracker Barrel?? (This is a non-sponsored post by the way, I just really love them!)
CopyCat Cracker Barrel Grilled Chicken Tenderloins
Ingredients
- 1 Pound chicken tenderloins
- 1/2 Cup Italian dressing
- 1 tsp fresh squeezed lime juice
- 1 1/2 tsp honey
Instructions
- Mix the dressing, lime juice and honey together. Place the marinade in a zip lock bag with the chicken and make sure all the chicken is coated. Place this in the fridge to marinade for an hour, if you marinade longer the chicken might start cooking due to the lime juice so keep an eye on it!
- In a skillet over medium heat, spray with cooking spray and place chicken in the pan. Let brown on all sides until cooked through, about 8 minutes total or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees.
- Serve with your favorite sides or with a salad and enjoy!
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Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says
Yum! Looks delicious! Love chicken marinated in Italian dressing…do you make your own for this, or use store bought?
Dana DeVolk says
I normally make my own, but for this particular recipe I used store bought, super easy.
Meg says
Hubby eats these there all the time! Our very favorite though, is the sliced sugar cured ham — it’s literally the only food my daughter can eat there (she’s allergic to all foods except pork and strawberries) – they can just toss it on a plate, nuke it, and she can eat with no reactions. CB is our go-to restaurant – I think we’ve been to just about every one along I-95 between NJ and Florida!
Jennifer Johnson says
One of my favorites we make this regularly!
margie says
how do you copy the chicken and dumplings?
Mary (Tips & Treasures) says
Yum! Both chicken recipes look great! Just pinned both to try. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Simple Nature Decor says
lOOKS EXCELLENT! THERE ARE So many ways to cook chicken and youhave made it look easy! with these great recipes Thanks Maria your co host from Craft Frenzy Friday
Cassi says
Yummy! Can’t wait to try this out!
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Diane Balch says
Lime juice really kicks up the flavor on this chicken. Thanks for bringing it to foodie friday.
Jess says
Looks simple, yet delicious!
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April says
Your Chicken recipe looks delicious, I love the idea of lime and honey flavor, Yum! I would love to invite you to share your recipe at my linky party, Meal Planning Monday Recipe Link-up. 🙂 http://www.aprilshomemaking.com/2014/03/meal-planning-monday-recipe-link-up-2.html
Kristina & Millie says
Oh these look so yummylicious! Adding to the list of recipes to try! 🙂
Melissa Thomas says
The grilled chicken tenderloin is what I order just about every single time we go to Cracker Barrel so I am very excited to try this recipe. Thanks so much for sharing!
Leslie Queen says
What kind of Italian dressing did you use? There are so many of them
Dana DeVolk says
I used the KRAFT brand, thanks for asking!
Demetrius says
The chicken looks exactcly what it looks like at CB. I like your instructions as other copy cats online has the entire marinade added to the skillet and must be reduced for 45 min. Thats just too long and I don’t belive Cracker Barrel does it that way as that will dry the chicken out. Good job, I’m making this tonight!
Dana DeVolk says
YAY thanks so much! Let us know how they come out!
Lois says
This was easy and quick and the chicken was tender and had a nice flavor. I don’t keep limes around so I used lemon. I messed up and used a cast iron skillet which afterwards I had to soak and scrub for two days ha. Def use a non stick heavy skillet. Good recipe, thanks for sharing!
Dave says
My CB has a fifty/fifty chance of doing it right! I have had them pounded out so thin, that they turn out being dry and tough.