So I recently got an awesome new deep fryer and was very excited to test out my skills. I decided to make fried chicken tenders and really do it right.

I did all the prep, seasoned the batter, cut the chicken. I’m currently staying at my parents house for the holidays though, so I didn’t know where anything was. No big deal I figured flour is flour, right?

I searched around the pantry, found something that looked like flour, and started coating the chicken. Immediately things felt… off. The coating was getting all gloopy and weird, and when I dropped the tenders into the fryer there was this strange solidified, granulated stuff forming in the oil. But I was already committed.

My parents came into the kitchen and told me I needed to dip the chicken in egg then flour, which explained why nothing was sticking properly. I was like ohhh okay that makes sense and kept going anyway.

I ate the chicken. I was trying to make it spicy, but somehow it was not spicy at all instead it was weirdly sweet. Still kind of good not what I was going for, but edible. I just felt bad because I tried really hard and it wasn’t turning out right.

Fast forward a few hours later, my sister comes home. I overhear her ask my parents “Did they use powdered sugar instead of flour?”

My stomach dropped. I immediately knew. Nothing in the pantry was labeled, but still I absolutely should’ve noticed. I think I was just so excited about the chicken that my brain shut off completely.

So yeah I deep-fried chicken tenders in powdered sugar.

I’m trying again tomorrow with actual flour. Hopefully this time I make food and not dessert.

TLDR: tried to make fried chicken at my parents house, couldn’t find flour, accidentally used powdered sugar, chicken was sweet, found out hours later I made candied chicken tenders.