Talk:Chicken fingers

Vandalism
could someone please clean up this page? Could Chicken Fries be called a variety of chicken fingers? Esquizombi 19:47, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I've clarified the Boneless Buffalo Wings mention to seperate if from simply regular chicken fingers dipped afterwords with hot sauce. There's also a recent varation I've seen at a local Subway called Buffalo Chicken Melt. Looks like they make the chicken fingers regularly, add chesse, and pour Buffalo Sauce on it and then nuke it. Joncnunn 21:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Dips
Come on Y'all in Texas we dip our chicken fingers in gravy. Texas 92 (talk) 05:13, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Fingers?
Why are they called Chicken Fingers? Bufflo 04:11, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps because they look a little like a finger that's made out of chicken. There might be places where five of them is standard serving size. Jon 21:49, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Could be based on fish fingers.

[User:ericminch] I always tell people "Chickens do not actually have fingers, but they do have toes. Be sure which one of these you are eating."

Etymology
We need to nail down the origin of this term. I can't recall hearing this term before approximately the early 1980s. Badagnani 04:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Cream Gravy?
Are you sure? I have seen no such thing done to chicken fingers, or heard someone say they have ate with such a thing. Sitation or it stays off.Umishiru (talk) 16:49, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

All chicken fingers in New England are Chinese?
The sentence about chicken fingers being served "almost exclusively" in Chinese restaurants in New England is blatantly wrong. And the sources don't even claim this. And this type of chicken finger isn't exclusive to New England, we have them in PA). I should be changed to something like: "Chinese restaurants in the north east United States serve chicken fingers which are made with an egg batter and have a smooth texture. They are typically served as an appetizer or side." --128.180.121.142 (talk) 16:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

The sentence is still wrong. It makes it sound like chicken fingers like those served in Chinese restaurants (smooth batter) are also common elsewhere in the Northeast. That is not true; the more common "American" style tenders have the rough texture now ascribed to those from the rest of the country. Also, chicken tenders in Chinese restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic at least, with smooth batter, are known as sweet and sour chicken by virtue of the tangy sauce that invariably accompanies them. I have never of these being called chicken tenders by name. Chicken tenders have more of a bread-crumb or flour-based batter and are often larger than the small pieces used in sweet and sour chicken.

I thought chicken fingers were a Chinese-American cuisine invention and didn't know that it's just another name for 'chicken tenders.' The smooth batter aspect of the Chinese-American cuisine version might warrant having it's own section in this article, and perhaps a mention in the Chinese-American Cuisine article. Dionyseus (talk) 17:46, 8 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I would agree that there should be more on the Chicken Finger vs. Chicken Tender discrepancy. I can't speak for elsewhere, but in New England, "chicken fingers" are a Polynesian Chinese-American dish with a smooth texture and dipped in batter while "chicken tenders" are coated in breading. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 17:03, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 15 August 2018

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The result of the move request was: NOT MOVED. (non-admin closure) An early SNOW close of this drive-by nomination by an IP; no evidence for the requested move and unanimous opposition. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 18:24, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Chicken fingers → Chicken tenders – More common name. 23.25.229.66 (talk) 15:20, 15 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose As simpy saying it is the more common name without backing that up with any data to support that statement, doesn't make it true.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 17:22, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose given Google Ngrams Viewer, Google News (26k vs. 19k), and Google Books (31k vs. 23k) results in favour of the existing title. 59.149.124.29 (talk) 04:00, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose no evidence, and simply untrue. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:49, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Suggest next editor closes this per WP:SNOW. And experienced editor, please log in when placing multiple RMs to major articles. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:52, 16 August 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Semi-protected edit request on 30 August 2018
Add at the end of the first paragraph "They are very good". 139.140.81.54 (talk) 19:51, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: First, you have no reliable source, and anyway, its original research, since taste varies from person to person. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:55, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2018
Chicken Fingers were first made and named by the owners/operators of Spanky's in Savannah, Ga. One of the original owners, Ansley Williams, continues to operate Spanky's today and it is known as the Home of the Original Chicken Finger. www.southmag.com/April-May-2016/The-Story-of-the-Chicken-Finger 2601:483:4A80:B20:45A:E939:A1F9:E25 (talk) 18:56, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. And now I'm hungry. Fish +Karate  13:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Chicken Tenders
I would like to postulate that chicken tenders including chilli tenders are a variant or different dish. Tenders are thicker and does not resemble a finger. In addition tenders are generally served as a main not a starter.

-location: Australia

193.82.232.13 (talk) 01:37, 12 January 2021 (UTC)Jaguanna Note some indicate tenders are a specific cut of the breast anatomy and have a different texture

https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-chicken-fingers-chicken-tenders-and-chicken-strips

Tendies
Chicken fingers play a starring role in the tendies stories, a pretty long-running and influential Internet meme that's become associated with things like r/wallstreetbets. They're worth at least a passing mention in this article. It could take a little work to find reliable sources underneath all the Reddit hits, but they're out there (e.g.). —Kodiologist (t) 14:18, 11 September 2023 (UTC)