Acadiana’s Favorite Chicken Tenders Come From These Local Spots

ACADIANA - Food is serious business in Acadiana. Not just our world famous Cajun and Creole cuisine, but even down to comfort food staples like BBQ, hamburgers, pizza, and fried chicken. Sure, you can find these foods anywhere in America, but here in Acadiana we serve them up with our own special Louisiana twist.

From Erath to New Iberia, Lafayette to Breaux Bridge, and everywhere in between, you'll find locally owned mom and pop gas stations and restaurants serving up mouth watering chicken tenders. We wanted to know what local spots have the absolute best chicken tenders, and you did not disappoint.

Best Chicken Tenders In Acadiana

After sifting through roughly 100 responses on Facebook, there were a handful of Acadiana restaurants and gas stations that were repeatedly mentioned over and over again.

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Chicken Tenders

Before we get to the top 8 best places to get chicken tenders in Acadiana, let's take a look at a handful of places that were repeatedly mentioned but fell just outside of the top 8.

Hot Food Express / Hot Food Corner (Lafayette/Youngsville)
Eddie's (Erath)
Handy Mart (Abbeville)
Southern Classic Chicken (Lafayette)
Food Etc. (Abbeville)
Mikey's Specialty Meats (Crowley)
LA 88 Discount Food Mart (Coteau)

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The above places are certainly doing chicken tenders right, but have a look at the official "8 Best Places for Chicken Tenders in Acadiana" based on the number of mentions in our Facebook poll.

#1 Mire's Grocery (Vatican)
#2 Ragin' Chicken Co. (Youngsville)
#3 Vautrot's Mini Mart (Church Point)
#4 Steven's Fine Foods & Seafood (Lafayette)
#5 Mama's Fried Chicken (Opelousas)
#6 Village Station (Judice/Maurice)
#7 Jason's Grill (Broussard)
#8 Y-Not Stop (Broussard)

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What do you think? Did your favorite local chicken tenders make the list? If not, let us know!