CRISPY tempura battered chicken

CRISPY tempura battered chicken is a freezer-aisle style breaded chicken product built for people who want crunch without doing the coating themselves. By our assessment, its selling point is obvious: tempura batter gives a lighter, crisper shell than the heavy kind of breading, so it can work well in a quick meal or snack. The downside is also obvious, because anything pre-coated and pre-cooked lives or dies by reheating, and the crisp edge can turn soft if handled badly. In practice it is one of those products that promises texture more than flavour, and the breaded-chicken category says as much. It is for someone who wants an easy crunchy chicken piece, not for anyone looking for a fresh pan-fried cut or a very clean ingredient list.