• I tried chicken tenders from 14 different fast-food chains. • Chick-fil-A and KFC's chicken tenders were similar in their breaded texture. • Raising Cane's impressed me with its crispy yet juicy tenders and delicious signature sauce.

The fast-food chicken wars have entered a new battleground — now, it's all about the tender.

McDonald's launched its new McCrispy Strips in May, marking the first time chicken strips have been on the menu since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Then, in September, Wendy's launched its own Wendy's Tendys and a lineup of six new sauces made for dunking.

"Consumers told us what they wanted in a chicken tender, and we listened — taste-tested, fine-tuned, and delivered," Lindsay Radkoski, Wendy's US chief marketing officer, told Business Insider.

I compared chicken

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