What is a chicken tender?

The knife shows where the tenderloin is located

What is a chicken tender?

Today being the 4th of July, I was talking to my friend Rebecca & she said she was 
so excited to have grilled turkey tenderloin. I asked what that was exactly she 
said "Well, bigger than a chickens tenderloin." My first thought was, they must 
be from Texas! But then we had discovered something!

I always thought a chicken tender was just a chicken breast cut into strips. As 
it turns out the tenderloin is a cut of its own.

The tenderloin is actually the muscle that connects the breast to the spine. So 
on a whole bone in chicken breast the tenderloin would be closet to the spine 
away from the breast bone.

Because the tenderloin is at the spine it never does much work. This leaves it 
very tender when cooked. 

So the tenderloin & a chicken strip are two separate things. Who knew?
Keep this in mind the next time you want chicken "tenders"