Popeyes' downfall is the ratio of batter to chicken. To start, the chicken strips are too thin and are coated with breading that is thicker than the meat. The breading is shatteringly crispy and well-seasoned, and it doesn't slide off the chicken when you bite into it. But with so little chicken inside, all we really tasted was the breading.
Specifically, chicken tenders are made from the pectoralis minor or inner filet of the chicken breast, hence the name "tender." Not unlike its ButterBurgers, which are famously made from three prized cuts of beef, Culver's tenders also have a specific source for their chicken. Springer Mountain Farms is a Georgia-based, family-owned farm that operates under strict environmental sustainability and animal welfare standards, foregoing antibiotics and using 100% U.S.-grown corn and soybeans in the chicken feed.