We tried chicken tenders every major fast-food chain - and the results are surprising

The humble chicken tender - or chicken fingers, in some circles - is making a comeback.

Chicken tenders are the most glorious incarnation of handheld fried chicken - heftier than nuggets, simpler than wings, ideologically purer than boneless wings. The adoration for chicken tenders is universal, bridging the spans of age and class alike - the great equalizers, so they say, are death, taxes, and tenders. With McDonald's resurrecting them on their menu and Wendy's introducing theirs, the time for tenders has come.

A handful of major fast-food chains offer tenders, and we decided to put them all to the test to see which con-tender (sorry) reaches the top of the tourney.