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Chicken tenderloins with brown mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes and fettuccine

Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 766 words · By Tony Jackman
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What to know about Chicken tenderloins with brown mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes and fettuccine

The tenderloin – that sliver of a sort of mini loin on a chicken breast – always used to be attached to a fillet when you bought them.

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What happened

The tenderloin – that sliver of a sort of mini loin on a chicken breast – always used to be attached to a fillet when you bought them.

Why it matters

Sometimes they are removed and collected to be sold in packs of – I didn’t count, but 10 or so I reckon – chicken tenderloins.

Common ground

They strike me as being ideal for a wok dish, but I am between woks.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Tony Jackman is twice winner of the Galliova Food Writer of the Year award.”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tony Jackman is twice winner of the Galliova Food Writer of the Year award.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tony Jackman is twice winner of the Galliova Food Writer of the Year award.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-29-aunty-pin…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tony Jackman is twice winner of the Galliova Food Writer of the Year award.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-25-chicken-a…
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Claim 2: “Tony Jackman’s Retro Karoo Food (Penguin Random House)”
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The claim is mentioned in a cross-reference from Daily Maverick. However, the web search results are irrelevant (referring to a movie and the Tony Awards), meaning there is only one unique source confirming the book's existence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the official document "Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards", which applies for that season only. [4] The Tony Awards are the…
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Claim 3: “The tenderloin – that sliver of a sort of mini loin on a chicken breast – always used to be attached to a fillet when you bought them.”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia entries about chickens and filet mignon (beef), but none of the sources address the historical retail packaging or anatomical attachment of chicken tenderloins to fillets.
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web search NEUTRAL — The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is the domesticated form of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is one …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken
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web search NEUTRAL — Western cuisine frequently has chicken prepared by deep frying for fast foods such as fried chicken, chicken nuggets, chicken lollipops or Buffalo wings. They are also often grilled for salads or taco…
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web search NEUTRAL — The tenderloin is sometimes sold whole. Filet mignon is usually presented as a round cut taken from the thinner end of a piece of tenderloin. It is often the most tender and lean cut.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet_mignon
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