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Kid-Friendly Homemade Chicken Nuggets
These homemade chicken nuggets are baked to perfection with a crispy crunch on the outside and melt in your mouth tender chicken on the inside.
Prep
10 min
Cook
10 min
Total
20 min
Serves
4
Instructions
- 01
Cook chicken breast just until done. You can boil, bake or cook in the instant pot. Make sure you don't overcook or your nuggets will be dry.
- 02
In a food processor or blender, pulse together cooked chicken breast, eggs, salt, garlic powder and onion powder.
- 03
To make shapes, press the chicken mixture into cookie cutters. Then press into your bread crumbs. If you don't want to make shapes, roll a small ball of chicken mixture into a ball, and slightly press until flat and shaped like a chicken nugget. Then press into breadcrumbs.
- 04
Place nuggets onto a cookie sheet. Drizzle with melted butter to make them crispier.
- 05
Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes. Flip halfway through to get both sides crispy.
- 06
Serve with your favorite dip like honey mustard, ketchup, spicy mustard, BBQ sauce, or ranch. Enjoy!
Nutrition
per serving · 1 serving
- Calories
- 206
- Protein
- 17g
- Carbs
- 10g
- Fat
- 10g
- Fiber
- 1g
- Sugar
- 1g
- Sat. fat
- 5g
- Sodium
- 827mg
- Cholesterol
- 144mg
Variations & swaps
Variations and Substitutions with Homemade Chicken Nuggets
- Egg Substitute. If you can’t have eggs, you can make a flax egg that works really well in this recipe. Just mix 1 tablespoon flax seeds with 4 tablespoons water and whisk until frothy. Then add it to your chicken just like an egg.
- Flavored Breadcrumbs. If you want to add more flavor to your bread crumbs, you can add 1/4 cup parmesan cheese to give it a salty flavor and more crunch.
- Buttermilk. To give these a bit more richness and help the bread crumbs stick, you can dip the chicken in buttermilk and then breadcrumbs.
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