Description
Tender and moist chicken coated in a crispy batter and fried to perfection. These homemade chicken nuggets are made with 100% white meat and no fillers for a high-quality, extra crispy result.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 chicken breast (boneless skinless)
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ cups corn starch
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/2 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Step: Place the chicken in a food processor. Depending on the size of your food process you may need to work in batches. Process for 30 seconds or until small pieces form. Add the salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and one egg. Blend until it forms a paste like consistency.
- Step: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using wet hands, take a handful of blended chicken and shape into a nugget. Shape all of the nuggets and place the baking sheet in the freezer for 15 minutes. This will make it easier to coat the nuggets.
- Step: Add the cornstarch to a small bowl. In a large bowl, mix together the water, one egg, onion powder, garlic powder, mustard, pepper, salt and flour. You should have a thick but runny batter.
- Step: In a large skillet or deep pot, heat enough oil on medium-high heat to come 2” up the sides.
- Step: Coat each nugget with corn starch, shake off the excess and then coat in the wet batter. Let the excess wet batter drip off.
- Step: Carefully place the nugget in the heated oil and fry for 2-3 minutes per side. Remove the nuggets from the oil and drain on paper towel or wire rack for 3-4 minutes.
- Step: Deep fry the same batch of nuggets again for 5 minutes. This ensures that the chicken cooks all the way through without getting too dark and the batter will be extra crispy. Remove the nuggets from the oil and drain on a paper towel or wire rack.
Notes
These nuggets can be made ahead and stored frozen until ready to cook. To achieve the paste-like consistency without a food processor, you can use a knife and pound the meat for 5-10 minutes.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
- Method: Deep Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 nugget
- Calories: 73 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 267 mg
- Fat: 1 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
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