Chicken Nuggets

Chunks of all white meat chicken breasts coated in breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese then fried until golden. An easy chicken recipe your whole family will love. Serve them with ketchup, BBQ sauce or whatever you like to dip your nuggets into. Adults can serve them over your favorite salad for a satisfying lunch.

While often we outsource our evening snacks, sometimes it seems easier to just make something at home, especially for this holy month of Ramadan. You can make more of these and put them in the freezer.

Double these for more or make half for less servings.

Here is the baked chicken nuggets recipe using real chicken and not processed chicken.

Ingredients

• 8 chicken thighs, skinned and de-boned
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic flavored Tabasco
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup flour, for dredging
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups bread crumbs

Method

• In a large bowl, marinate the pieces of chicken in buttermilk. Cover with plastic wrap and leave in the refrigerator overnight.

• Heat oil in a deep fryer. 

• Drain and discard the buttermilk.

• In a food processor, combine the marinated chicken, egg, chives, Parmesan, soy sauce, garlic-flavored hot sauce, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Blend until a smooth paste is formed, about 1 minute. Make about 2-inch by 1-inch nuggets, lining them up on a baking tray.

•  In a shallow bowl, add the flour and in a second bowl the beaten eggs, and in a third bowl the bread crumbs. 

• Coat the nuggets in flour, then egg, and then the bread crumbs and place the nuggets back on the tray. 

• Deep fry in small batches until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Alternately, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet and fry, turning every 2 minutes, for about 10 minutes.

Note: Soaking the chicken in Buttermilk will result in tender and juicy chicken.
An alternate for buttermilk can be made by mixing 1 cup of milk with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar, achieves the same result.