Healthy and delicious REAL chicken nuggets kids love are only 20 minutes away with this newest installment of Kids In The Kitchen series.
My kids, like 98% of the world love chicken nuggets. Sometimes it’s all they want to eat, you know besides candy. I am not a fan of fast food or the processed bag nuggets so I needed to make my own version that first- was healthy and missing all the unreadable ingredients that the other versions contain. Secondly, it needed to taste good because my kids don’t really care all that much if they eat partially hydrogenated soy bean oil or not, but they do care if it tastes great. At first I was hesitant to let my little one touch raw chicken but I figured it made a great lesson in kitchen safety- be sure they wash hands very well before and after handing chicken.
Ingredients:
3 large. boneless, skinless breasts
½ cup flour
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. paprika
½ tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp.pepper
2 eggs
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°
Place flour in a gallon ziplock bag.
In a separate gallon bag combine; Italian breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, paprika, garlic powder, and pepper.
Whisk eggs into a shallow dish.
Cut chicken breasts into 1”x 1” pieces.
Place several chicken pieces in flour bag, seal, and shake until covered well.
Repeat in small batches until all chicken is floured.
Dip each piece of chicken in egg wash to coat.
Place small batches of chicken pieces in bag with bread crumb mixture, shake to cover well.
Spread coated chicken on a baking sheet.
Place in oven for 5 minutes, flip each one, bake another 5 minutes.
Try to remind them to keep the flour in the bag and not on their face.
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- 3 large. boneless, skinless breasts
- ½ cup flour
- 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
- ? cup grated paremsan cheese
- ½ tsp. paprika
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp.pepper
- 2 eggs
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Place flour in a gallon ziplock bag.
- In a separate gallon bag combine; Italian breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, paprika, garlic powder, and pepper.
- Whisk eggs into a shallow dish.
- Cut chicken breasts iinto 1”x1” pieces
- Place several chicken pieces in flour bag, seal, and shake until covered well.
- Repeat in small batches until all chicken is floured.
- Dip each piece of chicken in egg wash to coat.
- Place small batches of chicken pieces in bag with bread crumb mixture, shake to cover well.
- Spread coated chicken on a baking sheet.
- Place in oven for 5 minutes, flip each one, bake another 5 minutes.
Erica says
I love this! I make some similar by grounding boneless thighs in my food processor and using coconut/almond flour for the breading. So Yummy! Thanks for the recipe!!
GiGi Eats says
I am definitely trying my hand at making healthier chicken nuggets in the very near future 🙂
nicole dz says
I love the homemade snack size chicken nuggets, these would be awesome for our football party coming up, i would love to put them on sticks to serve them, awesome recipe.
ellen beck says
These look terrific. I like making my own too sometimes. If you have it on hand try the panko bread crumbs iits really good that way too.
courtney b says
i love this! we are always buying chicken nuggets and you really never know whats in them!! these are so much healthier!
shelly peterson says
These look really yummy and look like they would be full of flavor. I like that they are healthy and made with fresh chicken.
Ros Emely says
My daughter loves chicken nuggets and if I can make it healthier and home-made even better. Thank you for the recipe!