Grown Up Chicken Nuggets
By adding cilantro, Parmesan cheese and Frank's hot sauce - these chicken nuggets are a grown up version of your childhood chicken nuggets.
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 1 tsp minced onion flakes
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp parmesan cheese shredded
- 2 tbsp Frank's hot sauce
For the Breading:
- 1/2 cup self-rising flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp parmesan cheese shredded
For the dipping station:
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- In the food processor, pulse the chicken through Parmesan cheese until you get a chicken paste - just a bit more coarse than ground chicken. Form into chicken nuggets. Each chicken nugget was 1.2 ounces of chicken filling. I got 16 nuggets out of this recipe. Freeze on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes, flip, freeze 15 minutes more. Don't skip this step otherwise your nuggets will fall apart when you try to bread them.
- Dip in egg mixture, then into flour mixture. Heat skillet over medium low heat and add a teaspoon of grapeseed oil for each serving of 4 nuggets. I add a point for the grape seed oil. Fry on all sides for about 6-7 minutes total, or until they reach an internal temperature of 165. Full disclosure, to make it go faster, the photo is a deep fried version, but since I fry at the right temperature, I only count 1 point for the oil in that version too.
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Notes
The cilantro adds a nice herby punch, the hot sauce is spicy, but not too spicy and then you get that nutty saltiness from the Parmesan cheese. I bet your kids would love these!
To meal prep: After freezing for 30 minutes, place in a ziplock bag, then pull out however many you want and continue on with the steps above.
3 points for 4 nuggets, 4 for 8 nuggets 💜💙
6 points for 4 nuggets, 7 for 8 nuggets 💚
6 points for 4 nuggets, 7 for 8 nuggets 💚