Homemade Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
- 3boneless chicken breasts cut into cubes
- 1 ½ cflour
- ziplock bag or use a pie plate for the coating mixture
- 1 ½ tspeach granulated garlic powder
- 1 tsppaprika
- ½ tspseasoning salt or more
- parchment paper
- cooking spray
- 1 largedeep baking pan
- For optional dipping sauces click here
- Canola Oil or Vegetable Oil
enough to cover the bottom of the pan for frying around 1 inch.
- water
milk, or buttermilk, around 1 cup just to moisten the chicken
- Optional: for a spicy chicken nugget add 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon of chili powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of cumin to the flour mixture
- Frying Pan
Air Fryer, or Baking Oven cooking methods below in the notes
Directions
- 1
Rinse the chicken in cold water, or dip it in milk or buttermilk to moisten it.
- 2
Cut the chicken into 2 - inch cubes on a cutting board with a sharp knife and set aside.
- 3
Start to heat the oil around 2 inches deep in a large frying pan on medium heat.
- 4
Place the flour and seasonings into a pie plate or ziplock bag.
- 5
Shake the wet chicken cubes into the flour mixture.
- 6
Using tongs, place the cubes into the hot oil.
- 7
Fry the chicken in oil flipping once for 3 minutes on both sides or until the juices run clear.
- 8
For Air Fried or Baking, cooking methods refer to the notes below.
- 9
Serve with your favorite dipping sauces click here
- 10
For those who prefer a breadcrumb coating try our recipe for Chicken Cutlets
- 11
For those who prefer batter coating try out Tempura batter
Homemade Chicken Nuggets
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