Remove from oven and turn the pieces over. Then arrange them in single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake them in preheated oven at 180 C / 360 F for 20 minutes. Just follow all the steps given below upto breading the chicken nuggets. You can make these chicken nuggets even more skinny if you bake them instead of deep frying them. Fresh food has its own flavor & taste which can never be beaten in my opinion by anything packed & frozen plus, it is much healthier. When you take the effort of making anything fresh at home, you are actually doing a favor to your body by not gulping in loads of preservatives. Since I like crispy coating, I chose breadcrumbs to use and I would urge you to do the same as the combination of crispy coating with juicy meat is simply a match made in heaven! I used breadcrumbs to bread my chicken nuggets, but many frozen nuggets are only coated with flour giving it a smoother outer coating. This 30-minute marination will infuse the chicken meat with great flavors and also tenderize it so that you taste succulent cubes of meat when you take a bite on the crispy outer coating of your chicken nuggets. You can use any seasoning of your choice to marinate the chicken. I made a spicy version of chicken nuggets this time by adding chili powder which not only add heat but enhances the flavor of the chicken too. You can make chicken nuggets of variety of flavors and the options are really countless. Now, talking about some more benefits of making chicken nuggets at home, I must make you aware that making anything at home will present you with uncountable opportunities of creation. So, you can make a choice depending on what you prefer – thigh meat would make slightly tastier nuggets as compared to breast meat whereas chicken breast is much easier & quicker to handle. Now the only difficulty I faced while using chicken thigh is the uneven shape & surface of thigh portion which makes it tricky to cut in perfect shape of nuggets.Ĭhicken breast is a very smooth and even portion and hence easy to cut into nugget-shaped pieces. But I, being a sucker for taste, inclined to use chicken thigh meat which results in juicier nuggets. The most important thing to do while making chicken nuggets is to decide which portion of chicken to use.Ĭhicken breast is a popular choice as it cooks fast as well as is very lean, hence good for weight watchers. But before that, let’s discuss some important points. I will also let you know few other benefits of making chicken nuggets at home. Making these chicken nuggets at home will definitely take more time than quickly frying frozen nuggets but if you trust me a little then you must be assured that your signature nuggets will be way more loved by you as well as everyone else who taste it! Hence, don’t think twice to give it a go! I’m not even asking you to consider that mind-numbing feeling of joy that you will feel after whipping up this lip-smacking snack from scratch at home and being praised by everyone around (even though that is my own driving force)! If you are wondering whether taking the effort of making chicken nuggets at home is worth it when you can easily get budget-friendly packet of frozen chicken nuggets in any supermarket that can be made in a jiffy, then I only have one pointers to win this argument in favor of homemade chicken nuggets and that is anything homemade is way tastier as well as healthier than any readymade stuff and it is very true in case of these amazingly hot & crispy homemade chicken nuggets too! My homemade spicy chicken nuggets happen to be the quickest & tastiest chicken snack that you can ever make at home without any fuss whatsoever! Crispy chicken nuggets at its best!
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