This was my first attempt of chicken nuggets and they were pretty tasty! I will definitely be tweaking this recipe until it is perfect but for now here is a pretty good version of crispy homemade chicken nuggets.
Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
Chicken
- 680 grams 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon MSG
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Dry Dredge
- 3 cup 450 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper ground
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
“Tempura” Batter
- 1/2 cup 75 grams corn starch
- 3/4 cup 103 grams all purpose
- 1 1/4 teaspoon 4 grams baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon 1 grams baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup 240ml chilled water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place your ground chicken in a bowl with salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and mix well until smooth. I take a tiny amount and microwave it for about 10-15 seconds to taste for salt so I may adjust accordingly.
- Using wet hands, form into chicken nuggets shaped pieces and place on parchment paper. Use about a tablespoon of ground chicken mix per chicken nuggets. Do not make your chicken nuggets too thick, after they are dredged, battered and fried they tend to get about 20-40% thicker.
- Place formed chicken nuggets in freezer for 20 minutes to firm up a bit.
- For dry dredge, mix flour, salt, black pepper, onion powder and garlic powder in a bowl.
- For tempura batter mix corn starch, flour, baking powder, baking soda, 2 eggs, salt and chilled water together well and set aside.
- Pour the vegetable oil into a large pot and bring the heat up to medium-high.
- Once the oil is hot enough for frying, take the nuggets out of the freezer.
- Place one chicken nugget at a time into the dry dredge, then into the wet tempura batter and immediately into the hot oil. Fry for 7 minutes, until golden brown.
- Repeat the process until all chicken nuggets are cooked and let them drain on a paper towel lines rack.
- Serve hot with the dipping sauces of your choice, chose bbq sauce.
