Homemade chicken nuggets.

Chicken in the form of crispy nuggets. Simple. (But an easy way to make juicy, tasty chicken)




I made mine with a side of mash and roasted veg. I haven't included a method for the mash in the recipe because I think most people know how to make it, and there's usually only slight variation in things like seasoning and making it with/without milk. The recipe for roasted veg you will find on the recipe for Tuna and sweetcorn fishcakes. I used carrot instead of courgette in this version but that doesn't call for a change in the cooking time.

The good thing about making your own chicken nuggets is you know exactly whats in them. My ones were cooked in barely any oil, so they can also be much healthier than store bought.

Here's what you'll need for the nuggets:

• About 200g chicken breast, cut in to bitesize chunks (this fed me, so you can increase quantities depending on how many people you are cooking for).
• One egg, beaten.
• One slice of bread- if fresh, toasted, and then woozed up in to bread crumbs. If stale, then just woozed up.
• Plain flour, for sprinkling
• Seasoning of your choice- here is where you can be creative. You could go with plain slat and pepper, or try coating them in Parmesan, or paprika- anything you like. Experiment! You could make little southern fried chicken nuggets.
• A tea spoon of oil for frying

Method:

• Sprinkle flour over a plate so that it covers it thinly and evenly.
• In a bowl, place your beaten egg.
• In another bowl, or on a plate place your seasoning.
• On another plate, evenly spread your breadcrumbs.
• Line up these plates in the order that you created them. The raw chicken is going to be rolled in each of these, one after the other- starting in the flour, and ending in the bread crumbs. 
• As each piece of chicken is fully coated, place it in a cold non-stick frying pan, ready to be cooked.
• When they're all coated, add the oil to the pan and fry them on a medium heat, for a couple of minutes on both sides until the chicken is cooked and the breadcrumbs are golden brown.

If you're doing mash and roast veg with these, just make sure you time it well so that everything comes ready and hot to the table.