Chicken Nuggets
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- Ready In:
- 12hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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Chicken Nuggets
- 8 chicken thighs, skinned and deboned
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped fresh chives
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic-flavored hot pepper sauce (recommended -- garlic-flavored Tabasco)
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 cup flour, for dredging
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups panko (japanese) breadcrumbs
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Honey-Mustard Dipping Sauce
- 1⁄4 cup mild yellow mustard
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
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For the nuggets:
- In a large bowl, marinate the pieces of chicken in buttermilk. Cover with plastic wrap and leave in the refrigerator overnight. This will tenderize the chicken.
- Heat oil in a deep fryer. Drain and discard the buttermilk. In a food processor, combine the marinated chicken, egg, chives, Parmesan, soy sauce, garlic-flavored hot sauce, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Blend until a smooth paste is formed, about 1 minute.
- Make about 2-inch by 1-inch nuggets, lining them up on a baking tray.
- In a shallow bowl, add the flour and in a second bowl the beaten eggs, and in a third bowl the panko bread crumbs.
- Coat the nuggets in flour, then egg, and then the panko crumbs and place the nuggets back on the tray. Deep fry in small batches until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Alternately, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet and fry, turning every 2 minutes, for about 10 minutes.
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For the dipping sauce:
- Combine the mustard, honey, salt, and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Can be made up to 1 day in advance.
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Cook's Note:
- Soaking the chicken in Buttermilk will result in tender and juicy chicken. You can buy buttermilk in the dairy product section of a supermarket, but mixing 1 cup of milk with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar achieves the same result.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chuck Hughes
United States
Affable Canadian chef Chuck Hughes is a restaurateur and television personality known for his inventive take on comfort food, which he shares on his show, Chuck's Day Off.