20 Minute Chicken Nuggets
photo by kiwidutch
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 1⁄3 cup flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vinegar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- oil (for frying)
directions
- Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and begin heating the oil in a pan.
- Combine flour and salt in a bowl. In a smaller bowl, combine vinegar and baking soda.
- Pour the vinegar and baking soda mixture into the flour mixture along with the 1/3 cup of water.Stir to smoothen the batter.
- Coat chicken piece in batter and let excess batter drip off before placing it into your hot oil. Fry till nice and golden brown.
Reviews
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I read other reviews and made sure to hold each nugget over the oil for a few seconds to drain it before letting it sit on some paper towel as it cooled. Turned out nice and crispy; recipe reminded me of battered halibut. If you're doing this to be healthy and want a little more flavor, use a couple tablespoons of vinegar as your dip ;)
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Tweaks
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I made these hoping to wean my two picky eaters off the commercial nuggets, and while these were easy to make and I thought that they were ok, DH and both kids were less than fussed. DH said not nearly enough salt (I followed the recipe , but DH likes his salt) and the two little ones were brutally honest, DD said not as good as a usual ones Mama? and DS, a toddler of few words, simply pushed his plastic plate off the edge of the table onto the floor. (Thats the Thanks we get for trying to feed them real? chicken instead of pulverized rubbish full of preservatives etc). I did have one problem apart from the 3 critics in the household, and that was that while the batter was nice and crunchy when it came out of the fryer, it very rapidly became quite soft, so may be the feel appeal? wasnt quite close enough to the commercial ones to successfully fool them. Please see my rating system, Im giving this 3 stars because it didnt work for us and my search for home made chicken nuggets continues. If you have less picky eaters at your place, then give this a try. It was definitely worth giving a go, Thanks Tuna sushi !
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