I finally got around to making my own chicken nuggets last night. It has often bothered me how little actual chicken is in ready made nuggets, I think the most Chicken content we have found is Tegel Chicken Bites (60 % chicken), and even then do we really want to know what the "chicken" is?
So I had some chicken breast to use, and all I did was cut into small pieces, then dip into whisked up egg replacer then coat in rice crumbs (because I had them but feel free to go with dipping in egg and then plain dried breadcrumbs!)
Then I put them on a paper lined tray and baked (on fan bake) at about 180 for roughly 30 minutes, I turned them halfway through the cooking time.
Result: allergy friendly, no added crap chicken nuggets that I felt good about the kids eating!!
It has inspired me to experiment more, perhaps with minced chicken and some diced/pureed veggies, now thinking I could dip the chunks of chicken into mashed pumpkin before rolling in the crumbs. Nothing like som sneaky veggies is there? ;)
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