BAKED CHICKEN NUGGETS RECIPE

Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into pieces
1 Tbsp potato flakes (found these at FredMeyer)
1/3 cup cold water
1 tsp garlic salt (or 1/2 tsp garlic powder + 1/2 tsp salt)
⅛ tsp black pepper
3/4 cup finely crushed corn flakes from 2 1/2 cups cereal*
1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese

Steps:

Pulse 2½ cups corn flakes in a food processor until fine crumbs form (or take a rolling pin to them in a large zip-loc bag). In a shallow bowl, stir together ¾ cup crumbs and ¼ cup finely grated parmesan.
In the bowl of your clean food processor, combine 1 lb chicken pieces, 1 Tbsp potato flakes, ⅓ cup water, 1 tsp garlic salt, and ⅛ tsp black pepper. Pulse until chicken is finely chopped. P.S. if you don't have a food processor, by all means, use a meat grinder with the small grinding disk.
With wet hands, roll and flatten chicken into small nugget patties, using about 1 Tbsp of the meat mixture for each nugget. Roll the nugget into bread crumbs, pressing gently for crumbs to adhere. (Freezing Tip: You can freeze them once they are breaded; freeze them flat for 1 hour, then transfer to ziploc bags and store up to 3 months. When ready to bake them, bake frozen nuggets as directed in step 4).
Transfer nuggets to lined baking sheet and bake at 375˚F for 15 min on the middle rack or just until cooked through, flipping them over half way through baking. Remove from oven and let nuggets rest a few minutes before serving. P.S. Don't over-bake your nuggets or they will start to get dry.