TURKEY NUGGETS (OR CHICKEN)

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My mother found this recipe about 20 years ago. A great find! This is a great recipe for leftover turkey or chicken. You can even use tuna or salmon. My kids LOVE it, especially paired with leftover mashed potato cakes.

Provided by MEKELLER

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken

Time 30m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

¼ cup water
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
2 cups shredded cooked turkey
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed

Steps:

Stir water and baking powder together in a bowl (mixture should foam). Mix turkey, flour, egg, salt, and black pepper into water and baking powder. Form mixture into bite-size nuggets.
Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Fry the nuggets in the hot vegetable oil until golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 224.8 calories, Carbohydrate 12.5 g, Cholesterol 99.7 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 23.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 250.1 mg, Sugar 0.1 g