How To Cook Home-made Chicken Nuggets / Recipe n°2

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Hello, I want to share with you a second recipe to cook some very tasty home made chicken nuggets. This recipe is a little bit different as the first I shared, but still easy to cook at home.

Remember, the key to have the best chicken nuggets is simple : use quality ingredients !

This nuggets recipe take about 30 minutes to prepare + cook.

Makes 4 servings

Here is the link to my first recipe to cook homemade chicken nuggets.

so let's call this new chicken nugget recipe : Martin's Home-made Chicken Nuggets n°2  :)

Ingredients :

• About 1,5 pounds (750g)  boneless white-meat chicken (breasts, cutlets, or tenders), pounded to uniform thickness if necessary, blotted dry.
• 1 cup all-purpose flour for dredging
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups bread crumbs, preferably fresh (page 876), or panko for dredging
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 / 2 teaspoon cayenne
• Peanut or neutral oil, like grape seed or corn, for deep frying the nuggets.

Method:

1) Heat  the  oven  to  200°F.  Cut  the  meat  into 2-inch pieces. Set out the flour, beaten eggs, and bread crumbs  on  plates  or  shallow  bowls  next  to  each  other. Sprinkle the eggs with salt and pepper, and the cayenne.

2) Dredge the chicken, a few pieces at a time, in the flour,  then  dip  in  the  egg,  then  dredge  in  the  bread crumbs. Put the breaded chicken pieces on a baking sheet and, when it’s all breaded, transfer to the refrigerator to chill for at least 10 minutes and up to 3 hours. (At this point, you may freeze the MarkNuggets in zipper bags or wrapped in plastic wrap for up to a month.)

3) Put at least 2 inches oil in a deep pan on the stove over medium-high heat; bring to 350°F. When hot, turn the heat up a bit and add a few chicken pieces, regulating the heat so that there is a good constant sizzle but no burning. Cook in batches as necessary, making sure not to crowd the pan.

4) Turn the chicken pieces as they brown. The total cooking time should be 4 minutes or less. As each piece is done, transfer it to an ovenproof platter and put the platter  in  the  oven.  Serve  as  soon  as  all  the  pieces  are cooked with sauce for dipping.

...And bonus :

Some alternative tips to spice up this homemade chicken nuggets recipe, and make it exotic :p

Cornmeal  Chicken  Nuggets : Substitute  cornmeal for the bread crumbs.

Coconut Chicken MarkNuggets : Excellent with Cilantro-Mint Chutney : Substitute 1 cup shredded coconut for half the bread crumbs. 

Super-Crunchy Pan-Fried Chicken Breasts with Curry : Omit the eggs and bread crumbs; instead of the cayenne, use 1 tablespoon of any curry powder or other spice mixture. Rub the chicken all over with a tablespoon of rice or  cider  vinegar;  sprinkle  with  salt,  pepper,  and  the spice  mixture;  and  rub  again.  Whisk  the  flour  with about  1 / 2 cup  warm  water  to  make  a  paste  about  as thick as yogurt. Heat about  1 / 4 inch of the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Dredge the chicken in the batter and pan-fry in batches as described above.

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