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Baked Healthier Chicken Nuggets

Serves 4-6
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 600 g chicken tenders or breast meat, cut into 2 inches pieces
  • 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup milk + 1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 cup panko I've used crushed cornflakes and it turned out awesome!
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese I only had the finely shredded ones, works fine
  • 1 tsp dried parsley
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder or to taste
  • 1 tsp onion powder or to taste
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Honey Mustard Sauce
  • 1/4 cup mustard + 2 tbsp honey
Spicy BBQ Sauce
  • 1/4 cup bbq sauce + 2 tbsp garlic chilli sauce

Method
 

  1. Method
  2. Preheat oven to 200C.
  3. In a bowl, marinate the chicken in the buttermilk and paprika for 1 hour or overnight.
  4. (Note: you can skip this if you are in a hurry, just season chicken with paprika then toss it in 1-2 tbsp of olive oil. Buttermilk imparts a nice flavour and the acid in the buttermilk helps to tenderize the meat)
  5. Spread your panko on a baking sheet/tray and bake it for 6 mins, checking to make sure it doesn't burn. This is to give your panko a nice crispy golden crust.
  6. (If using cornflakes, skip this step)
  7. When done, leave to cool completely and toss in onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, parsley, and cheese.
  8. Remove chicken pieces from buttermilk allowing excess to drip back into the bowl.
  9. Coat chicken with panko mixture.
  10. Place on lightly greased baking sheet so it doesn't stick.
  11. Lightly spray nuggets with cooking spray.
  12. Do NOT over crowd pan, we don't want soggy steamed chicken.
  13. Bake for 12 minutes, turning half way.
  14. Serve immediately.

Notes

Best to bake it and consume it immediately.
Allow excess buttermilk and egg to drip off, and coat generously with cornflake/panko.