Here is a chicken nuggets recipe to prepare delicious chicken nuggets. Chicken nuggets are tasty snacks and appetizers with a light and crisp exterior and succulent and well-seasoned interior. This is a hot favorite dish of the kids. Adults are also fond of these snacks. These are budget-friendly when you prepare them at home.
The seasoning and batter ingredients used in these nuggets can be found easily in a home pantry or at a nearby store. Let’s see how easily we can make these chicken nuggets at home.
Fried Chicken Nuggets Recipe
Chicken Nuggets Recipe is a super easy recipe to make fried chicken nuggets in a matter of minutes. This recipe is very simple and involves just three simple and easy steps to yield yummy and flavorful nuggets for the kids.
How to Make Chicken Nuggets
Take ½ kg skinless and boneless chicken. I used chicken breast in this recipe. Cut the breast into small pieces and boil in a minimal quantity of water till the meat is tender and soft.
Chicken Nuggets Seasonings
Take a mixing bowl and pour ¾ cup of milk into it. Add salt, black pepper powder, white cumin seeds powder, dried fenugreek, and mustard powder. Mix all the ingredients well.
Now pour melted butter into this mixture. Also, add garlic paste, soy sauce, and red chili sauce. Mix well.
Take 3 slices of bread and convert them into breadcrumbs. Mix the already prepared mixture with the breadcrumbs.
Now put the boiled chicken into a chopper. Add the mixture of spices and breadcrumbs, and 2 chopped fresh green chilies. Chop all the ingredients till a homogenous paste is prepared. Now refrigerate it for 25 to 40 minutes for marination.
Preparing the Batter
To coat the chicken nuggets, prepare the batter and rusk crumbs. To prepare the chicken nuggets batter, whisk 3 eggs in a separate bowl. Add all-purpose flour and cornflour and mix well. Season it with salt and black pepper powder and mix well.
Rusk Crumbs: Now prepare rusk crumbs from 7 to 8 rusks.
After 40 minutes of marination take the mixture out of the refrigerator. Lubricate your hands by applying some oil so that the nuggets paste or masala does not stick to your hands. Take a small portion from the paste and shape the nuggets as you like.
Tip: You can freeze these nuggets into the freezer for 1 to 2 months.
Dip the nugget into the batter and then dredge it in the rusk crumbs. Prepare all the nuggets in the same manner. After preparing the nuggets refrigerate them for 20 to 30 minutes before frying.
Frying the Nuggets
We’ll deep fry the chicken nuggets. Take a large frying pan or a skillet and pour cooking oil into it for deep frying. Heat the oil before dropping the nuggets in the pan. Make sure that the oil is hot enough and then start frying the nuggets.
To check if the oil is hot enough put a tiny piece of bread into the oil if it rises and starts to sizzle immediately then it is the right time to fry. Fry the nuggets on low flame till light golden brown on all sides. Flip the sides as needed. In 7 to 8 minutes, the nuggets will be cooked through. If needed, you can fry them in batches.
When done, take them out of the pan with a strainer. Hold the strainer above the pan for a while so that the oil drains back into the pan. You can also land the nuggets on the paper towel to get the excess oil absorbed into it. Serve the chicken nuggets with ketchup or with the dip of your choice.
Chicken Nuggets Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ kg chicken (skinless and boneless)
Seasonings
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp dried fenugreek
- 1 tsp black pepper powder
- ½ tsp white cumin seeds powder
- 50 grams butter
- ¼ tsp mustard powder
- ¾ tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp red chili sauce
- 3 bread slices
Batter
- 3 eggs
- 4 tbsp white flour
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
Crumbs
- 7-8 dry rusk
Instructions
Seasonings for Chicken Nuggets
- Take a mixing bowl and pour ¾ cup of milk into it. Add salt, black pepper powder, white cumin seeds powder, dried fenugreek, and mustard powder. Mix well. Pour in melted butter and add garlic paste, soy sauce, and red chili sauce. Mix well.
- Make breadcrumbs from 3 slices of bread.
- Combine the seasoning mixture and the breadcrumbs. Mix well.
- Now put the boiled chicken, the seasonings and breadcrumbs mixture, and 2 chopped fresh green chilies into a chopper.
- Chop all the ingredients into a uniform paste and refrigerate it for 25 to 40 minutes.
Chicken Nuggets Batter
- To prepare the chicken nuggets batter, whisk 3 eggs in a separate bowl. Add all-purpose flour and cornflour. Mix well. Season it with salt and black pepper powder and mix well.
- Now prepare rusk crumbs from 7 to 8 rusks.
- Take the mixture out of the refrigerator after 40 minutes of marination. Lubricate your hands with the oil. Take a small portion from the paste to make a nugget.
- Prepare the nuggets into different shapes and sizes you like.
- Dip the nugget into the batter and then dredge in the rusk crumbs.
- Prepare all the nuggets in the same manner and then refrigerate them for 20 to 30 minutes.
Frying the Nuggets
- Take a large frying pan or a skillet and pour cooking oil for deep frying. Heat the oil enough before dropping the nuggets in the pan.
- Fry the nuggets on low flame till light golden brown on all sides. Flip the sides as needed. In 7 to 8 minutes, the nuggets will be cooked through.
- Take them out of the pan when cooked through with a strainer. Drain the excess oil back into the pan by holding the strainer above the pan for a while. You can place the nuggets on the paper towel to get the excess oil absorbed into it. Serve the chicken nuggets with ketchup or with the dip of your choice.
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