Across the world, an American breaded chicken dish is in love. You can cook it at home. It remains only to choose the favorite nuggets recipe to surprise loved ones with a crispy and juicy snack.

Classic Chicken Nuggets

Classic chicken breast nuggets in batter are easy to make. Even a novice cook will cope with them.

To prepare the dish you will need:

  • 450 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 750 g chicken fillet;
  • 60 g of flour;
  • 160 g breadcrumbs;
  • 15 g of salt;
  • ground black pepper;
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic;
  • 3 eggs.

Recipe:

  1. Wash the chicken fillet, cut into pieces.
  2. In a bowl, beat the eggs with a fork or whisk.
  3. Flour is mixed with garlic, pepper and salt.
  4. Breadcrumbs are poured into the container.
  5. Dip each piece into flour, and then into the egg.
  6. After that, roll the fillet in breadcrumbs.
  7. Such manipulations are done with all the pieces and put them on a separate dish.
  8. Vegetable oil is poured into a stewpan or deep pan and heated to bubbles.
  9. Pieces are placed in butter so that they do not touch each other.
  10. Fry the nuggets over medium heat for about 5 minutes until they turn golden.
  11. After they get out with a slotted spoon and put on a paper towel.

When the fat drains completely, the dish is served on the table with red or white sauce.

Turkey Recipe

To make turkey nuggets, you will need:

  • 400 g turkey fillet;
  • 2 garlic cloves;
  • 2 eggs;
  • breadcrumbs;
  • pepper, salt;
  • vegetable oil.

Cooking:

  1. The prepared fillet is cut into pieces 1 cm thick.
  2. Peel the garlic and squeeze into a bowl. Add salt and ground pepper.
  3. All are mixed.
  4. The resulting composition is rubbed with pieces of turkey and left for 15 minutes.
  5. Beat eggs with salt.
  6. Each piece of turkey is dipped in an egg mixture, and then bread crushed.
  7. Fry in a heated frying pan in oil. This should be done over low heat, covered with a lid.
  8. The nuggets are browned on both sides and laid out on a napkin.

Serve crispy appetizer with fresh vegetables.

Nuggets like at McDonald's

Nuggets belong to the category of fast food and are especially popular among children and adolescents. Fast food sold in stores negatively affects health, especially if you eat it regularly. Homemade nuggets are a good alternative to junk food. They are prepared without additives, preservatives or flavorings, and the taste is no worse.

Recipe as in McDonald's:

  • 400 g chicken;
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tablespoons breading;
  • 4 tablespoons of flour;
  • 1 tablespoon of axial sauce;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • 1 small spoon of paprika;
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric;
  • 200 ml of oil;
  • salt.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Chicken fillet is cut into small pieces. Length - 5 cm, width - 2 cm, thickness - 1 cm.
  2. Pour them with soy sauce and add pressed garlic. All mixed and left for 30 minutes.
  3. Mix breadcrumbs, paprika and turmeric.
  4. Beat the egg in a bowl.
  5. Flour is poured into a separate plate.
  6. Each piece of chicken is rolled in flour, then placed in an egg, and then breadcrumbs.
  7. Oil is poured into a deep frying pan and heated to bubbles.
  8. Prepared chicken nuggets are dipped into it.
  9. Fry for 5-6 minutes on each side.
  10. Spread chicken on a paper towel.

Serve a dish with various sauces: tomato, cheese or garlic. Suitable tartare and barbecue.

With cheese filling

Cheese makes chicken fillet even more tender and juicy. It turns out an original dish, similar to the products of Miratorg.

To make cheese nuggets, you will need the following ingredients:

  • 400 g chicken;
  • 100 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 120 g crackers;
  • 1 egg
  • 100 ml of milk;
  • 150 g of hard cheese;
  • salt pepper.

Recipe:

  1. Fillet cut into pieces.
  2. Egg, milk, salt and pepper are mixed in a plate.
  3. Separately put a bowl with breadcrumbs.
  4. Cheese is cut into cubes, which are 4 times smaller than chicken pieces.
  5. A wide incision is made in each piece and a cheese cube is placed there, moving the meat inside.
  6. Fillet dipped in an egg with milk, and then bread in breadcrumbs.
  7. Nuggets are fried in a heated pan from two sides to a golden crust.

In some recipes, grated cheese is added to small pieces of chicken fillet, then cutlets are formed, crumbled in breadcrumbs and fried in a pan.

Bake in the oven

To make the nuggets less nutritious, you should cook them in the oven. To do this, take the ingredients from any recipe you like and cook according to the described principle until frying in a pan. Bake the dish on a wire rack, which is placed on a baking sheet. The oven is heated to two hundred degrees. Only then place a baking sheet with a wire rack in it. Prepare nuggets for 20-30 minutes.

Instead of a grill, you can use foil, a silicone mat or baking paper. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, turn the chicken pieces over to bake the other side. Nuggets in the oven are not fatty and most useful.

Vegetable Nuggets

Healthy vegetable nuggets are great as a snack or side dish.

They are prepared from the following products:

  • 2 potatoes;
  • 2 carrots;
  • 150 g broccoli;
  • 1 onion;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • 2 tablespoons of oil;
  • 5 g of salt;
  • pepper to taste;
  • 60 g of flour;
  • 60 g crackers;
  • 2 eggs.

Cooking progress:

  1. Boiled potatoes in their uniforms, peeled.
  2. Broccoli is boiled.
  3. Onions are chopped in half rings.
  4. Carrots are cut into circles.
  5. Finely chop the garlic.
  6. Fry onions, garlic and carrots in a pan for 3 minutes. Then stew for 10 minutes and cool.
  7. The cooled vegetables, potatoes and broccoli are crushed in a blender. Salt, pepper.
  8. Balls are molded from the resulting composition.
  9. Each of them is rolled in flour, then put in an egg, and then in breading.
  10. Spread vegetable nuggets on a baking sheet covered with paper. Send the dish to the oven for 10 minutes. Then the balls are turned over and cooked for another 8-10 minutes. The temperature is 200 degrees.

Vegetable nuggets can be fried in a pan, but an appetizer in the oven turns out less calorie.

With garlic, corn breading

Corn breadcrumbs are delicious and crispy.

Make them from the following products:

  • 1 chicken breast;
  • 100 g unsweetened corn flakes;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 100 g of flour;
  • salt pepper;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • 150 ml of vegetable oil.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Chicken fillet is cut into rectangular pieces or large strips.
  2. Marinate it in grated garlic, salt, pepper.
  3. Flakes are crushed using a mortar.
  4. Beat the eggs with a whisk.
  5. Dip the fillet pieces in flour, then in the egg, and then in the breadcrumbs.
  6. Nuggets are fried for 4-5 minutes on each side.

The taste of the dish resembles chicken strips from KFC.

Minced chicken

Minced chicken nuggets are prepared as easily as fillet pieces.

You will need the following products:

  • 500 g of minced meat;
  • 4 tablespoons of flour;
  • 2-3 eggs;
  • a glass of crackers;
  • salt pepper;
  • 150 ml of vegetable oil;
  • parsley.

Cooking:

  1. Chopped greens, salt and pepper are added to the minced meat. You can buy chicken and chop it yourself in a meat grinder.
  2. Stuffing is well kneaded and beaten so that it becomes dense and elastic.
  3. Divide it into equal portions and roll up balls the size of a tennis ball. You should get round patties with even edges.
  4. In a bowl, beat the eggs with a fork.
  5. Gently roll nuggets in flour, dip in eggs and bread.
  6. The shape of the patties is corrected and fried in a heated frying pan in oil for 4-5 minutes on each side.
  7. Nuggets are laid out on a paper towel and served hot.

To give the dish an aroma, breadcrumbs are mixed with a spoon of curry or turmeric.

With sesame seeds

A special double breading with sesame seeds allows you to save meat juice and make the dish more crispy.

For cooking you will need:

  • 300 g chicken;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 1 teaspoon of mustard;
  • 2 tablespoons of flour;
  • 3 large spoons of sesame;
  • 6 tablespoons of breadcrumbs;
  • salt, spices;
  • cooking oil.

Step by step cooking:

  1. In a bowl, beat eggs with mustard, salt and spices.
  2. Flour is poured into a separate plate, and crackers and sesame are mixed in another bowl.
  3. Fillet cut into pieces, salted.
  4. Put them first in flour, then in egg-mustard batter.
  5. Gently bread with sesame seeds.
  6. Fry the pieces over medium heat with the lid closed for 3-4 minutes on each side.

If you wish, you can cook nuggets in a deep fryer. In any case, let the oil drain by placing the fried pieces on a paper towel.

Diet recipe in a multicooker

 

Cooking nuggets in a slow cooker helps to get Dietary dish with maximum benefit. True, the size of the bowl does not always allow you to put all the chicken pieces. I have to cook in several passes. Nuggets in a slow cooker are made according to your favorite recipe, generously lubricating the container with butter. For cooking, select the "Baking" mode.

Homemade nuggets, like purchased ones, can be cooked in the microwave. To do this, they are placed in the oven for 5 minutes and kept at maximum power. Then the pieces are turned over and cooked for another 5 minutes. Microwave nuggets are tender, soft, and juicy.

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