Thursday, December 8, 2011

~Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets~


Have you ever seen those commercials where someone asks, "What part of the chicken is the nugget?" It kind of made me think...What part of the chicken is the nugget? It's bits and pieces from the whole chicken! Eww. I'd rather have a chicken nugget that is one part of one chicken rather than a thousand chickens. These chicken nuggets are healthy and you make them with chunks of chicken breasts. Yesss. Jeremy loved these (I swear he likes all kid food). I liked them too! No butter, no frying. And, of course, they are so easy to make. These chicken nuggets take 5-10 minutes to prepare.

These taste really good dipped in ranch dressing or BBQ sauce.
you'll need:
2 large chicken breasts, cut into nugget-size chunks
salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbs. olive oil
1/3 c. whole wheat seasoned bread crumbs
2 Tbs. panko
2 Tbs. grated parmesan cheese

get busy:
Preheat the oven to 425. Put the olive oil in one bowl; the breadcrumbs, panko, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese in a another bowl. Dip each chicken nugget chunk into the bowl with oil, then into the bowl with the other ingredients. Place the breaded chunks onto a cookie sheet or air bake pan and bake for 10-12 minutes. Flip over the chunks and put them back in the oven. Turn up the heat to 450 and bake for another 10 minutes, or until the nuggets look crispy.
I like to make these with zucchini. I'm not sure why. They are sooooo good! Enjoy.

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