Small pieces of chicken wrapped in crispy breading and complemented with sauce - have long since evolved from a traditionally American snack into a widely loved Russian. Nuggets from chicken are a great snack for beer or just like that, as well as a meat complement to the garnish, which children absorb with pleasure. About how to cook chicken nuggets, we will tell in this material.
Nuggets from chicken fillet
Having bought a chicken fillet and cooked nuggets on this recipe, you can freeze them, and then, if necessary, fry in deep-fried or bake. So from home semi-finished product will get a delicious snack, the preparation of which will take a few minutes.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 480 g;
- Dried garlic - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- Dried chili and oregano - 1 teaspoon each;
- peel and juice of one lemon;
- butter - 35 g;
- flour and bread crumb - for breading;
- egg - 1 pc.
Preparation
Chop the chicken fillet arbitrarily, but rather large. Put the pieces of meat in a bowl of blender and whisk with dried garlic, chili, oregano, citrus juice and zest. Meat should be crushed, but should not turn into a homogeneous minced meat, let it have a texture. Add chicken melted butter and form from it small cutlets-nuggets. Roll each in flour, dip into a beaten egg and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
Heat the oil deep-fried and brown it with nuggets. Serve hot with the company's favorite sauces.
Chicken nuggets in the oven
Despite the fact that the classic Nuggets recipe suggests frying deep-fried, as a strikingly more useful alternative we suggest baking them in the oven. Crispy crust and juiciness of meat from this does not suffer, but the calories in the finished product is much less.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 440 g;
- flour - 35 g;
- dried Italian herbs, onions - 1 teaspoon each;
- bread crumb - 75 g;
- egg whites - 4 pcs.
Preparation
Cut chicken into pieces of approximately the same size and shape. Each of the slices of chicken season with sea salt and roll in flour. Separately whisk the egg whites and dip the fillets in them immediately after sprinkling with flour. Before placing on a baking sheet, roll the chicken in a breaded breading. Prepare chicken nuggets at home in a preheated to 215 degrees oven for 12-15 minutes.
Chicken nuggets with cheese
One of the favorite fillers for chicken snacks is cheese, which we decided to wrap with a slice of ham, and then to mix inside the nuggets.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 1,3 kg;
- flour - 55 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- bread crumb - 90 g;
- water - 55 ml;
- ham - 60 g;
- hard cheese - 75 g.
Preparation
Chicken fillet divide into 24 approximately equal in size and weight piece. Each of the pieces
Season the flour with salt and freshly ground pepper. Separately, whip the water and the egg. Roll the nuggets first in flour, dip into an egg and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Now the dish can be frozen, and you can send the baked in a preheated to 180 degrees oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove the toothpicks and serve the snack straight from the oven, with a portion of your favorite sauce.