This is a super yummy home-made version of chicken nuggets. My family loves chicken nuggets but I always wonder what all actually goes into the store-bought kind... it just doesn't seem like real meat to me :) So this recipe is great and has become one of my husband's favorites! I double the recipe and make them into chicken strips and they freeze great!
Ingredients: (organic when you can)
1/4 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. sea salt
1 t. pepper
1 t. garlic powder
1 egg
1 T. milk
1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c. shredded parmesan cheese
1 1/4 c. Italian seasoned bread crumbs
6 thin boneless-skinless pieces of chicken, cut into smaller pieces if you'd like to make them kid-friendly and more "nugget" shaped. (Try to use chicken that is locally raised, free-range, no hormones, etc.)
2 T. butter, melted
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9x13 baking dish with 1/4 c. melted butter. In one bowl, mix the flour, salt, pepper & garlic powder. In another bowl beat together the egg and milk. In a third bowl, mix the cheese & bread crumbs. Dip each chicken piece first in flour, then egg mixture, then cheese mixture and place the pan. (Once you get everything in the bowls, it goes fast.) Drizzle 2 T. butter evenly over chicken. Bake 35 minutes in preheated oven, or until coating is golden brown and chicken juices run clear.
Found at: http://www.kellythekitchenkop.com/2008/02/easy-chicken-recipe-better-than-chicken.html
Oh man! I just made these for dinner and we all LOVED them. Andrew ate so many, and kept asking for more, that I had to cut him off. Rusty ate to his heart's content. And I had to protect myself from gluttony and make myself stop when I had had enough too. It takes a lot of time to prep this meal but it'll be a great addition every once in a while! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYay! So glad you liked them! I agree that they are a mess to prep, so I usually triple the recipe and freeze them so I don't have to make them often :)
ReplyDeleteWe had these for dinner tonight and ate the whole pan! And Darren, who normally doesn't get overly excited about anything, said "I love these things!" :) Thanks for sharing a great recipe - next time I will make them in bulk and freeze them!
ReplyDeleteMegan, do you freeze these before you cook them or after? I am trying these tonight. They sound so yummy!
ReplyDeleteI usually go ahead and cook them and then freeze them so they will be all ready to just heat up quickly in my toaster over for a quick dinner :) Hope you like them!
ReplyDeleteWow! That was a fast response. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteDo you know about how many pounds of chicken this recipe takes?
ReplyDeleteI like it to be well-covered, so I use this recipe for 1 pound, but you could probably coat it more thinly for 2.
ReplyDeleteThanks!!! I have 4lbs of chicken in the fridge so will double the recipe and use 2lbs...or maybe I should quadrouple it and do all 4lbs!! :) So excited!
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