Kei's Chicken Nuggets

I am not fond of eating chicken nuggets. I only eat them whenever I feel like to. Maybe it's because the chicken nuggets, which are being sold in grocery stores are not made of pure chicken, thus the starchy texture and fastfood-ish taste. I wouldn't have liked this breakfast favorite at all had it not been for Alton Brown's chicken nuggets recipe.

Again, since I have the ingredients at home, I decided to make some and bring them to the office for lunch. It's just a simple recipe, but I had to put my personal touch to it so I made some modifications by adding ingredients and frying them instead of baking. I was too sleepy to get up and bake.

The outcome wasn't bad at all. It tastes just like the usual chicken nuggets, only crunchier and cheesier. And I believe they would have been way better if I seasoned them more with salt and pepper. I hesitated to put too much salt and pepper on the chicken nuggets because I wanted to give room for the dips I made.

Here's the modified recipe of Alton Brown's chicken nuggets:

Ingredients:

• 2 c bread crumbs (Alton's recipe used crushed sour-cream-and-onion-flavored potato chips
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsps milk
• 2 c flour (I just added this one)
• 6 chicken breast fillets, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 tsps garlic powder (I just added this one)
• salt and pepper
• grated cheese (I just added this one)
• 1/3 cup butter
  

Directions:

• Spread the breadcrumbs in a shallow dish. Mix in grated cheese.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour and garlic powder.
• Beat together the egg and milk in a shallow bowl.
• Season the chicken cubes and dip them into the egg mixture. Dredge them in the bread crumbs.
• Melt the butter in a non-stick frying pan.
• Place the chicken nuggets on the pan and fry them.

Hot and crispy chicken nuggets

Don't you just love how the cheese was incorporated to the chicken cubes?

The original recipe does not include bread crumbs, garlic powder, APF, and cheese. You only have to bake them for 15 to 18 minutes. The baked chicken nuggets may also be frozen after baking.

I served the chicken nuggets with two dis: honey mustard and garlic mayo.

KEI