Chicken nuggets are almost every child’s favorite meal. I loved getting them as a kid. I will admit it was mostly from Mc Donald’s or out of a store bought bag back then. I am not sure there was even chicken in them, but I loved them. Did anyone else love chicken nuggets as a kid?
If we are being honest, I still love them, but I won’t eat them from a fast food restaurant or out of a store bought bag. I have changed my standards when it comes to food quite a bit since my childhood days. I view food completely differently now and look for the healthiest option, with the least amount of ingredients as I can. But, I also don’t want to give up every food I love, so I find ways to make my own version.
Here is a recipe for homemade chicken nuggets. There are only 3 ingredients, and I think they taste just as good as the ones I remember as a kid. And the bonus is that I know what all of the ingredients are, and I can pronounce them.
Ingredients:
2 uncooked thawed chicken breasts (preferably organic)
2 cooked sweet potatoes, skin removed (organic if possible)
1/2 cup almond flour
seasoning to taste (I used Flavor God Everything seasoning)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line a baking pan with parchment paper or tin foil.
Place raw chicken breasts in a food processor or blender and puree.
Next add the cooked sweet potato to the food processor and puree.
Combine the pureed chicken and sweet potatoes in a medium size mixing bowl. Stir well, until they are combined.
Form the mixture into nuggets any size you like. I did a mixture of small nuggets and larger ones.
In a small mixing bowl, combine the almond flour and seasoning of your choice.
Roll each nugget in the almond flour mixture until well coated.
Place each coated nugget on a lined baking pan. I lined my baking pan with tin foil.
Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes, or until golden brown on top. Do not over cook or they become dry.
You can serve these right away. They made about 24 nuggets. If you have left overs, you can freeze them for another time too. We ate all of ours, so there were no left overs. Oh well!
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