Grandmother's Kitchen

Chicken Nuggets

This is a recipe for crispy chicken nuggets, serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
  • 1/3 cup hot sauce
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup cornflour
  • 1 Tablespoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • oil ( for frying)

Directions

  1. To prepare chicken, Cut chicken breasts lengthwise into strips, then cut each strip into bite sized pieces for nuggets.
  2. To prepare marinade. In a large zip lock bag or bowl, combine buttermilk, hot sauce, and seasoning salt.
  3. Place chicken pieces into the buttermilk mixture and refrigerate 4 hours to overnight.
  4. Preheat oil to 350 degrees F.
  5. To bread nuggets, Mix together flour, cornstarch, corn flour, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, into a mixing bowl.
  6. Take chicken pieces from marinade and dredge in the flour mixture.
  7. Gently place a few chicken nuggets at a time into hot oil.
  8. Fry 8-10 minutes golden brown.
  9. Use a slotted spoon to remove nuggets from oil and place on paper towels to drain.

Original source: deep-fried.food.com