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Chicken Nuggets Recipe

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Chicken Nuggets Recipe

Homemade nuggets that are better than any takeout, with step-by-step instructions! This recipe also includes a garlic sauce made with egg white. Try it and the kids will love it! Enjoy!

Total time130 min
Prep40 min
Cook90 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyHard
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MainsInternationalNut freeHardLong cook

Recipe story

Chicken nuggets recipe.. Of course, when they are homemade, they are more appealing and everyone will enjoy them without exception because cleanliness is guaranteed..

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 1 grated onion
  • 1 grated garlic clove
  • A pinch of white pepper
  • A pinch of black pepper
  • A pinch of dried rosemary - optional
  • 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • Salt
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • For coating the chicken:
  • 2 cups ground breadcrumbs
  • 2 eggs + a pinch of white pepper + a pinch of vinegar
  • Garlic sauce:
  • 1 egg white
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • A small squeeze of lemon
  • A pinch of vinegar
  • 1 heaped tablespoon labneh
  • Grind the garlic with the salt, then add the egg white, lemon, vinegar, and labneh and whisk at high speed
  • Start adding the oil in a thin stream while whisking
  • Whisk until the sauce is smooth and thick
  • This delicious chicken nuggets recipe is from our friend and cook on the What Are We Cooking Today website
  • Wotfa Hani Rahal
  • Click on Wotfa's name to visit her personal page on our site
  • For more of her delicious recipes, here is Chicken Liver

Method

  1. Wash the chicken with vinegar and lemon, a sprinkle of flour, and salt.. then rinse with water and let it drain.
  2. Cut the chicken into cubes.
  3. Put them in the grinder and mince them with the grated onion and garlic, spices, salt, rosemary, the egg yolk, vinegar, and ka'ak (traditional bread).
  4. When they are well blended.. spread them on a sheet of baking paper on a tray.. spread them to a thickness of about 1 cm.. or a little more.
  5. Cover them with plastic wrap and put them in the freezer for half an hour to firm up.
  6. After the time has passed... beat two eggs with a pinch of white pepper and a dash of vinegar in a bowl.. and put two cups of ka'ak breadcrumbs in another bowl.
  7. Cut the nugget dough with a cookie cutter or any cutter as desired into equal pieces.
  8. Dip the pieces into the egg mixture, then into the ka'ak breadcrumbs.
  9. Cover them with plastic wrap and leave them in the fridge for some time to firm up well ... until it's time to fry.
  10. Heat the oil to a high temperature then reduce to medium heat and fry the chicken nuggets until the pieces are golden.
  11. Grind the garlic with salt, then add the egg white on top of them and the lemon, vinegar, and labneh, and whisk at high speed.
  12. Begin adding the oil in a thin stream while whisking.
  13. Whisk until the sauce or toum is uniform and thickens.
  14. Wafaa Hani Rahal
  15. For more of her delicious recipes, here is Sooda Dajaj

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