Serve up delicious homemade chicken nuggets that your family will love! An easy DIY dinner recipe idea. Bring the family together for dinner.
A couple weeks ago I posted a recipe for The Best Homemade Ranch Recipe. In that post, I showed the yummy, creamy ranch with my homemade Chicken Nuggets.
Ever since I have gotten a lot of requests for my chicken nugget recipe. Of course, I couldn’t deny my amazing readers! My sister Tracy taught me how to make these and they have been a staple in our menu ever since.
Usually, when I cook I don’t measure. I just throw it in until it looks/smells right. I have measured things out for you but feel free to adjust the seasonings to your liking. My family’s seasoning staples are seasoning salt, lemon pepper, and garlic salt.
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Ingredients:
- 4 Chicken Breast Halves
- 3 Cups Flour
- 2 Tbsp Seasoning Salt
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Pepper
- 2 Tbsp Garlic Salt
- 1 Cup Milk
- 1 Egg
- Frying Oil
- Frank’s Red Hot or Favorite BBQ Sauce
How to Make Homemade Chicken Nuggets
For my family of 6, I use 4 boneless chicken breast halves. This always leaves us plenty of leftovers for both mine and my husband’s lunch the next day so I would say serves 7-8 people.
Cut the chicken breasts into chunky/nugget size pieces. I prefer to cut chicken when it is still slightly frozen because I think it cuts so much better.
In a medium sized bowl combine the dry ingredients, flour, seasoning salt, lemon pepper, and garlic salt.
In a separate medium sized bowl combine the wet ingredients, milk, and egg.
This is how the dry and wet mix will look when combined.
Take the chicken chunks and dip in the wet mixture.
Then coat the chicken in the dry mixture.
Lay the coated chicken in a frying pan with a little less than 1/2 inch of oil, heated on medium heat.
Watch the nuggets and turn over in the oil what the first side is golden brown and allow the other side to cook. I like to check the first couple by cutting them open with a knife and a fork so I know what their color will be when they are done.
Line a bowl or plate with a couple paper towels and lay the finished nuggets on top. This will help soak up any excess oil.
Once cooled, you can eat them as is with a little bit of dipping sauce or you can turn them into boneless chicken wings by coating them in your favorite hot sauce or bbq sauce! I like the flavor of Frank’s Red Hot. It has really good flavor and it isn’t too hot for me.
Throw a couple nuggets into a plastic container with a lid and pour on either BBQ sauce, Frank’s Red Hot or whatever sauce you like on your nuggets and give it a good shake.
We like to have rice with our nuggets because while we love to dip our nuggets in ranch, but we also love to mix ranch in with our rice – sounds gross I know, but it really is fantastic!
MMMMMMM So Yummy!
How do you like your chicken nuggets? Dry or covered in sauce? Share and leave a comment below!
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Krissy Sherman Bonning says
That’s great, and I bet the kids love shaking it up. Thanks for the inspiration!
Sarahsworld says
Saw your link on Aventures of a DIY mom. My kids are getting tired of frozen nuggets so I bet they would really like these! Pinning 🙂
Katie @ Pincushion Creations says
Thanks for linking up at homemade by you!! I haven’t had a chance to make these yet but my mom did and said they were great!! Looking forward to trying your ranch recipe too.
Tracy says
I had forgotten about these and haven’t made them for a while. Guess what’s for dinner tonight?
Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says
Mm, the lemon pepper sounds like a good addition!
We like to make them, toss them in Franks sauce (with some brown sugar dissolved in it) and put them in a salad with craisins and blue cheese dressing kind of like at Wingers!
(and, I picked this as a fave from Ginger Snap Craft’s party!)
Izzy V. says
“… or will I?” hahahah, that cracked me up! What a great idea to add a bit of lemon- definitely trying that the next time I make breaded chicken 🙂 Thanks for the recipe! Cheers!
Kadie says
My kiddos love nuggets!! I will most defiantly be trying your recipe next. And the ranch and rice does sound a little gross and good at the same time. Thanks for sharing with us at Link It Up Thursday.
Jenn @ My Not So Glamorous Life says
This does look yummy! I’m going to try these… I’d love for them to be delicious enough for me to never buy frozen, processed chicken nuggets again!
Rachel says
My kids would love me if I made these! Thanks so much for linking up to Terrific Tuesdays.
Rachel
adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com
Diane Balch says
This looks so much better than the meat byproduct ones you get in the store. Please share this on my foodie friday linky today.
Mrs. Mordecai says
Those look fabulous. I am impressed!
DebbieDoesCreations says
Sounds absolutely delish! Who doesn’t love chicken nuggets? Thanks so much for sharing at Toot Your Horn Tuesday 🙂
Michelle says
going to try these this week! Thanks for sharing! Following from Sumo’s
http://thefantasticfrugal.blogspot.com/
Michelles Tasty Creations says
Yum! My kids both love chicken nuggets and I have never tried them at home. I will now. Thanks for sharing.
drumlove says
Loooove these nuggets! My guys are wild about them too! Thanks for the recipe! We made some last night!
Loni's Little Treasures says
any ideas for making gluten free? What kind of flour to substitute?
Katie Adams says
I wish I could help you there but I have never cooked gluten free before so I honestly don’t know what to tell you. But thank you for your inquiry.
Jacqueline says
I also need gluten free. The small town I live in does not sell gluten free flours, I am going to bread them in cornmeal.
Unknown says
Rice flour
grammie says
where is the print button, can’t find it. this sounds great for my 3 grandsons when they come to grammies for the weekend.
Katie Adams says
I actually don’t have that option on my blog but you can click Control P and it will print the page that your on. Sorry for the inconvenience, but thanks for making me think that some may like it if I had that option!
Diana - FreeStyleMama says
My kids would love this!
Patsy says
I think my great-grandson would love there! I am a new follower. Patsy
Amy says
Yum! 🙂 I’m also a ranch addict, but had never thought of mixing it with rice. I’ll have to try that! 🙂
Mary Beth says
My boys love nuggets ~ thanks for the great recipe and for sharing at Project Inspire{d} ~ pinning!
Hugs,
Mary Beth
Marie bloominghomestead says
These looks so yummy, I am definitely going to give these a try. I’ll be featuring these on my party highlights this week. 🙂