Homemade Chili Parmesan Chicken Nuggets Recipe

Wajiha — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:02:43 +0000

When you have tried this delicious Chili Parm Chicken nuggets Recipe at home, there is no going back to fast food or store brought nuggets! I can’t campaign against fast food enough! Even if you are having deep fried food at home, it is STILL healthier in contrast to their fast food counterparts!

Your home cooked fried food:

Is not going to have preservatives
Will be kept at a more stable temperatures through out
Will use ingredients that aren’t modified toxically (Click here to read more)
Will give you the ability control how much or what type of oil you want to use in your food

Coming back to these beauties. I have been having chicken nuggets since I was a kid, as I am sure most of you have too. But the thing is, I get bored, and when I get bored, I experiment. This was one of those successful nugget recipes that I tried out of boredom and I am happy to share with you all finally!

These nuggets have two flavor packed ingredients which set them apart. First is the freshly grated Parmesan and we know what cheese does to food (READ makes delicious!). And secondly, the red and green chilies, be-speckling the nugget, which bring the heat and looks to the Nugget.

EASY TO FIND INGREDIENTS

The ingredients are very simple, and the highlight of the dish are the red and green chilies! They look super cool dispersed in the chicken mix.

SUBSTITUTIONS THAT YOU CAN DO (although I don’t want you to)

You can use Panko bread crumbs instead of the regular ones I used.

You can use Dried Parmesan instead of the grated one.

You can use only one type of chilies instead of two (by doubling its quantity).

For a chicken nugget to have a proper texture, you need to process the meat to form a paste like consistency. So first of all, I chucked my chicken and chilies in the processor and processed it until I got a smooth mix with chili bits spread around.

Next, I transferred the chicken mix in a bowl and added the grated Parmesan and an egg.

Then, I proceeded to add all my seasonings like salt, pepper, vinegar, soy sauce, thyme and mixed the whole thing up

Look at that gorgeous chicken mix ready to become nuggety

The next step was to line a normal tray with butter paper and coat it with oil. Then I poured in the chicken mix and patted it to form a uniform slab. I popped this in the freezer for an hour to let the mixture harden. And then cut it up in squares.

However, you can skip this step if you are someone who is comfortable with forming nuggets by hand, in which case you just zoom right in to the next step.

Once frozen, I took out the whole chicken block along with the butter paper and cut it up in squares.

Finally, it was crumb coating time for my nuggets. The steps are in the usual order of flour coat, egg wash and then bread crumbs. Although, I do like to season my egg wash with salt and black pepper.

Now you can just pop these right back in the freezer or fry it on the spot. Fry it on a medium flame so as to give the chicken a little time to cook and viola! Your chicken nuggets are ready! Bring out the BBQ, ranch and honey mustard sauce and you are ready to party!

HEALTHY VERSION OF CHILI PARM NUGGETS

All the ingredients in the recipe are already healthy. But you can do the following to make it into an entirely keto friendly healthy recipe:

Use Whole Wheat flour instead of all-purpose

Baking the nuggets instead of frying them – Bake them at 200°C on a lightly oiled tray for 6 minutes on one side and then flip on the other side for another 6 minutes.

Use organic eggs and chicken

Use low sodium Soy sauce.