Our quick and easy homemade chicken nuggets use cereal flakes for the breading.
Crunchy Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
½ cup barbeque sauce
3 cups cereal flakes
Directions
- Wash hands with soap and water.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix chicken and barbeque sauce in a large bowl.
- Pour cereal flakes into a large plastic bag and crush into small pieces.
- Place chicken pieces in the bag, reseal, and toss to coat.
- Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Arrange coated chicken pieces on the baking sheet.
- Bake until crispy and golden brown and chicken is no longer pink inside, about 20 to 25 minutes.
- Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.
Notes
- For a dipping sauce, mix ¼ cup mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon honey, and 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard.
- Honey is not recommended for children under 1 year old.
- For a home-made barbeque sauce, mix the following ingredients:
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ¼ teaspoon each black pepper, salt, oregano, basil and thyme
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped yellow onion
- 1 ½ tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 ½ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic or 1 pinch of garlic powder
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Comments
I made this recipe with a teenage class, and found that we had to cook the nuggets MUCH longer than 18-20 minutes (the chicken was in pretty big chunks) suggested. Using "no longer pink inside" as a gauge for doneness is not exactly precise. It was a great teaching segue to "food safety" and the use of meat thermometers though!
I make this recipe with my little cousins. They love it!