Chicken nuggets

Chicken nuggets are basically chicken cubes marinated and coated with bread crumbs,then  fried/baked.My kids always tell that their friends usually carry chicken nuggets ,burger ,pizza and many such junk food for their lunch box .

But the fitness/health freak in me pulls me back from serving the frozen ready to cook store bought ones  .One fine day this recipe was aired on a cooking show and since then this has become a frequent one at my table or for kids lunch box.

Chicken nuggets can be had as an evening snack with some hot tea/ coffee or even as a side dish for your  meals .
The recipe follows.....

INGREDIENTS

MARINATION

• 375 gms chicken breast  (bone less)
• 6 tsp curd 
• 1 tsp salt+ extra 
• 1/2 tsp oregano 
• 1 tsp gin- garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp black pepper 

• oil to shallow fry 
• bread crumbs to coat 
• apf / maida to coat 
• 1 egg white 

       

METHOD

1. Clean and cut chicken into bite size pieces .
2. Wash chicken and pat dry it with a chicken towel .
3. Marinade chicken with all the spices listed under  marination.
4. Leave the marinaded chicken for at least 2 -3 hrs ,over night marination is preferred.
5. Beat egg white with some salt in it ,add a little salt and pepper to the apf or maida and keep aside.
6. Take a piece of chicken and coat it with a thick coat of seasoned  maida or apf ,dust the excess flour .
7.  Dip the piece of chicken in egg white and coat it with bread crumbs.
8. Continue doing the same with all the pieces .
9. Heat oil in  a pan and shallow fry the nuggets until golden in colour .
10. Drain it on a kitchen towel or tissue .
11. Serve hot with dip of your choice or ketchup.

NOTES

1. Try to use breast piece for authentic taste  or else you can go with any boneless piece  .
2. you can increase spice portion to your taste .
3. Increase or decrease salt as needed

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