I love to try out new recipes no matter if they are ones I created in my head, ones I found on-line or in a cookbook. Over the years, I have tried recipes from a lot of chefs, one who seems to match my cooking style is Rachael Ray. As a mother, you've got to appreciate the concept of a 30 Minute Meal! Rachael Ray often says that her recipes are just methods. She encourages her viewers to take her recipes and make them their own. I "Lori-ize" almost everything I cook, tailoring the recipe to my families taste. I decided to combine these two ideas and what you see here is the result. Each week I'll create a meal based on a recipe and let you know what we thought. I will give you the original recipe and let you know how I "Lori-ized" it. Hope you enjoy Tasty Tuesday!
I looked at a few different recipes for baked chicken nuggets and decided to morph them into my own.
2 large chicken breasts cut into strips or nuggets
1/2 cup butter melted
bread crumbs (I used both plain and Italian)
wing sauce (optional)
preheat oven to 400
cover cookie sheet with tin foil and spray with non-stick spray
dip nuggets into melted butter
then into bread crumbs
place on foiled sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes
optional:
mix wing sauce into butter
let tenders soak in wing sauce before coating with bread crumbs
I made the boys plain nuggets. I used the Italian bread crumbs to make the ones for the boys
(sorry I didn't get a better picture of the nuggets)I made Richard and I the hot tenders and used the plain bread crumbs with those. I let them sit in the wing sauce mixture for 30 minutes or so.
The boys nuggets came out really good. Blake really enjoyed them a lot and I thought they were really good too.
The hot wings ones tasted good, but they were a bit mushy in my opinion. We ate them and the flavor was good, but the breading just didn't have the same kind of crisp that the boys did.
I will make these again, but next time I think I'll change the flavor through seasoning and not sauce.
I like to add Mrs. Dash seasoning to ours! Have you tried Panko breadcrumbs? They are nice and crispy!
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy and easy! I've tried this with larger breasts for Chicken Parmesean but never for nuggets. I know Wy would love these.
ReplyDeleteI was going to suggest panko for next time...or even crushed saltines, corn flakes, for goldfish! sounds tasty though!
ReplyDeleteyummy! I love to add garlic and herbs to mine... ;) it has been a while... I think it is time to make nuggets again! I never thought to dip them in butter... wonder if the kids will like them better that way??! ;)
ReplyDeleteThose sound awesome and what a more healthy way to eat nuggets. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhen I make breaded chicken (nugget, tenders, breasts) - I take my jelly roll pan (or cookie sheet would work) and put a wire rack on it (I think the one I use is actually supposed a cooling rack- but it's not high at all) and put the chicken on the wire rack. I spray the rack and spray the chicken on top too - and this really helps crisp the breading on top and bottom. And Yay! for kid fun yummy food!
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