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Chicken McNuggets

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Deep fryer

Ingredients
vegetable oil (in fryer)
1 egg
1 cup water
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup tempura mix (or 1/3 cup flour for a total of 1 cup if tempura mix is unavailable)
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon Accent®
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
4 chicken breast filets, each cut into 6-7 bite sized pieces.

Cooking Your McNuggets
1. Beat the egg and then combine it with 1 cup water in a small, shallow bowl. Stir.
2. Combine the flour, salt, Accent®, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder in a one gallon size Zip Loc®
bag.
3. Pound each of the breast filets with a mallet until about 1/4 inch thick. Trim each breast filet into bite sized
pieces.
4. Coat each piece with the flour mixture by shaking in the Zip Loc® bag.
5. Remove and dredge each nugget in the egg mixture, coating well. Then return each nugget to the
flour/seasoning mixture. Shake to coat. Put nuggets, bag and all, in the freezer for at least an hour. Cover and
refrigerate remaining egg mixture.
6. After freezing, repeat the "coating" process.
7. Preheat oven and large cookie sheet to 375°
8. Deep fry the chicken McNuggets™ at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until light brown and crispy. (cook only
about 9 at a time)
9. Drain on paper towels 3-5 minutes.
10. Place deep-fried nuggets on preheated cookie sheet in oven and bake another 5-7 minutes.
11. Serve with your favorite McDonald's dipping sauce.
I didn't have the deep fryer, so I simply fried them in a small amount of oil in a skillet, and I screwed up step 6 (I put them in the freezer for an hour, then in the fridge while I slept, and came out with a Giant Block of Paste that I had to chisle the chicken out of. :) Also, instead of pounding the chicken breast, I used milanesa cut chicken breasts which were pretty thin to begin with.

But damn, they're good! Could use a little more breading but that's cause I couldn't do the third coating. Total cooking time, about three hours(!)

Date: 2005-06-17 02:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] directorsg.livejournal.com
I just saved that recipe. Tempura mix! That makes so much sense to get that same consistency of breading.

Date: 2005-06-17 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tygerlander.livejournal.com
Talk about coincidence.. I was talking to my sister only yesterday saying that I wanted to find the recipe on how McD's does their nuggets, lol!

Date: 2005-06-29 10:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invisible-gurl.livejournal.com
Three hours?? I think I'll just hit the drive-thru. ;-P

Date: 2005-06-29 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenndolari.livejournal.com
Yeah, I think the $5 is worth it for instant gratification. :D

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