Home made chicken nuggets - what a faff!

[pragmatist]

The recipe I followed involved first coating them in some seasoned flour, and then dipping in egg and rolling in breadcrumbs and parmesan mix. But the dipping in egg and rolling in breadcrumbs had to be done twice per nugget! It took forever - much longer than other recipes with more ingredients that I do from scratch. Anyone else find this?

Are there really no shop bought chicken nuggets available that are high on chicken and low on junk rather than processed rubbish?

Just going off-piste a bit, anyone know any reason why a four-year-old shouldn't eat raw fish? Funny episode in waitrose other day (which has an in-house conveyor belt sushi place) when DS decided was best cafe he'd ever seen and helped self to lots raw salmon and mackerel and ate it all up....

Nope, no reason, afaik. Very healthy!

no, my dd1 has eaten sushi - said she liked it but has never wanted it since

May have to stop going to waitrose v often anyhow - sushi-mad 4-year-old a bit pricey, also consumed two bowls edamame beans and 2-year-old brother helped self to a choc pudding and some weired bean paste sweeties, had to tear them from stools before went broke.

pragmatist, I have posted this before but this is the easiest chicken nuggest recipe in the world - no faffing making breadcrumbs even.

Chop chicken breasts into pieces, dip into beaten egg (seasoned it you want) and drop into bowl of squashed cornflakes (these don't even need to be too 'crumby' just crushed in the hands). Roll around a bit and put onto greased baking sheet. Cook in oven for 15 mins, flip over and do for another 5. at around 190 - 200 (depends on your oven or if you have preheated it)

You could also do this with Ritz biscuits (Nigellas recipe, bu this left chicken marinated in buttermilk for couple of days first - not too much faff as you just leave it in a bag in the fridge) or crushed crackers or crisps, I might try it with rice crispies just for a change!!

Kids love it too and infact mine usually make their own and insist on eating 'theirs' One chicken breast does my two - 6 and 4.

I do home made wegdes too. Beofre I make the nuggets cut a baking potato into 8 - 12 wedges, put into a bag with a drizzle of olive oil and seasoning. Shake it about and put on baking tray in the oven. These take about 15 mions longer than nuggets to cook, therefore I do this, make nuggets and hey presto nuggets and chips

Thanks Crunchie - now that sounds easy!

edamame beans! they do those in wagamamas and mine eat soooooooooooooo many of those...

Kids doing it is messier, but somehow they seem to eat MORE if it is theirs This also makes me feel like supermum Cooking is great but faffy cakes and things don't achieve much but a mess, I prefer to get my kids to cook dinner

Excellent plan. DD would love getting stuck in.

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