Chicken Nuggets OR Boneless Buffalo Wings

While sitting in a Doctors Office a few years ago I was a reading a child's magazine with one of my kids and saw a recipe for Chicken Nuggets. Seeing the nuggets on the page just gave me a challenge- Made me say there has got to be a way to not only get the bread to successfully stick to the nuggets, but also make the texture of the bread resemble the texture of 'normal' nuggets.  Out of that Doctors visit comes these, highly successful, and very yummy OVEN BAKED and chicken nuggets. They are even friendly enough that your children can help make them.  

Just a tip, this recipe will be much easier if you keep pre-packaged (bagged) mixes of my pizza crust on hand.  If so, you will need 2/3 cup of the mix instead of the first section of the 'Bread' recipe.

Chicken Nuggets

 

2-3 Large Chicken breast cut into 2 x 3/4 inch strips 

For the Bread:

1/3 cup Rice Flour

1/4 cup Tapioca Flour

3 TBSP Sorghum Flour

1 TBSP Ground Flax

1 tsp Gelatin

1 tsp Guar Gum

1/4 tsp Granulated Onion
1/4 tsp Granulated Garlic

1/4 tsp Poultry Seasoning (McCormick)

Pinch Oregano (rubbed in the palms of your hands 

                              first if you can't find rubbed oregano)

1/4 tsp Parsley

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Salt

1/8 TSP Cream of Tartar

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2 Eggs

1/2 cup Rice Milk

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2 1/2 cups Corn Flakes, Crushed (or any other kind of flakes)

1) Get 3 bowls or shallow dishes like pie pans or cake pans

2) In the first bowl put the first list of ingredients.  This is actually a reduced portion of the dry ingredients of my Pizza Crust Recipe - I actually keep pre-bagged pizza mixes on hand so I can use it when I need it. If you decide to premake mixes like this, you will need about 2/3 cup of the mix.  It is much easier this way.

3) In the second dish, put the eggs and the rice milk and beat with a fork for a minute.

4) In the final dish put the crushed corn flakes.
5) Take a few of the chicken pieces and gently move them around in the pizza flour mixture and then dredge in the egg mix and finally in the corn flakes. Repeat the process til all the chicken is breaded.

6) As you finish pieces, place them on a greased baking sheet.  When you fill the sheet spray nuggets liberally with non-stick spray.

7) Bake at 450 for 10 minutes then flip the nuggets, spray the other side liberally with non-stick spray and then return them to the oven for 10 more minutes.

As dips or flavorings for these, you can use salad dressing or ketchup, OR you can toss them with Buffalo Wing Sauce.