Baked Italian Chicken Nuggets Recipes

BAKED CHICKEN NUGGETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut chicken breasts into 1 1/2-inch sized pieces. In a medium bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, cheese, salt, thyme and basil. Mix well. Put melted butter in a bowl or dish for dipping.
• Dip chicken pieces into the melted butter first, then coat with the breadcrumb mixture. Place the well-coated chicken pieces on a lightly greased cookie sheet in a single layer, and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Cut the chicken breast into chunky slices and season with salt.
• On a deep plate mix the eggs
• On another deep plate pour the flour
• In a blender mix the breadcrumbs with garlic, basil (or parsley), and Parmesan
• Place the breadcrumbs on a third deep plate
• One by one dip the chicken nuggets in the flour, making sure they are completely coated.
• Shake off any excess flour.
• Then dip them in the eggs
• Lastly in the breadcrumbs
• Lay them all in a tray
• Once the chicken nuggets are completely coated and ready, you can either fry them or place them into a container and freeze them for later use. Freeze them already sorted into portions so you can defrost only what you need.
• Mix the remaining breadcrumbs with the remaining eggs and shape them as nuggets
• Deep-fry them in oil until golden and crispy. Make sure it is enough time to cook all the way to the center
• Place them on a kitchen towel to drain the excess oil
• Serve them warm with mayonnaise or fresh lemon juice

ITALIAN BAKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, salt and pepper; add chicken, one piece at a time, and shake to coat. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown chicken in 2 tablespoons oil on each side. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. , In the same skillet, saute garlic in remaining oil for 1 minute. Stir in the broth, tomato puree, basil and oregano. Bring to a boil. Pour mixture over chicken., Cover and bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°. , Remove chicken and set aside. Pour sauce into a small bowl and keep warm. Return chicken to the pan; top with mozzarella and tomato. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. , Bake, uncovered, for 6-8 minutes or until cheese is melted. Arrange pasta on a large serving platter; top with chicken. Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with parsley.

BAKED CHICKEN NUGGETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut chicken into 2-inch pieces. Spread panko on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a shallow dish, then add Parmesan and 1/2 teaspoon salt; drizzle with oil and stir to combine.
• Place flour and eggs in separate shallow dishes. Increase temperature to 450 degrees.
• Set a wire rack in a rimmed baking sheet; lightly coat rack with cooking spray. In batches, coat chicken in flour, shaking off excess, dip in egg, then coat with panko, pressing to adhere. Place on rack.
• Bake until chicken is cooked through, 12 minutes, flipping halfway through. Serve nuggets with sauce.

BAKED ITALIAN CHICKEN NUGGETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Wash chicken breasts, pat dry. Cut into bite size chunks.
• In a small bowl or pasta dish, beat egg. Add milk to egg and stir to combine.
• On a large plate, add Panko crumbs, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Mix together. (you could also do this in a Ziploc bag).
• Add chicken nuggets to egg/milk mixture and coat thoroughly.
• Next, dredge nuggets in seasoned crumb mixture until covered.
• Place chicken nuggets on cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, leaving space between each nugget.
• Bake at 350 for about an hour or until done.

BAKED ITALIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rinse chicken pieces; pat dry.
• Place butter in shallow dish.
• Mix remaining ingredients in shallow dish.
• Dip pieces in butter, then in breadcrumb mixture.
• Place on baking sheet.
• Bake at 350* for 1 hour.

BAKED COCONUT CAYENNE CHICKEN NUGGETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Place panko bread crumbs, seasoned bread crumbs, coconut, cayenne pepper, and thyme in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until coconut resembles size of bread crumbs. Transfer to a flat bowl or dish.
• Whisk egg and sriracha sauce together in a separate bowl.
• Dip chicken pieces in crumb mixture. Coat all sides with egg mixture. Roll again in crumb mixture and place on the prepared rack. Repeat for all chicken pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and crisp, about 20 minutes.