Copycat Chick Fil A Nuggets
The best chicken nuggets recipe around!
A couple of months back, I shared my secret for making a copycat sauce just like the one they serve at Chick-fil-A. With this special recipe, I figured I’d never have to go out for Chick-fil-A again; I could just serve this magical secret sauce with my own homemade chicken.
But before long, I ran into a snag. Because Chick-fil-A sauce isn’t just a sauce for chicken; it’s really ideal for chicken nuggets. And I didn’t have a recipe for those.
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Sure, you can always buy frozen chicken tenders, and those work just fine with the sauce. But it just bugged me a bit. I thought, if I can make the sauce myself, could it really be that hard to whip up my own nuggets?
As it turns out, no. In fact, it’s pretty easy. Just cut up some chicken breasts, dip them in egg and flour, and fry them for a few minutes in a hot pan. It’s much less work than making real fried chicken, and much tastier than serving frozen nuggets.
So now, when I get a craving for Chick-fil-A, I can have the whole package – nuggets, sauce, and all – without having to leave home.
How to Make Copycat Chick Fil A Nuggets
Directions:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, powdered sugar, salt and pepper. Set aside.
- In a second large bowl, whisk together the egg and milk and combine with the chicken.
- If possible, allow chicken to marinade in egg mixture to tenderize for at least an hour.
- One piece at a time, remove the chicken from the egg mixture and dip in the flour mixture until fully coated. Repeat until all chicken pieces are coated.
- Heat oil to 375 degrees for deep frying. Place chicken pieces in the oil, making sure there is space for oil to simmer around them and cook until evenly golden brown. About 3-5 minutes.
- Place on a cooling rack to cool.
- Serve with my Copycat Chick Fil A Sauce and a side of fries.
Tools used for this Copycat Chick Fil A Nuggets Recipe
Measuring Cups and Spoons Set: Each cup’s “ml” and cup sizes have passed clearly engraved marking, and you can quickly identify the cup scale according to the color of the handle. LOVE that!
Cooling Racks: These cooling racks are great cooling racks for cookies, pies, cakes, and more.
Deep Fry Thermometer: This thermometer is dishwasher safe, Great for candy making, melting chocolate, yogurts, creams sauces, jams, and more.
Aluminum Stock Pot: Perfect for all your frying needs. This one also comes with a strainer basket.
Dip/Sauce Cups: If you end up making my Copycat Chic Fil A Sauce, here are the perfect little dip cups for that!
Copycat Chick Fil A Nuggets
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Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts - cut into 1 inch cubes
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 egg - lightly beaten
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup flour
- 2 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, powdered sugar, salt and pepper. Set aside.
- In a second large bowl, whisk together the egg and milk and combine with the chicken.
- If possible, allow chicken to marinade in egg mixture to tenderize for at least an hour.
- One piece at a time, remove the chicken from the egg mixture and dip in the flour mixture until fully coated. Repeat until all chicken pieces are coated.
- Heat oil to 375 degrees for deep frying.
- Place chicken pieces in the oil, making sure there is space for oil to simmer around them and cook until evenly golden brown. About 3-5 minutes.
- Place on a cooling rack to cool. Once cooled, serve with my Copycat Chick Fil A Sauce
Nutrition
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I try to avoid deep frying. Do you think I’d get a decent result if I misted the tenders w/oil, baked them in the oven on a rack – turning them over when they’re halfway done? Should I raise the oven temperature to (perhaps) 400 deg.?
Will this work in an air fryer?
Another copycat recipe said to marinate in dill pickle juice. (Weird, I know) Do you think this would be good to do?
Yes! Add the pickle juice to the milk and egg mixture. I use buttermilk but everything else is the same. I definitely recommend letting it sit for an hour or longer, even overnight.