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Homemade chicken nuggets
A simple recipe for making chicken nuggets or goujons at home. Much tastier than the shop-bought variety...
- Difficulty: Easy
- Serves 4
- Freezable
Preparation
- Total time
- 25 Mins
- Preparation time
- 10 Mins
- Cooking time
- 15 Mins
500g chicken breast (or fish fillets)
4 tbsp plain flour
2 eggs, beaten
300g breadcrumbs
olive oil
Preheat oven to 190'C/gas mark 5
Cut uncooked chicken breasts into pieces (either strips for chicken fingers or chunks for chicken nuggets)
Dip the chicken into flour, then into beaten eggs and finally into breadcrumbs - this can be fun if you set up a conveyor belt system and have your children helping
Brush with a little oil and cook under the grill for 10-15 mins or bake in the oven for 15-20 mins, turning halfway through
Serve with jacket potatoes and veg
You will need
Roasting pan - This top-rated one from MasterClass features a handy rack that will let you cook perfect, crispy meat in a healthier way. Find it at Amazon for £29.99.
Oil busting brush - You can easily and evenly distribute the oil in the pan with this busting brush from OXO and you get it at Amazon for £8.
Tips
Make breadcrumbs by putting day-old bread in a blender or buy ready-made breadcrumbs from the supermarket
You can make a big batch of these chicken nuggets and freeze (uncooked) what you don't need on the day as an easy 'fast food' option for another day. Only freeze it if the chicken wasn't frozen before - never re-freeze defrosted chicken. Cook from frozen and add around 5 extra minutes to the cooking times above, or defrost before cooking.
Variations
Substitute the chicken for cod, haddock or salmon fillet and make fish fingers/nuggets
Make this dish healthier by adding any type of chopped seeds (hemp, sunflower or pine kernels) to the breadcrumb mixture - this gives it a nice nutty flavour, a bit of crunchiness and adds omega oils
Reviews
Sasha-rose F
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Easy to make. I had to leave them in the oven for longer than the recipe states as they took an age to brown. They don't really get crispy at all but they do taste really nice.
Reviewed on 05/11/20
Catherine S(841)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.These chichen nugets gave my son diarrhoea, thanks netmums for the delicious recipe
Reviewed on 19/01/20
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.These went down a hit with all the family. We made our own breadcrumbs and found 300g breadcrumbs was too much. My eldest daughter and her dad also thought they needed a bit of flavor as a little bland so my husband added some Italian garlic herbs to a few more and I could taste the difference and very nice. Debating marinading the chicken before cutting next time to give more flavor.
Reviewed on 19/07/16
Selena D(4)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.These taste so good and are so easy, can't believe I've never tried making them before!!
Reviewed on 23/03/16
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.My VERY fussy 3 year old really enjoyed these nuggets.
Reviewed on 29/09/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.To my shame I had never made my own chicken nuggets before. These were so very easy and so tasty; adults enjoyed them as well. Took about 15 minutes to prepare and were a definite hit with the grandchildren. Non left at the end of tea anyway! Thank you to who ever posted this recipe, it will be used many times from now on.
Reviewed on 09/09/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Great at least now I know what's going into these nugets
Reviewed on 02/08/15
Becky W(301)
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Instead of flour, eggs and breadcrumbs, we use cornflakes and black pepper in our house. You can also make the nuggets more "grown up" by adding chilli flakes to the mix, to taste. I blitz these bits up in a food processor or just bash the cornflakes in a freezer bag with the rolling pin. As we buy our chicken breasts in bulk and freeze them, when they are defrosted, the juices from the chicken work as a binding agent so no need for the flour and egg
Reviewed on 19/06/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Really enjoyed making these for the 1st time tonight, easy to make and not to messy, best of all the whole family enjoyed them, definitely will be making them again, will add seasoning next though. Thanks for recipe.
Reviewed on 19/06/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I use the coffee grinder to make the breadcrumbs. I season the flour with salt / pepper and once tossed in flour, egg, breadcrumbs, I then fry to brown and then place in the oven on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake at 180. I normally make two batches and leave one batch raw and freeze (fresh bought chicken as you advised!). Also you can make meatballs - beef mince, some of the left over breadcrumbs, an egg, garlic, basil and a red onion all blitzed in a food processor.
Reviewed on 26/05/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Made these today kids loved them!!! Easy prep only comment - I cooked for longer than it sais!!
Reviewed on 26/05/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Fantastic, we all really enjoyed these, thank you for the recipe :-) I used garlic olive oil and it really made the difference.
Reviewed on 29/04/15
Rebecca H(451)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.LUSH! That is how I would describe these. Super easy to make as well. Slightly messy but nothing a cloth couldn't get rid of. I used 700g of chicken and found that was enough for all 4 of us (2 adults 2 children) but needed much less breadcrumbs than the recipe called for. They were really moist. Think I will maybe add a bit of seasoning such as paprika, for the adults. I won't be buying ready made from the shop again!
Reviewed on 11/03/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Easy to make but make sure the oil is hot enough first to seal so they're not too greasy.
Reviewed on 01/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Delicious and my boys (7 and 3) loved them too and they are super fast to make.
Reviewed on 23/01/15
Rachel G(115)
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.These have long been a favourite in our house, with my boys (now 7 and 10) quite able to do the 'conveyor belt' prep, with Mum looking after the cooking. Our tip: delicious if you squeeze loads of lemon on the finished nuggets!
Reviewed on 21/01/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I made these last week. My 2 year old loved them. They were quick and easy to make. We all enjoyed them. I will definitely make these again
Reviewed on 18/01/15
