Homemade Chicken Nuggets

When I embarked on making homemade chicken nuggets, I thought I was taking loads of calories off the McDonald's version. Sure, they're a bit lower cal... but not much :(

The good news? These babies aren't fried and they actually taste like.... Wait for it...

Chicken.

What you need:
1-1.5 lbs Chicken breast
1/2 c. Fiber One cereal (use about 2/3 cup if you have 1.5 lbs of chicken, as I nearly ran out of breading with 1.35 lbs)
5 Tbsp. panko bread crumbs
1/4 c. egg whites or egg white substitute
1 Tbsp. oregano
1 Tbsp. basil
2 Tbsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper

What to do:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Crush the Fiber One cereal, some way, some how. If you have a food processor this will be easy. I tried using my blender, didn't work so much - so I did it the old fashioned way, put em in a plastic bag and used a rolling pin to squish em nice and good. Then pour your crushed cereal into a plastic container with a lid. Add bread crumbs and seasonings. Close the lid and shake it up real good.

Place that container to the side and cut up your chicken breasts into bite size pieces (like the size you would want a chicken nugget to be). Depending on the size of your chickens, you should get between 25 and 40 chunks. Dry any water off your chicken breasts.

Next, coat each piece (about 8 pieces at a time) with egg white and toss em in your crumby mixture... No, not crummy... Bad joke, proceeding... Close the lid, shake it up and then place each piece on a baking sheet or pan. Continue until all pieces have been coated.

Bake for about 20 minutes, stir the chickens around, and bake another 20 minutes.

Nutrition Info:
For 8 medium sized nuggets :)
Calories: 308
Fat: 6.2g
Saturated Fat: 1.7g
Cholesterol: 130mg
Sodium: 227mg
Carbs: 12.4g
Fiber: 3.9g
Protein: 50.8g

In comparison, a 6-piece at McDonalds has 280 cals, 17g of fat, insane amounts of sodium and only 14g of protein. Oh yeah, and they taste like fryer oil... these babies taste like... yes, chicken!

Enjoy!
-Mimi-