Anti-Fast Food Chicken Nuggets!

Chicken is such a versatile ingredient, you could buy a few pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts and have a different meal every night for a week without missing red meat...or at least I could!  However, out of ALL the chicken recipes I could put on here, I've decided to devote the first one to chicken nuggets.  Unfortunately, fried chicken in any form has gotten a bad wrap lately due to the horrible fast food people making some sort of pink paste they call "chicken" and serving it to our children.  I think that may be why I decided to post this recipe...these chicken nuggets require a little more effort than going through the drive-thru, but they're 100 times tastier anyway! :)  They sort of reminded me of Chick-fil-A...which of course is fast food, but at least it's real chicken!  Enjoy!

Anti-Fast Food Chicken Nuggets:


1 cup flour
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons black pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Peanut Oil (enough to fill a medium saucepan halfway.  DO NOT use vegetable or canola oil.  Peanut Oil costs a little bit more but is so much tastier!)


Trim the fat off your boneless skinless chicken breasts and then cut them into bite-size pieces.  4 large chicken breasts made 48 nuggets for me, but you can cut the pieces as small or as large as you would like.  (You can even use chicken tenderloins and make "chicken fingers" with this recipe.)  Pour the milk into a bowl and add in 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of black pepper.  Place your chicken pieces in the milk and let them soak while you move onto the next step.  Now combine the flour, the rest of the salt and pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper, and sugar in a large storage bag.  I use a bag because it makes it so much easier to coat the small chicken pieces and you don't get a whole bunch of gunk on your hands!  Pour the peanut oil into your medium saucepan and heat over medium-high heat to 350-375 degrees.  If you have a deep fryer, by all means, use it!  I don't own one so the next best thing is a saucepan! :)  Now transfer the chicken pieces from the milk to your bag of flour, 6 at a time.  Close the bag tightly and shake until they are evenly coated with the flour mixture.  Now take them out and place directly in the hot oil.  I suggest using tongs so that you don't get splattered with any oil.  Your chicken nuggets are done when they are floating in the oil and are slightly dark brown.  Remove from the oil and drain on paper towels.  Keep coating and frying the pieces 6 at a time until you are finished...and enjoy the yumminess!!