Baked Chicken Nuggets
The BEST crisp-tender chicken nuggets that are completely oven baked! Serve with ketchup, honey mustard or Ranch!
Chicken nuggets are loved by all. Toddlers, kids, teens, and all the grown ups (whether we like to admit it or not).
Nonetheless, I am all in here. And it’s a bigger plus that these are completely baked. The secret? Baking these bad boys on a cooling rack using cornflake crumbs, letting them get nice and crisp all around.
And yes, you can absolutely use chicken breasts or chicken thighs. Athlete’s choice. The most important thing is to serve these babies hot from the oven with all your favorite dippers.
Baked Chicken Nuggets
The BEST crisp-tender chicken nuggets that are completely oven baked! Serve with ketchup, honey mustard or Ranch!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts or chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 tablespoon Ranch Seasoning and Salad Dressing Mix
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups cornflake crumbs
- 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Coat a cooling rack with nonstick spray and place on a baking sheet; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine chicken, Ranch Seasoning and Salad Dressing Mix, cayenne pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; let sit for at least 30 minutes.
- BUTTERMILK MIXTURE: In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk and egg.
- CORNFLAKE MIXTURE: In a large bowl, combine cornflake crumbs, Parmesan and canola oil; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Working one at a time, dredge chicken in flour, dip into BUTTERMILK MIXTURE, then dredge in CORNFLAKE MIXTURE, pressing to coat.
- Place chicken in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet and coat with nonstick spray.
- Place into oven and bake until crisp and cooked through, about 13-15 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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Good job
Can someone explain what you are supposed to marinate the chicken in? No liquid? Just dry seasonings?
I’m trying this over the week. I like that the chicken marinates for some ti
me.
My daughter has enjoyed the breading in a number of recipes but she sometimes says that the chicken needs more taste. This recipe likely will have good taste on the chicken itself. Can’t wait to try it!!
MaggieB <– one way to do gluten-free is to buy gluten-free sliced bread, dry it up, and then blend it to use as flour substitute
*baking time
This recipe sounds delicious & easy, would bring time be the same if I used panko crumbs in place of the corn flakes ? Would textured be totally different ?
Looks delicious. I will try it tomorrow. sure the kids will love it
Wondering what you would use in place of the regular flour to keep this gluten free? Thanks!
There are lots of 1-to-1 (meaning you can substitute it equally for flour in recipes) gluten free flour’s out there that I’m sure would be a great substitute. King Arthur Flour Company makes a really good one!