Chick-fil-a Nuggets

These are my own twist of chick-fil-a chicken nuggets. We have a chick-fil-a within a ten mile radius but we tend to like and try to save money around our house. I searched online over and over and tried to find the perfect copy cat of their nuggets. We tried different recipes and nothing really satisfied our taste buds. So we decided to just come up with our own version. I want you to know in advance that these don't taste just like their nuggets, however they have satisfied our constant want and need for the real deal. I usually double or triple the recipe and freeze the extra, and my daughter and I eat them for lunch, or we will pull them out for dinner again. We love them, and hope you will too!

Chick-fil-a Nuggets (My style):

Yield: 4 Servings

You will need: 

• 2 Large Ziplock bags
• Kitchen Scissors
• Medium bowl
• Thongs/slotted spoon
• Oil for frying

Ingredients: 

• 4 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup Pickle Juice
• 1 egg & 1 egg white
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 2 Tbsp powder sugar
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp accent
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp dried basil

Cut your chicken into your preferred size of nuggets, I usually cut them to be about one inch by one inch. Pour your pickle juice into a ziplock bag and place your chicken in the bag. Set aside. Take your  medium bowl and whisk your egg, egg white, and milk together. Set aside. Take your other ziplock bag and put all of the dry ingredients in and shake it until it's all combined. Take the bag that has the chicken and pickle juice and pull all of the chicken out and place it in the bowl with the egg and milk mixture, coat well. With either your thongs or slotted spoon move all of the chicken to the flour bag. Mix well until the chicken has a good coating of flour on it. Take your large skillet and pour oil into it. Turn your heat to medium-high. Allow oil to get hot. To check and make sure your oil is ready drop a very small amount of water into it. It will pop, so be very careful!! Once it's ready place some chicken in and cook well. I never time how long, I just cook it until it looks right, but Cook on one side for about 1-2 minutes about 3-4 minutes total per piece of chicken. Outside will be a golden brown. Dip or Dunk in whatever your favorite sauce is and it's delicious! 

On a side note.. to prevent burning your hand while cooking the chicken, I always wear a hot pad especially when placing chicken in and turning chicken over.