Chicken Nuggets for Snack City

Chicken Nuggets for Snack City

The greatest snack you will ever make, these chicken nuggets are made without any breading and are great to stock your freezer.
PREP TIME
30 Minutes
COOK TIME
30 Minutes

Per Serving – Makes 60

29.7 Calories

2.3g C | 3.4g P | 0.8g F

How to Make Chicken Nuggets for Snack City

Chicken Nuggets for Snack City

5 from 4 votes
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 60 nuggets

Nutrition

Calories: 29.7kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.3g | Protein: 3.4g | Fat: 0.8g | Fiber: 0.3g
The greatest snack you will ever make, these chicken nuggets are made without any breading and are great to stock your freezer. 
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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs (908 g) ground chicken dark meat
  • 1 large (480 g) sweet potato
  • 2 (140 g) eggs
  • 3 stalks (30 g) green onion
  • 2 tsp (6 g) garlic powder
  • 2 tsp (6 g) onion powder
  • 1.5 tsp (9 g) salt
  • cup (40 g) oat flour wheat flour is fine as well

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 400 °F (204 °C).
  • Wash and peel your sweet potato. Cut into a large dice then place into a blender or a food processor to break down into small pieces. The food processor works the best here. You want the potato to be in “riced” form. Pour into a large bowl.
  • Wash and cut your green onions into a small dice. Use both the whites and greens and add to the bowl with the potatoes.
  • Crack the eggs into the bowl and beat to mix the eggs and whites together.
  • Add in the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, oat flour, and ground chicken. Mix everything together until well combined.
  • Line a few large sheet pans with parchment paper and spray lightly with oil.
  • Divide your meat mixture into nuggets using a 1 oz cookie scoop. Start with a ball around 1-1 ½ inches in diameter and press into a disc with your fingers. It will help to wet your fingers first to prevent sticking.
  • You want your nuggets to be about 2-3 inches in diameter and ¼-½ inch in thickness. They will shrink. I made 60. Depending on how big your cookie scoop is you may have a different yield.
  • Bake for 8 minutes and then flip and bake an additional 4 minutes.

Storing

  • Once your nuggets have finished in the oven, transfer them on to a wire rack to cool. Once they are done steaming, place them in the freezer, uncovered, so they have the chance to freeze as individual nuggets.
  • Once frozen solid, transfer them to a Zwilling Fresh & Save Vacuum bag and remove the air to vacuum seal. Place into snack city in your freezer.
  • To reheat, I place into the air fryer at 375 °F (191 °C) for about 4 minutes.
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken, freezer friendly, gluten free, snack

NUTRITIONAL INFO FOR THE Chicken Nuggets for Snack City

The information in this table represents the estimate for the total nutrition of the recipe as it is written. If you wanted to split the recipe into more or less servings than what is originally listed you can use this table to determine the nutritional estimates.  If you update the number of servings in the “Servings” field of the recipe above, the information in these tables are no longer accurate as you have updated the ingredients.

Servings
Carbs
135.6g
Protein
201g
Fat
48.7g
Calories
1784.7 cals

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