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Airfryer Chicken Nuggets
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Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets

Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets is a guiltfree kids-friendly snack or dinner. It gets ready in 30 with a crispy golden crust and served with any dipping sauce.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time27 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 178kcal

Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml

Equipment

  • Air Fryer

Ingredients

  • 3 Chicken Breast skinless and boneless
  • 2 Eggs
  • Salt
  • ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder
  • 1 tsp Red Chilli or Paprika Powder
  • ½ tsp Garlic Powder
  • ½ tsp Mixed herbs optional
  • cooking oil as needed

Instructions 

  • Break open eggs in a mixing bowl
  • To the eggs add salt and pepper.
  • Beat well until the egg mixes well with the salt and pepper.
  • Open the air fryer basket and spread parchment paper. Spread the panko bread crumbs and air fry for 2 mins at 180 C / 356 F for 2 mins. This helps in giving a beautiful texture to the nuggets. Or you can also dry roast on the stovetop but make sure the bread crumbs don't brown.
  • Spread the panko bread crumbs in a wide bowl. To this add chili powder or paprika powder, Garlic powder, and mixed herbs ( This is optional )
  • combine everything until mixed.
  • Trim any excess fat from the chicken and cut them into even sized chicken cubes. Use boneless breast pieces. Now dip all the chicken pieces into the beaten egg mixture.
  • Remove the chicken from the egg mixture and then roll them into the bread crumbs. Press gently and make sure the bread coats all over the chicken. do this for all the chicken pieces place them in a tray and put them in the freezer for 10 mins. This helps the bread crumbs adhere to the chicken pieces and they won't fall apart.
  • Preheat the air fryer to 200 C / 392 F for 5 mins. Spray or brush oil over the air fryer baskets and arrange the chicken nuggets. Leaves space between each nugget. Spray or Brush oil over the chicken Nuggets. Make them into two batches if your air fryer basket is small.
  • Airfry at 356 F / 180 C for 12 mins or until the internal temperature reaches 165 F. After 6 mins open and shake the basket once and spray in some oil.
  • Crispy airfryer Chicken Nuggets is now ready

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Nutrition

Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.4g | Protein: 18.7g | Fat: 10.9g | Saturated Fat: 1.7g | Cholesterol: 130mg | Sodium: 108mg | Potassium: 311mg | Sugar: 0.3g | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
Keyword Chicken Nuggets
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