Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets

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Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets are made with chunks of chicken breasts coated in breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese then baked until golden. An easy homemade chicken recipe for toddlers and adults!



Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets

What can be more kid-friendly than chicken nuggets, even the pickiest kids like them! Serve them with ketchup, BBQ sauce or whatever you like to dip your nuggets into. Adults can serve them over your favorite salad for a satisfying lunch. If you have an air fryer, you can also try Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets.

Kids love finger foods or anything you can eat with toothpicks so when my daughter was young I would make her a dish of bite-sized goodies she liked such as tomatoes, olives, pasta, etc. and served them with toothpicks and she always cleaned her plate! Give it a try, your kids will be so excited!

I make these nuggets for Madison for lunch, I often make some at night and put them in her lunch box the next day, she doesn’t mind eating them cold. I’ve even made a bunch and served them as appetizers, because who doesn’t love chicken nuggets!

These also happen to be egg-free, for those with egg allergies, I use oil instead of an egg and it works great and helps get the breadcrumbs golden. Once I’m in breading mode I usually make breaded zucchini sticks as well and bake them all at the same time along with some pasta and a salad for a complete meal. Double these for more or make half for less servings.

Tips for perfect baked chicken nuggets:

Start with organic chicken, when possible. Trim any excess fat.

Baking pans will give you different results, these work best in an aluminum pan for even browned and crisp edges. Nonstick doesn’t work as well.

Spray the pan with oil to prevent sticking.

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