Baked Cheesy Chicken Nuggets (No Bread Coating)

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This recipe is for the ever-popular chicken nugget. It uses polenta and finely grated parmesan cheese as the crumb mixture. Should serve 6 children or 4 adults. These are great nuggets and they are gluten free! Feel free to add some spices or seasonings of your choice.

by Jubes·published 2007-04-24

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Chicken Breast

Servings

(4–6)

Total time

30 min

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

197 kcal

Ingredients (3)

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1/3 cup polenta (AKA. cornmeal)polenta
1/3 cup finely grated parmesan cheeseparmesan
2 chicken breasts, flatten slightly and cut into chunkschicken-breast

Instructions (6 steps)

01Preheat oven to 200°C.
02Flatten the chicken slightly until it is the desired thickness of your nuggets--you can use a meat mallet or your rolling pin.
03Cut the chicken into nugget sized chunks.
04Combine the polenta and the parmesan in a bowl.
05Dip the chicken pieces into the polenta mixture and ensure they are thoroughly coated.
06Place the nuggets onto a paper lined baking tray and bake for 10 minutes, or until cooked and golden.

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