If your family loves heading to Chick-Fil-A as much as mine, you are probably looking for the best Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets recipe and now you have found it!
Chick-Fil-A is a staple here in the South. Here is an easy way to make their delicious nuggets for a fraction of the in-store price.
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
2 chicken breast, boneless cut into 2 inch cubes
1 C pickle juice
1 C whole milk
1 C peanut oil
1 egg
1 C flour
1 tbsp powder sugar
salt and pepper to sprinkle on
Using a large bowl, combine the pickle juice and chicken and let marinate for 1 hour and then drain well
Using a large skillet, heat peanut oil up
To test to see if the oil is ready, toss in a pinch of flour and if it sizzles, its ready
In a large bowl, whisk milk and egg
Add in chicken and gentle toss
Add chicken to flour and powdered sugar. Toss in the flour mixture until coated
Add a few pieces at a time of chicken into the oil
fry chicken in oil for 2-3 minutes
Place cooked chicken onto a plate of paper towels and let the oil drip off
Serve with your favorite condiments
- 2 chicken breast, boneless cut into 2 inch cubes
- 1 C pickle juice
- 1 C whole milk
- 1 C peanut oil
- 1 egg
- 1 C flour
- 1 tbsp powder sugar
- salt and pepper to sprinkle on
- Using a large bowl, combine the pickle juice and chicken and let marinate for 1 hour and then drain well
- Using a large skillet, heat peanut oil up
- To test to see if the oil is ready, toss in a pinch of flour and if it sizzles, its ready
- In a large bowl, whisk milk and egg
- Add in chicken and gentle toss
- Add chicken to flour and powdered sugar. Toss in the flour mixture until coated
- Add a few pieces at a time of chicken into the oil
- fry chicken in oil for 2-3 minutes
- Place cooked chicken onto a plate of paper towels and let the oil drip off
- Serve with your favorite condiments
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