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    Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe

    Aug 8, 2018 · Modified: Oct 30, 2023 by Love Keil · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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    Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe is brought to YOU by Fred Meyer Stores. Thank you!

    My family loves chicken nuggets from the fast food restaurants, even tho we don't eat there often.  One day, I had this awesome school lunch idea that came to my mind.

    Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe inspired by Chick Fil A chicken nuggets.

    Make bunch of baked chicken nuggets and freeze them so I can warm them up and put them in the school lunch box. It will be one of those easy school lunch ideas that my child will devour.

    I am one of those moms who loves to cook almost everything from scratch, except macaroons, I rather buy them at the Fred Meyer Store, than waste ingredients making this dificult but super delicious dessert. You see those little cookies never turn out right when I bake them.

    What I am trying to say is this, if you want to safe time and frustration you can always go to the store like Fred Meyers Store, and buy things that you love.

    Now, back to this scrumptious baked chicken nuggets recipe. You might think they are super hard to cook, but in reality they are absolutely easy to make.

    This is one super easy chicken nuggets recipe. The chicken breast is cut into bite size pieces and marinated in the mayo & pickled juice, coated in seasoned flour and baked until golden color.

    They taste incredible, specially if you let the chicken marinate over the night, or more than 1 hour.

    These homemade chicken nuggets taste amazing with honey mustard sauce.

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    Ingredients for Baked Chicken Nuggets Marinate:

    Ingredients you will need to make the Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe
    • 1½ lb Simple Truth Organic boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
    • ½ cup Fred Meyer Mayonnaise
    • 1 cup Kroger Kosher Dill pickle juice
    • 1 teaspoon McCormick Montreal Chicken Spice

    Ingredients to make Homemade Chicken Nuggets:

    • 1 cup whole milk
    • 1 large egg
    • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
    • salt and black pepper, to taste
    • peanut oil, for frying - optional - see the instructions

    Ingredients for Honey Mustard Sauce:

    • ¼ cup Fred Meyer Mayonnaise
    • 2 tablespoons honey
    • 1 tablespoon mustard
    • 1 tablespoon Simple Truth Organic Dijon Mustard
    • ½ tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed

    If you make these Easy Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets in oven, I would love it, if YOU could tag @munchkintimeblog & @FredMeyerStores on Instagram. We would LOVE to see your creation! Thank you!

    To make Honey Mustard Sauce:

    To make HONEY MUSTARD: In a small bowl whisk ¼ cup mayo, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, and ½ tablespoon lemon juice. Set aside.
    1. In a small bowl whisk ¼ cup mayo, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, and ½ tablespoon lemon juice. Set aside.
    Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe - How To Make CHICKEN NUGGETS: In a mixing bowl, combine 1½ lb of chicken, ½ cup of mayonnaise, 1 cup of pickle juice and 1 teaspoon of Montreal Chicken Spice. Add chicken and marinate for at least 30 minutes or over night. Drain the marinate.

    How To Make CHICKEN NUGGETS:

    1. In a mixing bowl, combine 1½ lb of chicken, ½ cup of mayonnaise, 1 cup of pickle juice and 1 teaspoon of Montreal Chicken Spice. Add chicken and marinate for at least 30 minutes or over night. Drain the marinate.Baked Chicken Nuggets Marinated in Pickle Juice - To make HONEY MUSTARD: In a small bowl whisk ¼ cup mayo, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, and ½ tablespoon lemon juice. Set aside.Baked Chicken Nuggets Marinated in Pickle Juice - To make HONEY MUSTARD: Using another mixing bowl, combine 1¼ cup of flour and 1 tablespoon powdered sugar. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
    2. In a large bowl, whisk together 1 cup milk and 1 egg. Using another mixing bowl, combine 1¼ cup of flour and 1 tablespoon powdered sugar. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.homemade chicken nuggets First dip the chicken pieces into the milk mixture then into the flour mixture.
    3. First dip the chicken pieces into the milk mixture then into the flour mixture.
    Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe inspired by Chick Fil A chicken nuggets.

    How to Cook Chicken Nuggets - 2 Ways:

    1. Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with a parchment paper. Quick Tip - spray the parchment paper with oil, it helps baked chicken nuggets not to stick to the paper. Place chicken nuggets on a baking sheet and bake for 20-35 minutes, or until chicken is cooked thru. 3 minutes before chicken nuggets are done cooking I like to broil them on high for about 3 minutes.
    2. Preheat the skillet with about 1 cup of oil (like peanut oil or avocado oil), add chicken and fry until golden color about 2-3 minutes. Serve warm with honey mustard sauce.

    I like to freeze these CHICK-FIL-A inspired Chicken NUGGETS, then microwave them right before my daughter leaves to school and wrap them in the foil paper, so they stay warm.

    Couple days ago, I took my daughter back to school shopping to Fred Meyer. Here is what she picked for for lunch box, it is called Smash Bento Style Lunch Box.

    It comes with 2 dividers and 1 round container. Also, it comes with different styles and colors to choose from. My daughter picked a beautiful blue and pink bento lunch box.

    With hot digital deals, weekend sales and low pricing making school shopping more affordable than ever!

    This whole outfit plus backpack and socks, we bought at Fred Meyer Store. Isn't it so cute!?!

    Do YOU make School Lunches for Your Kids?

    Let me know in the comments below, I would love to hear from you! Also, if you cook school lunches for kids, I would love it, if you could share what you put inside the lunch box? Your answer will give me new ideas.

    Serve with these Delicious Side Dishes

    • Crispy Potato Wedges
    • Easy Marinated Mushrooms
    • Easy Eggplant Parmesan
    • Air Fryer Deviled Eggs
    • Chinese Eggplant with Garlic Sauce

    Q. – Do you like these Baked Chicken Nuggets?

    Let me know in the comments below, I would love to hear from you!

    Thank YOU for YOUR Comment, Share & Recipe Review!

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    Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe

    Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe

    Love Keil
    Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe - what can be better than homemade chicken nuggets with honey mustard sauce. Easy school lunch idea for kids.
    5 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time 45 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Course Main Coarse
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4
    Calories 719 kcal

    Equipment

    • baking sheet

    Ingredients
      

    Ingredients for Baked Chicken Nuggets Marinate:

    • 1½ lb chicken breast skinless boneless, cut into 1-inch chunks
    • ½ cup mayonnaise
    • 1 cup Kosher Dill pickle juice
    • 1 teaspoon McCormick Montreal Chicken Spice

    Ingredients to make Homemade Chicken Nuggets:

    • 1 cup whole milk
    • 1 egg
    • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
    • salt and black pepper to taste
    • peanut oil for frying - optional - see the instructions

    Ingredients for Honey Mustard Sauce:

    • ¼ cup Mayonnaise
    • 2 tablespoons honey
    • 1 tablespoon mustard
    • 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
    • ½ tablespoon lemon juice freshly squeezed

    Instructions
     

    To make HONEY MUSTARD:

    • In a small bowl whisk ¼ cup mayo, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, and ½ tablespoon lemon juice. Set aside.

    How To Make CHICKEN NUGGETS:

    • In a mixing bowl, combine 1 ½ lb of chicken, ½ cup of mayonnaise, 1 cup of pickle juice and 1 teaspoon of Montreal Chicken Spice. Add chicken and marinate for at least 30 minutes, best over the night. Drain the marinate.
    • In a large bowl, whisk together 1 cup milk and 1 egg. Using another mixing bowl, combine 1 ¼ cup of flour and 1 tablespoon powdered sugar. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
    • First dip the chicken pieces into the milk mixture then into the flour mixture.

    How to Cook Chicken Nuggets - 2 Ways:

    • Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with a parchment paper. Quick Tip - spray the parchment paper with oil, it helps baked chicken nuggets not stick to the paper. Place chicken nuggets on a baking sheet and bake for 20-35 minutes, or until chicken is cooked thru. 3 minutes before chicken nuggets are done, I like to broil them on high for about 3 minutes.
    • Preheat the skillet with about 1 cup of oil (like peanut oil or avocado oil), add chicken and fry until golden color about 2-3 minutes. Serve warm with honey mustard sauce.

    Notes

    When YOU make this Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets please tag us @munchkintimeblog on Instagram, we would LOVE to see your creation! 
    Hi! All content & images are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to republish this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words, or simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 719kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 44gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 20gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 175mgSodium: 587mgPotassium: 805mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 242IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 104mgIron: 3mg
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    1. Matt

      September 02, 2018 at 10:03 pm

      5 stars
      This looks absolutely delicious!
      I'm gonna make it for my mum's birthday on Saturday.
      Also just wondered what's you favorite guilty-pleasure dessert at the mo?
      Keep up the great work:-)

      Reply
      • Munchkin Time

        September 25, 2018 at 7:50 am

        Thank you, Matt! This is so nice of you to cook for your mum's birthday! I like these chocolate molten cakes - https://www.munchkintime.com/the-best-chocolate-cake-a-k-a-molten-lava-cake/ - they are delicious! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment! Happy birthday to your mum!=)

        Reply
    2. Tyler

      August 16, 2018 at 1:03 pm

      5 stars
      These nuggets were great, the kids and I thoroughly enjoyed them. Thanks for sharing them with us.

      Reply
      • Munchkin Time

        August 17, 2018 at 12:10 pm

        Thank you so much for the chicken nuggets recipe review, Tyler! I am so glad you and your kids like this recipe! Thank you for stopping and leaving a comment!

        Reply
    3. Kate | The Organized Dream

      August 13, 2018 at 3:49 pm

      5 stars
      I love this recipe! I ususally make "popcorn chicken" and fry it. This sounds like a better alternative and just as delicious. Thanks for sharing at the Make Life Pretty Monday link party! Hope to see you next week!

      Reply
      • Munchkin Time

        August 17, 2018 at 12:08 pm

        Thank you, Kate! I am so glad you like this recipe! It was my pleasure to share this chicken nuggets recipe with you over at Make Life Pretty Monday link party!

        Reply
    4. Miz Helen

      August 13, 2018 at 1:33 pm

      5 stars
      Your Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets look delicious and the Honey Mustard Sauce is over the top! Your little girl is a real cutie! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday.
      Miz Helen

      Reply
      • Munchkin Time

        August 17, 2018 at 12:06 pm

        Thank you so much, Miz Helen! I am so glad you like this recipe, these chicken nuggets are really good! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and for stopping by, it was my pleasure to share this recipe with you over at Full Plate Thursday!

        Reply

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