Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets

Easy, super crispy, and freezer friendly, these tender chicken nuggets (with sweet and spicy dipping sauces) taste 10x better than store bought!

Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets – Easy, super crispy, and freezer friendly, these nuggets (with dipping sauces) taste 10x better than store bought! | thecomfortofcooking.com

Chicken nuggets bring out the kid in all of us! They’re crispy, tender, and absolutely delish dunked in tangy honey mustard or spicy ketchup sauce. Coated in crunchy panko breadcrumbs and fresh Parmesan, these little nuggets are almost too adorable to eat!

Almost…

Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets – Easy, super crispy, and freezer friendly, these nuggets (with dipping sauces) taste 10x better than store bought! | thecomfortofcooking.com

They’re freezer-friendly, too! Bake them up, place in a resealable bag and freeze. Pop ‘em in the microwave for a few minutes to warm them up. Kids will love ‘em, and adults will gobble ‘em up right alongside the kiddos! You can also make the sauces a few days ahead of time.

Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets – Easy, super crispy, and freezer friendly, these nuggets (with dipping sauces) taste 10x better than store bought! | thecomfortofcooking.com

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• Make a list of meals to make in the coming week! Consider 1-2 days for leftovers, if you think there will be any. Feeling uninspired for ideas? I’ve got you covered.
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• Prep, package and freeze as many ingredients as you can for the coming week. Or, cook your meals ahead of time, freeze and pop in the oven before dinnertime!

Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets

Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets

Yield: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
  • 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil
  • 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • Honey Mustard or Spicy Ketchup, recipes below, for serving

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Spread breadcrumbs on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until golden brown, 5-6 minutes. Once mostly cooled, transfer crumbs to a shallow dish. Stir in Parmesan, salt and oil; mix well.
  2. Set a wire rack on the baking sheet; lightly coat rack with cooking spray.
  3. Cut chicken into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Place flour and eggs in separate shallow dishes. In batches, coat chicken in flour, shaking off excess, dip in egg, then coat with breadcrumbs. Place on rack.
  4. Bake until chicken is cooked through, 10 minutes, flipping halfway through. Serve nuggets with sauces, if desired.
  5. Enjoy!
  6. Honey Mustard: Combine 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard and 2 tablespoons each mayonnaise and honey.
  7. Spicy Ketchup: Combine 1/4 cup ketchup, 3 tablespoons spicy chili sauce (such as Sriracha), and 2 tablespoons mayonnaise.

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  1. Our house LOVES chicken nuggets and these we’ve gotta try. Thanks for the recipe!

  2. One of my favorite comfort foods :)

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  4. Mmm, these chicken nuggets look SO good + i love the dipping sauces. Want!!

  5. Thanks for visiting my blog – it has been fun checking out yours…I am getting lots of dinner ideas!!! these chicken nuggets are perfect since you bake them love that! …and the dipping with ketchup sriracha mayo love!

  6. Love the kid friendly meals-these look delicious for adults too;-)

  7. These look so good, Georgia! Love the dipping sauces!

  8. I love that you were able to get them crispy in the oven. Love these. And the sauces are so great!

  9. Ohh, I love that sriracha dipping sauce! These look great for everyone!

  10. looks so great. i love chicken nuggets, but i never buy frozen meat. this looks so yummy… and obviously less in fat. OMG, i loveeeeeeeee chicken with honey mustard. if you haven’t tried it with fries, it’s awesome. TGIF!! :-)

  11. Chicken will always be just as good as we were kids. This food always brings out the childish side of me. And I love the honey-mayo-dijon dipping.

  12. Love these baked chicken nuggets! They look so golden brown and crispy.

  13. I love baking chicken nuggets! These look delicious. I haven’t tried freezing them before – that’s a great idea!

  14. Never even thought about freezing them – what a great idea!

  15. Now that the kids are grown, we don’t eat chicken nuggets much, but this recipe looks like one I could have used a few years ago. I especially like the dips you created for them. :)

  16. These are absolutely wonderful! Can’t wait to make these for my grandchildren…a much healthier version of chicken nuggets!!! Thanks for sharing!

  17. I never grew up and thus still LOVE chicken nuggets and will til my dying day. The crispier, the better! I almost think I love chicken nuggets so much because of all the sauce opportunities.. I’m a condiment FREAK! That dijon spread looks ALLL kinds of good to me, and the sriracha one looks spicy awesome!

  18. Georgia, I love how you added the panko here. Delish!

  19. Those are SOO crispy, they look fried! Great!

  20. i love baking chicken nuggets Georgia! in fact, I just made some last weekend. Now, I must make them again with your SPICY ketchup (ahh!!!). I love ketchup:)

  21. Ooooo, Sriracha and chicken nuggets, you just gave me my all time fav snack! Looks delicious..

  22. 5 stars
    These look so delicious, Georgia! I can’t wait to make these for Ryan…and one day for our little ones. I love the panko. What a healthy alternative! Thank you for sharing! I hope you are having a lovely week!

  23. 5 stars
    Love homemade chicken nuggets! It is one meal my son loves to help make with me!

  24. 5 stars
    Hi Georgia! Your homemade chicken nuggets as well as those two kinds of sauce sounds amazing! I have never made honey mustard sauce, I’ll surely give this a try. My kids love chicken nuggets and it’s nice to try something different other than ketchup! Other freezer-friendly meals are very helpful for a busy family like us. Thank you for sharing! :)

  25. The honey mustard sauce sound delicious and I love that it’s so easy to whip up. Definitely book-marking these nuggets and will treat the grand-kids to them one their next visit :)

  26. Amazing! Love that this is freezer-friendly! Jason would be thrilled – he is all up on freezer foods since he doesn’t cook when he’s away at school!

  27. OMG – Sriracha ketchup!! We will be trying these.

  28. Your dipping sauces look tasty! Big fan of mustard and sriracha over here! I’d likely mix the two together and put myself in a sauce coma ;)

  29. oh yum. dipping sauces are my reason to eat chicken nuggets, and now it looks like i have several great options. yum!

  30. Looks great! Just curious, what kind of rack do you use for these? Is it the same as a cooling rack? I have only been able to find very small ones…

  31. A wire rack around the same size as the baking sheet you’ll be using is best. Yes, it can be a cooling rack as long as it’s oven-safe.

  32. A great recipe and easy to prepare. Looks delicious!

  33. Yummy! I am hosting a Superbowl party and these would be perfect for our “hot food” spread! I love the dipping sauces as well!

  34. These nuggets look brilliant my friend, I love the crispiness :D

    Cheers
    CCU

  35. Omg…these are perfect. I`m definitely trying this!

  36. 5 stars
    Thanks alot for the recipes,,,,perfect….. :)

  37. Can you substitute a different cheese in place of the parmesan? It’s the only ingredient I don’t have on hand right now!

  38. No worries, you can just leave it out.

  39. 5 stars
    My daughter said these were the best thing she has ever eaten and mom and dad thought they were amazing too….so good!! My husband also raved about the Siracha mayo! Made them a few weeks ago and making them again tonight. Thanks for the great recipe!

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