Chicken Nuggets

True chicken nuggets! Turn a piece of a chicken into a flock of mini chickens, then send them out to battle the dinosaurs. This is a remix of Chick Nugget by A Japanese housewife. The version I created is simplified and the nuggets are baked instead of fried.

Step 1: Things You'll Need

Ingredients:

• 1 lb chicken thigh meat, tendons removed
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 2 eggs (scrambled) + 2 tbsp water
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• ¼ cup vegetable oil

Other things:

• Chicken Nugget Molds: .stl file provided for 3D printing- includes rooster, hen, chick, and egg.
• Food processor
• Baking sheets (2)
• Parchment paper
• Oven, preheated to 400 degrees

Step 2: Prepare the Poultry

1. Remove as many tendons as you can from the chicken thighs.
2. Cut the thighs into smaller pieces, about 1-2 inches.

Step 3: ​Pulverize

1. Place the chicken into the food processor with garlic salt, and other seasonings if desired.
2. Pulse until it turns into a sticky chicken goo; 5 second pulses for 1-2 minutes.
3. Chill the chicken in the freezer for 10 minutes.

Step 4: Put Oil on Everything

• Grease your hands with vegetable oil.
• Grease the inside of the molds you will be using.
• Grease a sheet of parchment paper and place it onto a baking sheet.

Step 5: ​Make Your Chicken Goo Look Like a Chicken

1. Remove the chicken from the freezer.
2. Place the mold on top of the greased sheet of parchment paper.
3. Grab about a tablespoon of chicken and fill the mold completely.
4. Pat the chicken down into the mold to form a flat surface on both sides of the nugget.
5. Remove from mold.
6. Chill nuggets (on baking sheet) in freezer for 10 minutes.

Step 6: Bread

1. While your nuggets are chilling, prepare your breading station.
   • Put 3/4 cup flour in the first bowl,
   • 2 scrambled eggs + 2 tbsp water into the second bowl,
   • and 1 cup breadcrumbs in the third bowl.
2. Remove nuggets from freezer. Coat in flour, then egg, and breadcrumbs last.
3. Place on a new parchment paper lined baking sheet, don’t use the cold one that went into the freezer.

Step 7: ​Bake and Decorate

1. Bake in 400 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.
2. You can decorate with condiments like ketchup, mustard and barbecue sauce.