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Healthy Happy Meal! Chicken Nuggets!!!!

I have no problem as a health blogger admitting I like fast food.  I do.  I think a lot of it taste good.  Sorry, if that offends you.

As a person who chooses to live a healthy lifestyle and make choices that I feel contribute to some changes I want to see in the world, I do have a problem with eating it regularly.  So I don’t.

Instead, I try to make things myself that remind me of some of my favorites and one of my favorite are Chick-Fil-A’s chicken nuggets.  I. LOVE. THEM.  (Almost as much as I love Long John Silver’s. Even to the point I imagined a movie star hip pizzeria’s appetizers tasting like Long John’s.)  Boo.  Hiss.  I’m ducking your tomatoes now.

My grandma is southern and makes the BEST fried chicken ever.  I asked her how she makes it and she said flour, salt, pepper, and oil.  In days gone by, she used lard but now she uses olive oil. I’ve changed it up a bit by using coconut oil and cutting the chicken into little pieces. Inventive.  It still doesn’t taste as good as my grandma’s but it gives Chick-Fil-A a run for their money.

Crispy Chicken Nuggets

8 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
1/2 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tsp Sea Salt
Fresh Ground Pepper LOTS to taste
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil

Serves 8

1. Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces.

2. In a bowl combine the flour, sea salt and pepper.  I say in a bowl because I don’t measure the pepper.  I just grind until it looks like this.
I like a lot of pepper.

3. Put the flour mixture in a ziplock bag.  Shake.  Add the chicken and shake.  Remember “Shake-N-Bake”.  Except this time we aren’t going to bake we are going to (gasp!) FRY!

4. In a skillet warm the coconut oil over med/high heat.  Add the chicken and, using tongs, turn the nuggets until they are brown on all sides.  Continue cooking until chicken is no longer pink on the inside and the outside is crispy.

5. I will often turn down the temperature to LOW and cover to cook for an additional 20 minutes or longer.  I have no idea why  (steam?) but this seems to make the chicken really tender more like Chick-Fil-A.

6.  Last, I put them in a bowl lined with paper towels to absorb some of the oil.

Nutrition Info: 200 calories, 5 g carbs, 28 g protein, 7 g fat per 4 0z. serving (about 6 or 7 nuggets)

I serve these with homemade honey mustard.  SO. GOOD.

Homemade Honey Mustard

(For now use your imagination.  I’ll snap a picture next time I make it.)

2 Tbs Raw Honey
2 Tbs Yellow Mustard
2 TBS Dijon Mustard

So simple  but so delicious and the raw honey is chock full of beneficial live enzymes and vitamins.
(Kinda helps you not feel so bad about eating fried chicken.)

Just to show you how much I love chicken nuggets.

I served them at my wedding.
Classy.

Go check out my good friend Deb’s post for more Good, Bad, and Funny pictures of awesome bloggers!

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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10 Responses to “Healthy Happy Meal! Chicken Nuggets!!!!”

  1. On June 22, 2010 at 9:51 am Jen Gordon responded with... #

    I’m so making this. I’m a sucker for nugs.

    Reply
  2. On June 22, 2010 at 10:25 am Jessica responded with... #

    Shake n Bake! I do not remember those at your wedding! Were the waiters walking around serving those? It makes the pizza and pickle dip at my wedding not seem so “classless” LOL

    Reply
  3. On June 22, 2010 at 10:46 am homecookedem responded with... #

    Haha, I love that picture!! It was by far my favorite on Deb’s post, hahahahahaha!! :)

    Reply
  4. On June 22, 2010 at 12:56 pm Retta @ RunRettaRun responded with... #

    I love fast food too. Not going to lie! I also love that picture!

    Reply
  5. On June 22, 2010 at 8:50 pm roni responded with... #

    try soaking ur chicken overnight (or as long as possible-i’ve done just 4 hours) in buttermilk. don’t rinse away, but just shake off excess buttermilk and then dredge or shake in flour as normal. makes the most tender & super juicy “fried” chicken. I too saute in coconut oil instead of frying :)

    Reply
  6. On June 22, 2010 at 8:51 pm roni responded with... #

    p.s. LOVE the wedding pic!!!!

    Reply
  7. On June 22, 2010 at 9:09 pm Tiffany @ Simply Shaka responded with... #

    Love it. I’m in the South and tempted with the fried food everywhere (which I admittingly love) but it’s nice to have a healthy alternative.

    And nothing wrong with wedding nuggets. If I ever get hitched, I will have a Build Your Own Nacho Bar (white cheese sauce of course b/c I am the girl who would drop a big glob on the wedding dress).

    Reply
  8. On June 23, 2010 at 10:37 am Jessica responded with... #

    I did your favorite full body work out yesterday (6/1/09). I woke up in the night with my hip flexors “feeling it”. Today I feel all over worked, but in a good way. I will definitely be doing it again. Best thing was it did only take 25 minutes so I did some cardio and a few extras with time to spare. :)

    Reply
  9. On June 23, 2010 at 2:47 pm Rebecca @ How the Cookies Crumble responded with... #

    I love Chik-fil-a!!! We don’t have them in Vegas so it’s been a looooooong time since I last had it! When I was in Denver a couple weeks ago I there was a Chik-fil-a near my hotel and I was determined to go! But I didn’t ever make it… :-(

    Reply
  10. On June 27, 2010 at 8:56 am Heather Eats Almond Butter responded with... #

    Haha – I saw your wedding photo in Deb’s post. Hilarious Jenn – not the fact that you served chicken fingers at your wedding but the look on your face. Priceless!

    I can’t tell you how many times I have almost driven to McDonalds for some chicken McNuggets with hot mustard sauce (do they even make that anymore)…oh and an Oreo McFlurry. However, I haven’t given in yet…and now I have an even better excuse not to. Thanks for the recipe, and I hope you’re having a good Sunday! :)

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