Apple Butter Onion Chicken Nuggets Recipe
Chicken nuggets have been on the mind of my youngest any time we ask her what she wants to eat. These apple butter chicken nuggets with a hint of onion are another great family favorite dinner entrée. They are extremely easy to make and tasty for both adults and kiddos alike.
I made these nuggets with our homemade apple butter, which I water bath can for our homestead. If you don’t have the homemade version, then you can easily use the store-bought kind. I used an entire 1/2 pint in this recipe which equals about 1 cup of apple butter. The apple butter gives these nuggets a flavorful sweet taste.
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Cost to make this recipe.
The ground chicken makes up the bulk of the cost to make this entrée. If you raise your chickens, perhaps this price can be reduced, but that is a large variable. Making your apple butter from homegrown apples can help to reduce the cost, as well. Growing your onions and saving breadcrumbs without buying are two other ways to make it cheaper. But otherwise, this main entrée recipe costs roughly $0.96 per serving. And I can get about eight servings out of this recipe.
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Apple Butter Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken …[$4.00]
- ½ large onion chopped…[$0.25]
- 2 tbsp. butter …[$0.25]
- ½ pint apple butter …[$1.28]
- 1 tsp. salt …[$0.07]
- ½ tsp. black pepper …[$0.46]
- 1-2 cups breadcrumbs plain…[$0.58]
- 1-2 cups Oil veggie, canola, or peanut…[$0.76]
Instructions
- In a large bowl, blend all ingredients except onions and breadcrumbs. Set aside for later.
- In a pan, melt butter and saute onions until cooked and translucent. When cooked, add onions to the bowl of ground chicken. Mix.
- Place breadcrumbs in a shallow medium size dish. Spoon meat mixture into hand and shape into any size nuggets. Place nugget patty in breadcrumbs on both sides and set aside on a separate plate. Do this until all nuggets are made.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan on medium heat. When ready, lightly fry nuggets until golden brown on both sides; about 2-3 minutes on each side.
Apple Butter Onion Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken, …[$4.00]
- ½ large onion, chopped…[$0.25]
- 2 tbsp. butter, …[$0.25]
- ½ pint apple butter, …[$1.28]
- 1 tsp. salt, …[$0.07]
- ½ tsp. black pepper, …[$0.46]
- 1-2 cups breadcrumbs, plain…[$0.58]
- 1-2 cups Oil, veggie, canola, or peanut…[$0.76]
Instructions
- In a large bowl blend together all ingredients except onions and breadcrumbs. Set aside for later.
- In a pan melt butter and saute onions until cooked and translucent. When cooked, add onions to bowl of ground chicken. Mix together.
- Place breadcrumbs in a shallow medium size dish. Spoon meat mixture into hand and shape into any size nuggets. Place nugget patty in breadcrumbs on both sides and set aside on separate plate. Do this until all nuggets are made.
- Heat up oil in a large frying pan on medium heat. When ready, lightly fry nuggets until golden brown on both sides; about 2-3 minutes on each side.