My girls love fast food, stupidly cheap chicken nuggets. All they are is “ground chicken.” I put that in quotes because the ground chicken is probably really questionable. So I wanted to make my own, knowing exactly what kind of meat I am feeding my children.
Now sometimes I can find the pre-ground chicken in my grocer’s meat section, but often I will need to grind my chicken breast up to make this recipe. If you have raw thigh or leg or wing chicken meat for a cheap bargain then you can surely use that to ground up into nugget meat. I love my KitchenAid Food Grinder Attachment. It helps in a pinch when I can’t find it already in the stores.
My Veggie chicken nuggets are also versatile in any season; as in seasonal veggies to add. When I first made these, it was early spring, and I had carrots and broccoli coming from the garden. They were a great combination. I hope to try zucchini and squash for a summertime nugget. They are a great way to stuff some extra vegetables into your kid’s diets without them hopefully noticing.
Cost to make this recipe.
These healthy chicken nuggets cost about $7.74 for the entire batch. The excess amount of vegetables are what make these nugget a bit more expensive than their fast–food counterparts. But besides the price, you can’t really compare these nuggets to the cheap garbage.
The vegetables are what make the price and taste. If you grow the carrots and broccoli, make your garlic and onion powders as we do then the cost will go down considerably. Our homesteader‘s price comes to roughly $4.87 or about $1.21 per serving size. Every dollar counts.
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Veggie Chicken Nuggets
Healthy homemade nuggets made with ground chicken, carrots, and chopped broccoli.
Mince carrots and broccoli and mix together with ground chicken. Cover and place in refrigerator until needed.
In shallow bowl mix together breadcrumbs, seasonings, powdered sugar, and salt.
Heat up oil in a small fryer or deep pan. Form each chicken nugget in your hand, coat each in breadcrumb mixture and place to the side. Fry over medium heat in oil until coating is golden brown.
Remove from heat and place in a colander to drain the excess oil. Serve hot and enjoy.
TIP: Throw nuggets in casserole dish and put in oven at 200 °F to keep warm until ready to eat.
