Chicken Nuggets with Apple Barbeque Sauce
Ingredients:
- 150 g ground chicken
- 1 slice whole wheat bread
- 1/4 cup Mott’s 100% Apple Juice
- 1/8 cup Jolly Cow Non-Fat Milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1 pc egg beaten
1st coating:
- 100 g all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsps. rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
2nd coating:
- 1 pc egg, beaten
- 1/4 cup sparkling water
3rd coating:
- 3/4 Good Life Bread Crumbs
Sauce:
- 1 cup Mott’s 100% apple juice
- 2 tbsps. soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. Langnese Golden Clear Honey
- 1 tbsp. chili sauce
- 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- chili flakes, optional
Procedure:
- Soak ground chicken in Mott’s 100% apple juice, salt and black pepper.
- Break bread into pieces and soak in milk.
- Mix chicken and bread. Add egg. Set aside.
- In a plate, prepare 1st coating by mixing all ingredients.
- In a bowl, prepare 2nd coating by mixing all ingredients.
- In a plate, prepare bread crumbs for 3rd coating.
- Using 2 tablespoons, form chicken mixture into rectangular shape.
- Drop into 1st coating mixture and coat well.
- Drop into 2nd coating mixture and coat well.
- Coat with bread crumbs.
- Fry in medium heat until golden brown.
- Drain excess oil and pat dry with paper towel.
- Discard excess oil used for frying.
- Prepare sauce by mixing all ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat.
- Serve 20 chicken nuggets with sauce on the side.
Recipe Variation: For lower calorie option, boil ground chicken in Mott’s 100% apple juice, salt and pepper until juice is absorbed. Follow the rest of the instructions. Instead of frying, coat baking pan with cooking spray. Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes, turn nuggets and coat with cooking spray. Bake for another 15 minutes. Makes 20 pieces.