Chic Fil A Nuggets

Happy Thursday everyone! Hope you have all had a good week thus far. So with this weeks meal I found a copy cat recipe for Chic-fil-a's chicken nuggets. I did some reading around and I found the secret ingredient......pickle juice. Weird right?!?! Anyway this is good football food to serve and any small party. Even if you do not use this at your next football party this will be a quick dinner for the kids that they will love.  I am not a parent but remember to keep a close eye on children when using hot grease.

Ingredients:
2 Chicken Breast
3/4 Cup milk
1/4 cup pickle juice

1 egg (lightly beaten)
1 1/4 cup of flour
2 Tablespoon powdered Sugar
2 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon peppr
1/2 cup peanut oil, divided (any oil will really do)

Hardware:
Large skillet
2 Zip lock bags
2 measuring cups (1/4 & 1 cup)
2 measuring spoons (1 tablespoon & 1 teaspoon)

Directions:

1. Cut your chicken into bite size pieces. If you want you can sprinkle a little salt and pepper. What is called in the ingredients is for the batter.
2. Add your milk, egg, and pickle juice in a bowl or zip lock bag and mix it all together.
3. Next add all your chicken and marinade to a large zip lock bag. Allow the chicken to marinade for at least 2 hours.
4. When the chicken is done marinading. Add the flour, powdered sugar, salt and pepper to the other zip lock bag.
5. Next drain your chicken and add it to your flour mix.
6. When you have the chicken in the flour mix go ahead and warm your skillet to medium with 1/4 cup of oil.
   *All stoves are not created equally so adjust your heat accordingly  
7. When your oil is hot place about half pieces of chicken into the pan without overcrowding. Cook for about 3 minutes on each side. When they are done place them on a paper towel lined plate to cool. Add the other half of the oil and chicken.
8. While you are waiting you can make yourself some Zaxby's dipping sauce that I found on Pinterest. You are already making a copy cat meal. Go all the way.
   Mix together 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup ketchup, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 1/2-1 teaspoon black pepper  
9. Put it all on a plate and enjoy. The serving size i use will feel about 3 people. So this is good for a small party but easy to increase the ingredients.
    

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