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SCD chicken nuggets with dipping sauce

Easy Chicken Nuggets Made with Roasted Chicken

Use leftover roasted chicken to make these delicious nuggets

Course Main Course
Cuisine Keto, Paleo, SCD
Keyword gluten free, grain free, scd recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings 14 nuggets

Ingredients

  • 3 cups chopped roasted chicken breast you can use roasted thighs or a combination if desired
  • 2 tbsp almond flour you can sub 2 tsp coconut flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese You can use a combination of other grated hard cheese if desired
  • 2 large eggs

Instructions

  1. Add chopped chicken to a medium mixing bowl

  2. Add almond flour, salt, pepper, and cheese

  3. Stir to just combine

  4. Add eggs

  5. Use a fork to break the yolks and stir the eggs into the chicken mixture

  6. Everything should be well combined

Baking in Oven

  1. Heat oven to 425F°

  2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper

  3. Form chicken mixture into about 1" nugget shaped pieces and place about 1" apart on the baking sheet

  4. Bake for 15 minutes and then turn nuggets over and bake for another 10 minutes until nuggets are crispy

Air Fryer Instructions

  1. Use Air Fryer setting at 400F°

  2. From nuggets and place on trays or in air fryer basket depending on the type of air fryer you have

  3. You can put the trays in right away without waiting for preheating

  4. Set timer for 12 minutes and flip halfway through or when prompted by air fryer

  5. If you are using multiple trays in a toaster-oven style fryer, rotate the trays after the first five minutes and flip the ones that were in the top position over, then flip the nuggets again when prompted

  6. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce