Gluten Free Crispy Chicken Nuggets
These healthy, gluten and grain free homemade chicken nuggets are crispy, quick and easy. They are also egg free, dairy free and have an option for nut free as well.
Equipment
- optional - Deep Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- ½ cup almond meal (or ground sunflower seeds / sunflower meal)
- 500 g chicken diced into small cubes / nuggets of your desired size
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- Oil for shallow frying, or deep frying.
Instructions
- Combine all the spices, salt and almond meal in a bowl.
- Dice the chicken into nuggets of your preferred size.
- Coat the chicken in the tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add the chicken to the bowl of spices and toss to coat. Leave them to sit for 5 minutes to soak up the spice mix.
- If shallow frying, add oil to your pan 1-2cm deep and gently heat over medium heat. If deep frying heat enough oil to be able to fully drop the nuggets in, or use a deep fryer.
- Fry the nuggets in small batches for best results, and remove after 3-5 minutes or when golden and cooked through.