Baked Gluten free Chicken Nuggest...no joke.

If you are like me you gasp at the price of a dozen gluten free chicken nuggets...$6.99!!! Really??? I am not a huge fan of feeding my kid’s fried foods, but they are a special treat that my kids are more than excited for :-). I decided to figure out how to make my own...and of course a HEALITHER baked version...mission complete!

This recipe will honestly blow your mind that you made them! The kids will go crazy & quite frankly so will the adults!

Start by cubing large "chunks" of chicken. Same size you would like a nugget to be (you can make "fingers" if you rather). You are going to make a wet & dry mix - and begin a little assembly line. It goes quickly, and clean up is actually very easy. This will make about 18 nuggets. So here we go...

What you need:

2 Large Chicken Breasts - cubed into nuggets or fingers

Wet Mix:
2 Tablespoon Greek yogurt
6 Tablespoon egg whites
1 Tablespoon agave
1 Tablespoon cornstarch

Dry Mix:
1/2 Cup Gluten Free Bread crumbs (I like the tortilla crumbs)
1/4 Flax seed meal
1/4 teaspoon chili powder (more if you would like)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (more if you would like)
Pinch of course sea salt
Pinch of black pepper


Set oven @ 425 degrees. Lightly mist a cookie sheet with olive oil. Place all dry ingredients into a large zip lock bag, and wisk all wet ingredients in a bowl. Start with about 1/3 of the chicken cubes & work in batches. Place them in the wet mixture, completely coating them. Let them sit for about a minute to absorb the liquid a bit. Then place them in the bag of dry - toss them around and get them well coated. Remove and place them on the cookie sheet. Repeat until all the nuggets are complete - then LIGHTLY mist the tops of nuggets with olive oil. Bake for about 15 minutes - turning them with tongs at about 10 minutes. If you make your nuggets larger it will take a bit longer. They should be toasty brown & obviously not pink in the middle :-).

And Voila! You are no longer a slave to the crazy price of gluten free nuggets! WOO HOO! Now throw away your bag, wipe up and drips, and put your cutting board and bowl in the dishwasher - clean up complete :-)!