Chick Fil A Copycat

If you follow me on Facebook, you'll know that while we were living in Hawaii, we didn't have access to Chick Fil A. If you know me at all, then you'll know how much that upset me, because during my first semester of college (before the big move) I was taking a full time load of classes, working two jobs, and volunteering at church. I was constantly busy; leaving the house at 8am and not getting home til after 10pm. As you could imagine, I would have to eat out alot. I varied between CFA, Panera, McDonalds, and Zaxbys...not the healthiest or the cheapest, but hey, busy college kid, am I right? Anyways, CFA was almost always my go to (besides Panera of course), and I was seriously irritated that there wasn't one in Hawaii. I eventually learned how to make my own chicken nuggets from scratch, loosely based on my dad's chicken tender recipe. Cory loved them, and paired with the perfect side, dinner would be unstoppable! And, it alllllmost passed for CFA! I made these wonderful little nuggets tonight for dinner paired with the asparagus featured a few posts back! Recipe is below:

Chick Fil A Copycat Nuggets

Ingredients:

~1 boneless skinless chicken breast, diced**

~1 cup flour

~S&P to taste

~oregano to taste

~paprika to taste

~Mrs. Dash's original seasoning to taste

~4 eggs

~1/2 cup milk

~2 cups oil

Directions:

1. Once your chicken is diced, and the fat is cut off (cause ew right?!), heat your oil in a pan deep enough so your chicken nuggets will be covered in oil.

2. Combine your flour and spices in one dish, and whisk together your eggs and milk in another dish.

3. When the oil is heated and popping, coat the chicken piece in the flour mixture, then transfer to the egg mixture, back to flour mix, then egg mix, flour mix one last time, and then finally transfer to the oil. (Confusing, I know. Should be in the flour mix 3 times, egg mix twice before finally going in the oil).

4. Keep turning over each nugget so each side cooks evenly. When each individual nugget is brown and crispy (think of the CFA nuggets), they are ready to be taken out of the oil and set on a paper towel to drain the oil.

5. When each nugget is out of the oil, serve up with your favorite side dish and dipping sauce, and enjoy!

**I only say use one chicken breast because that's how much Cory and I can eat. You can adjust accordingly!

My dad originally made these as chicken tenders, which I occasionally make as well. The chicken nuggets just cook a little bit faster than the tenders. If your latter half of the batch turns out darker than your first half of the batch, it is only because the oil is too hot. Simply turn down the oil, and you should be good to go! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!

~S