Low Carb Chicken Nuggets

written by Low Carb Way Of Life | December 29, 2018

Ingredients:

2 Pounds Chicken Breasts or Tenders
1/2 Bag of original pork rinds (unflavored)
3 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
3 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Smoked Paprika
1/2 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 Teaspoon Granulated Garlic Powder
2 Teaspoons Italian Seasoning

Directions:

Begin by preparing your raw chicken, and cutting it into roughly 1 inch squares. Food Scissors can help make this so much easier.

Place chicken into a suitable dish, and season with the mixture of dry seasonings (Salt, Pepper, Cayenne, Paprika, Italian Seasoning, and Garlic)

Open the bag of pork rinds and either transfer about half of the bag to a resealable plastic bag for smashing, or utilize the bag they came in carefully. Using the palms of your hands or a rolling pin begin to break up the large chunks of pork rinds until some of them are fine like powder and others are chunkier like the size of granola grains. Transfer the crumbs into a medium or large bowl.

In a medium or large bowl prepare the seasoned dredge that we will use to coat the chicken pieces prior to coating them in the pork rind crumbs.

Whisk together the mayo, dijon mustard, and egg until smooth.

Now based on your cooking preference you will either need to heat up a frying pan with your choice of oil to around 350*, or you will need to preheat the oven to 425*.

Take the chicken by hand and dunk it in the dredge of mayo and dijon and then transfer to the bowl of pork rinds.

If you are baking, use a baking rack on top of a foil-lined baking pan to elevate the chicken nuggets off the bottom. This will insure a more crunch nugget all the way around. Place into the 425* oven on the middle rack for about 35 minutes.

If you are pan frying, once the oil is hot enough (careful not to make it too hot!) place the pieces of chicken in to the pan and cook for about 10 minutes, carefully turning them with tongs throughout the process so to evenly brown and crisp them on all sides. After frying, set the chicken nuggets on either a rack to drip, or onto a plate with paper towels on the bottom to soak up excess oil.

Servings: 4

Nutritional Information: Calories: 480, Fat: 23g, Carbohydrates: 1g, Fiber: 0g, Protein: 61g