Copycat McDonald's Chicken McNuggets Recipe | CDKitchen.com (2024)

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Why take a trip to the golden arches when you can make the nuggets at home? This copycat recipe gets you perfect nuggets every time, fried to just the right golden brown that you remember.

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ready in:

1-2 hrs

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ingredients

1 egg
1 cup water
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon MSG (Accent)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
4 chicken breast fillets, each cut into 6-7 bite sized pieces
vegetable oil, for frying

directions

Place the egg in a shallow bowl and beat it well. Stir in the water until blended.

In a plastic zip-top bag, combine the flour, salt, onion, powder, MSG, black pepper, and garlic powder. Shake to mix the ingredients.

Place the chicken breasts on a cutting board and pound to an even thickness (about 1/4-inch thick) with a meat mallet. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and trim off any excess skin or fat.

Add the chicken pieces to the flour mixture and shake well to coat then shake off any excess flour. Remove the chicken to a paper towel.

When all the chicken pieces are coated in flour, individually dip them in the egg mixture to coat then let excess egg drip off them. Place them back in the bag with the flour. Repeat with remaining chicken pieces.

Shake the bag well to coat the chicken then place the bag - chicken and flour included - in the freezer for an hour. Place the egg mixture in the refrigerator, covered, while the chicken is chilling.

After the chicken has chilled, repeat the egg/flour process again to double coat them.

Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet or deep fryer to 375 degrees F. When the chicken is ready, add the McNuggets to the oil in small batches (do not crowd the pieces) and deep fry until brown and crispy.

Remove the McNuggets from the oil and drain on brown paper bags (do not use paper towels or they will make them soggy). Repeat with remaining chicken pieces letting the oil come back up to temperature between batches if necessary.

Serve the McNuggets with honey mustard, barbecue sauce, ranch, buffalo, hot mustard, or other dipping sauce.e.


nutrition data for mcdonald's chicken mcnuggets

355 calories, 13 grams fat, 25 grams carbohydrates, 32 grams protein per serving.



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reviews & comments for mcdonald's chicken mcnuggets

  1. recipefun REVIEW:
    January 16, 2021

    Are these exactly like McDonald's? Of course not. They have commercial equipment that makes their oddly addicting nuggies. Are these close? Yep. Best you can do with REAL ingredients (well, aside from the MSG).

  2. Roni REVIEW:
    August 30, 2020

    My family and I love this recipe. More nuggets in our lives!!

  3. Jo REVIEW:
    August 29, 2020

    McNuggets are celery flavored. These didn't taste like them. But they weren't bad

  4. Maddie REVIEW:
    July 14, 2020

    They were good but tasted nothing like the real ones. I’ll still make them they are amazing but still get the McDonald’s ones. Thanks for the recipe. Hi

  5. Guest Foodie REVIEW:
    January 25, 2020

    it was ok

  6. Rougue REVIEW:
    January 21, 2020

    Great recipe, however tastes nothing like McDonald's Chicken McNuggets. According to my husband this tastes almost exactly like Popeye's Chicken recipe.

  7. I know the secret ingredient REVIEW:
    December 10, 2019

    McDonald's nuggets have a hint of celery in them. Next time you get some break it open and smell it and you will notice it. These are still really good nuggets but I did leave out the MSG.

  8. Dee REVIEW:
    January 20, 2019

    They are delicious but tasted nothing like the mcnuggets. Only reason i gave 4 stars is for taste and I found I needed more flour mixture.

  9. GiselleDM REVIEW:
    July 16, 2018

    These were BETTER than those nasty chicken mcnuggets which have texture like they are made from fake chicken. I think the flavor was very much like the fake ones but the texture is like real food (the way it should be). For the flavor, the MSG is crucial (unfortunately). If you skip the MSG I could see why someone wouldn't think they tasted like the original.

  10. Craig January 9, 2018

    These were good chicken nuggets, however they tasted nothing like McDonald's chicken nuggets.

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Copycat McDonald's Chicken McNuggets Recipe | CDKitchen.com (2024)

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