Skinny Copycat Chick-Fil-A Nuggets

I am in love with Chick-Fil-A. The closest one, however, is up the highway for 15 minutes so we tend to stick to the one delivery place in our town. haha. So, when i found this recipe for copycat Chick-Fil-A nuggets I knew I had to try it. Not to mention it was a SKINNY RECIPE!!

The only problem was it called for pickle juice and I had just thrown away my last jar. However, finishing off a jar of pickles is never a problem for me so the next time we headed to the store I was sure to pick up a jar! (Always save the juice!! If you don't want the copycat chicken nuggets, pickle juice is always good for pickle shots!! pickle shots = pickle juice + vodka)

While I was preparing the nuggets, super easy by the way, Mike looked up the recipe for copycat Chick-Fil-A sauce and we tried that out, too!! Yes, I had mac-and-cheese. I have been craving it, but I didn't feel guilty at all. Especially because one serving of these nuggets (4) is only 149 calories!! For full nutritional info see the original recipe at Skinny Mom.

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb. boneless chicken breasts

1/2 cup pickle juice

1 egg

1 egg white

1/2 cup milk

1 cup flour

2 tbsp powdered sugar

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp celery salt

1/2 tsp dried basil

coconut oil (really any oil)

DIRECTIONS:

Cut chicken breast into large nugget size pieces and marinate in the pickle juice for 30-60 minutes. The chicken will shrink just a little when cooking.

Put oil in skillet and heat. The temp should be about 350º. While that is heating up, mix wet ingredients together in a bowl. Then, mix dry ingredients into a separate bowl. 

Place chicken into the wet ingredients. Dip each piece into the dry ingredients and place in the skillet. Cook on each side about 3 minutes or until golden brown and crispy. 

Remove chicken from oil and let dry on a paper towel covered plate. Serve and enjoy!!

Ooops and here's the link to the copycat Chick-Fil-A sauce!!

On another note: Hopelessly Ever After is having it's monthly Thirsty Thursday linkup on Thursday!! For those interested the theme this month is Mardi Gras!! You can link up anything entertaining related: decorations, dranks (alcoholic drinks), recipes, anything I can use at a Mardi Gras partaaaayy!! Just head on over to Hopelessly Ever After and link up your post!