92% less fat • 73% less sodium than the original recipe. If fast food or frozen chicken nuggets are your go-to food for busy nights, switch to this feel-good version. They only take 30 minutes total and are amazingly low in fat and calories!
Skinny Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 cup crushed toasted whole wheat flake cereal
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 egg white
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
Instructions
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Step1Preheat oven to 450°F. In a resealable plastic bag, combine crushed cereal, paprika, garlic powder, oregano, and, if desired, cayenne pepper. In a small bowl, beat egg white with a fork.
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Step2Dip chicken pieces into egg white, allowing excess to drip off. Add chicken pieces, a few at a time, to cereal mixture in bag; shake to coat well.
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Step3Place chicken pieces in a single layer in an ungreased shallow baking pan. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink (170°F).
Nutrition
160
Calories
2g
Total Fat
28g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 5 or 6 chicken nuggets
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 65mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 140mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 28g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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