Preparation time : 15 minutes + 1 hour marinating time
Cooking time : 20 minutes
Serves : 6 members
Description
Men and cooking in our family are far apart from one another. I have never ever seen a single male member in our family do any thing related to food but I was surprised to have a chicken nuggets made by hubby dears uncle ( his dad’s younger brother ) once. The chicken was moist and juicy with a crispy crust and seasoned perfectly well. I kept asking repeatedly more than thrice if this was made by his uncle for sure as it was top notch in all means. His uncle is no more but those chicken nuggets still keep popping up in my mind. In remembrance of him, I tried replicating the same but with a healthy twist of baking the chicken nuggets instead of deep frying them. I just went ahead with my gut instincts with the recipe. The results were awesome with being nearly close to what he made. I guess his pinch of love for food was missing through my hands. I am sure he must be quietly taking note of my experiment from above with pride and his signature naive smile. my crazy mind has to relate with any thing and every thing through food alone. Crazy breed me.
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Boneless chicken cubes | 1/2 kg |
| Green chillies | 6 crushed |
| Dried herbs basil + oregano | 1/2 teaspoon each |
| Salt | to taste |
| Pepper powder | to taste |
| Garlic | 1 flake crushed |
| Egg | 1 beaten |
| Corn flakes | 1 cup crushed |
| Oats | 1 cup |
| Butter | to grease |
Method
- Marinated boneless chicken with green chillies, garlic, salt, pepper and dried herbs for one hour.
- Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for ten minutes. Grease a baking tray with butter.
- Beat egg with salt and pepper to taste. Mix cornflakes and oats together. Dip each marinated chicken piece into beaten eggs and then roll over cornflakes and oats mixture making sure the chicken is coated well all around. Do the same to all the chicken pieces.
- Place the coated chicken pieces over the greased baking tray, bake in the middle rack for twenty minutes until cooked through and has a crispy golden crust. Serve hot with dips of your choice.
