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Air Fryer Crispy Chicken Nuggets

Air Fryer Crispy Chicken Nuggets

Make a delicious dinner with these Air Fryer Crispy Chicken Nuggets!

Author: Mommy Hates Cooking

Meal Type: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 4 hours

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 4 hours 40 minutes

Servings: 4 serving

Calories: 429 kcal per serving

Ingredients

  • 2 Pounds - Boneless
  • ¾ Cups - Milk
  • ¼ Cups - Dill Pickle Juice
  • 1 - Egg
  • 1 Cup - All-Purpose Flour or Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 Tsp - Salt
  • 1 Tsp - Paprika
  • ¼ Tsps - Black Pepper
  • Olive Oil Spray or Coconut Oil Spray

Instructions

  1. In a Ziploc bag, combine the milk, pickle juice, and egg.
  2. Place the chicken inside the bag, seal, and let this marinade at least 4 hours or overnight. Be sure to place it inside another bowl or pan in case it leaks.
  3. Once you are ready to cook the chicken, combine the flour, salt, paprika, and ground pepper in another Ziploc Bag.
  4. Take the chicken out of the marinade, letting the excess marinade drip off it and then place it inside the bag with the flour mixture.
  5. Seal and shake the bag so that all the chicken is well coated with the mixture
  6. Carefully remove the chicken from the bag, shaking off the excess flour and place in the basket of your air fryer.
  7. Coat with cooking spray.
  8. Cook in the air fryer on 400* for 8-10 minutes, turn the chicken, spray with cooking oil spray, and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes.
  9. Be sure the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165*.
  10. Serve.

Nutrition

Energy: 429 kcal | Total Fat: 8 g | Saturated: 2 g | Trans: 0 g | Unsaturated: 0 g | Cholesterol: 216 mg | Total Carbs: 27 g | Fiber: 1 g | Sugars: 2 g | Proteins: 57 g | Sodium: 785 mg | Polyunsaturated: 1 g | Monounsaturated: 2 g

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