Recipe of the Week - Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets

This recipe is for all the moms with picky kiddos out there!

I just made these for Dave Monday night and he LOVED them! I even found out something new about my husband.

He told me how when he was a kid he would always get super excited about the school lunch menus because he loved chicken nuggets so he would go through and highlight all the days on the menu with chicken nuggets.

He even paid extra for seconds on the days chicken nuggets
were being served. It turns out they are still one of his
favorites and this recipe for a healthier version of chicken
nuggets gets his stamp of approval!

We ate them with a nice big salad and it was delicious, but
you could also do steamed veggies or baked sweet potato
fries as a side.

Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets

Servings: 4 • Serving Size: 1/4th of the nuggets
Calories: 164.9 • Fat: 4.6 g • Protein: 22.1 g • Carb: 7.7 g • Fiber: 0.9 g • Sugar: 0.1 g

• 16 oz (2 large) skinless boneless chicken breasts, cut into even bit sized pieces
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 6 tbsp whole wheat Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• 2 tbsp panko
• 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
• olive oil spray

Preheat oven to 425°. Spray a baking sheet with olive oil spray.

Put the olive oil in one bowl and the breadcrumbs, panko and parmesan cheese in another.

Season chicken with salt and pepper, then put in the bowl with the olive oil and mix well so the olive oil evenly coats all of the chicken.

Put a few chunks of chicken at a time into the breadcrumb mixture to coat, then on the baking sheet.

Lightly spray the top with olive oil spray then bake 8 - 10 minutes. Turn over then cook another 4 - 5 minutes or until cooked though.

*We couldn't find too many breadcrumbs without 1,000 ingredients loaded with trans fats and other junk so keep an eye out for the best you can find. Also we had trouble finding the exact bread crumbs it called for so we used 6tbs of Italian seasoned panko breadcrumbs and 2tbs whole wheat panko breadcrumbs.

Let us know how they turn out!

Katie Mura

Fit Soldiers Fitness Revolution

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Northglenn, CO 80233

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