Easy chicken nuggets

This is our favourite TV dinner served with a side of veggies or salad.

Ingredients (serves 3)

2 Chicken breast - cut into small pieces
3-4 tbsp Red or green pesto
2-3 handfuls Bread crumbs or panko or crushed cornflakes
2-3 tbsp Oil

Method

Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
Put the chicken and pesto in a bowl and mix together until all the chicken is covered.
Pour the oil into a shallow baking dish, just enough to cover and place into the oven for 5 minutes.
Put the bread crumbs in a freezer bag and add the chicken in small batches. Shake each batch around until chicken pieces are coated.
Place the nuggets onto the heated baking tray, no pieces touching, and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes

I usually make a big batch and freeze half. To freeze, place on a baking sheet, not touching, and freeze. When frozen, place in a bag or container and freeze until ready to bake.

152 Comments

- - mle00 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    9:49 pm
WHat a great idea to use pesto, talk about secret herbs and spices!

- - mom93821 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    8:46 pm
Made them for Halloween for a finger food party. Delicious. Thanks for sharing.
- mom57522 replied
  
  31 Oct 2014 , 9:58 pm
  Thanks for the feedback, they are a favourite at our house.
- - tammykilby said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    8:20 pm
Wow who would have thought it would be this easy.. I love this idea I’m so going to try this for the kids..

- - deidre_anne_edwards said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    7:01 pm
This looks super easy and chicken nuggets are always a win with the young man child!

- - mom101330 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    6:56 pm
The use of pesto is a nice idea thank you for the nice idea. 🙂

- - mummamj said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    6:51 pm
I wouldn’t have thought to use pesto for making homemade chicken nuggets. Thank you for the recipe.

- - caramello said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    6:33 pm
Looks great, thanks for sharing

- - ergospazmo said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    4:53 pm
Will try this out tonight 🙂 Looks yummy and easy

- - gem1991 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    2:37 pm
so much healthier then bought ones

- - kymichelle said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    12:41 pm
Something I’ve been meaning to try. I have the cornflakes crumbs in my pantry so will make these this weekend for my 3 hungry kids thanks!

- - kjgarner said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    11:39 am
My girls always love their chicken nuggets

- - kellstar said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    6:47 am
There must be something wrong with my child cos I have tried making homemade (oven baked) nuggets for my daughter but she didn’t like them… I’ve tried making homemade fish fingers too but wont eat them either. Eats the processed ones fine though.

- - mel_phillips said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    12:51 am
My four year old son would love these! Thanks for sharing!

- - cherz said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    10:52 pm
Much healthier than store bought. They look wonderful. thanx.

- - mom102977 said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    6:58 pm
Chicken nuggets are favourites in our family so I’m going to try it out tonight. Thank you for the recipe.

- - mom57506 said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    6:34 pm
yummy yummy i will try to make these

- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    6:04 pm
Thanks for sharing this tasty looking chicken nuggets recipe. Will give it a go.

- - jackiehansen85 said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    5:48 pm
A different way to do nuggets but I’m going to try these with my 2 (VERY) fussy eaters
- mom57522 replied
  
  30 Oct 2014 , 8:41 pm
  Good luck! Hope they like it.
- - crystalangela said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    5:14 pm
Sounds good. A different approach using pesto to coat first.

- - rovermum said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    4:31 pm
My son would love these. Chicken nuggets are his all-time fave food. When he won’t eat something, we just tell him to imagine it’s a chicken nugget!