Gluten-Free Crunchy Chicken Nuggets

Name: Gluten-Free Crunchy Chicken Nuggets
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups Cheerios™ cereal; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 cup milk; 2 tablespoons honey; 1 tablespoon mustard; 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

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Prep 15 min
Total 40 min
Ingredients 8
Servings 4

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Serve nuggets with your favorite dipping sauce--BBQ, ketchup or honey.

by Qué Rica Vida Cocina

Updated Sep 20, 2016

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Ingredients

2 cups Cheerios™ cereal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon mustard
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

Directions

1

Heat oven to 400° F. Spray with cooking spray or lightly grease 13 x 9-inch pan.
2

Finely crush cereal. Stir together cereal, salt and pepper; set aside. In medium bowl, stir together milk, honey and mustard until blended. Dip chicken into milk mixture; coat with cereal mixture. Place chicken in pan; drizzle with melted butter.
3

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is golden and chicken is no longer pink in center.

Expert Tips

tip 1
Assemble and refrigerate chicken nuggets up to 24 hours before baking. You may need to add 5 minutes to the bake time.
tip 2
Always read labels to make sure each recipe ingredient is gluten free. Products and ingredient sources can change.

Nutrition Information

290 Calories, 11g Total Fat, 27g Protein, 21g Total Carbohydrate, 10g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 290

Calories from Fat: 100

Total Fat: 11g; 17%

Saturated Fat: 5g; 24%

Trans Fat: 0g

Cholesterol: 85mg; 28%

Sodium: 550mg; 23%

Potassium: 340mg; 10%

Total Carbohydrate: 21g; 7%

Dietary Fiber: 2g; 7%

Sugars: 10g

Protein: 27g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 10%; 10%

Vitamin C: 2%; 2%

Calcium: 8%; 8%

Iron: 30%; 30%

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

1 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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