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If you're anything like me, then you are
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also obsessed with chicken nuggets. And
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this recipe made in the air fryer is
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going to change your life. What's even
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better is I'm going to be comparing how
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these air fried nuggets fare against the
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top most common fast food nuggets that
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most of us gravitate towards. Of course,
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there's McDonald's. Of course, there's
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going to be Popeye's. And yes, Burger
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Now, it's all over here.
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And make sure to check out the next
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video where I'll be doing a blind taste
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test similar to what I did with French
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fries, with pizza, and now with nuggets.
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For the nuggets, here is a seasoning mix
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that's going to be used to both flavor
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the meat and the breading. Mix that up
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really well. Now, in your ground
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chicken, which I just got it from the
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store, but you can also grind some
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chicken breast in a food processor. Add
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the seasoning, some egg, and some
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cornstarch. And mix it up really well.
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Now, form it into patties. And just
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having some gloves and some oil to help
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form the patties into these nugget
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shapes really help out. One lb of meat
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will give you roughly 16 to 20 nuggets
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based on how big you make it. And that's
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the perfect size in my opinion. Just
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line it up and then once the nuggets are
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formed, wrap it up with plastic and then
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let it freeze for at least 30 to 40
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minutes. We'll be coating these nuggets
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in three layers. The first layer is
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going to be our dry layer. It's going to
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be consisting of baking powder,
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flour, and some of our seasoning mix.
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The second layer is going to be a wet
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layer where I'm using egg whites, some
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water, and some cornstarch to create a
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bit of a slurry that's going to help
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stick the breadrumbs. Now, you can cheap
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out and get whatever regular breadcrumbs
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you like, even panco, but you can kind
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of go a step further. Go to your local
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bakery, get some sourdough, your
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favorite kind, and then grind it up.
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That's what I ended up doing to get
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these beautiful looking breadcrumbs and
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use that for the third and final crispy
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layer of coating. The breadcrumbs here
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look amazing. And now let's start
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breading those nuggets. After freezing
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it, you'll see that they have a bit of
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that firmness, which is going to help
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make sure it's not too hard to work
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with. If these nuggets are too soft,
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like you saw when we were making the
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mints, it's going to be impossible. So
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now start breading it by first dipping
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it in that dry mixture. Then adding it
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into the egg white mixture, the wet
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batter and then dredging it really well
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with the breadrumbs. Make sure you press
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it lightly so that you get a nice firm
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coating of the breadrumbs. Continue
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doing this for the rest of the nuggets.
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This is oddly satisfying, meditative,
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and you can just prepare a bunch of
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these nuggets ahead of time and freeze
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it for convenient cooking later on. Now,
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make sure you preheat the air fryer to
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400 Fahrenheits. Coat each side with oil
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and then cook for about 7 to 10 minutes.
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Then, flip it and then continue cooking
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for about 4 to 5 minutes more. Now, as
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they are air frying and as they are
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finishing their cooking, you'll notice
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that they're going to double or even
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triple in size. And I at first thought
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that, wo, what's going on? I thought
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they're going to be like regularsized
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nuggets, not like dinosaur jumbo
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nuggets. It was not me. It was my wife
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that pointed out that, hey, it's
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probably just puffiness air. That means
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we had a really good seal when we did
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our coating. And they did end up
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shrinking to normal humansized chicken
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nuggets. And just look at how nice that
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looks. Let me know if you want to see
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how to make the Italian version of the
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spicy McNuggets. I'll see you on the
