Chicken breast nuggets with sauce (tomato, cream, honey and mustard) are firmly on the menu of many fast food restaurants. Until now, this dish is positioned as light (though not dietary) and loved by children. The image of the nuggets was invented naturally by marketers, and numerous commercials developed in accordance with all the rules of PR art constantly support it, evoking genuine interest.
How and when did this "miracle of cookery thought" arise?
At the end of the fifties of the last century, future professor at Cornell University Robert Baker published an unpatented method of preparing nuggets from chicken breast fillet (nuggets - the "golden nugget"). Pieces of chicken according to this recipe were breaded and did not lose their juiciness when frying. In subsequent years, Baker improved the recipe so that chicken breast nuggets could be frozen and thawed without compromising basic organoleptic characteristics. He also invented a device for coating chicken products with breading.
Rene Arend (chef of the McDonald's restaurant chain) in 1979 became the creator of Chicken McNuggets. This dish immediately became popular in the entire restaurant chain. But only by 1983 a clear system of deliveries of the necessary ingredients for the preparation of the dish itself and the necessary additions was worked out. Only then did you have the opportunity to sell McNuggets around the world.
What is the “gold nugget” made of and how?
The main ingredient manufacturers always declared chicken breast. Nuggets, the recipes of which are published as initial ones, are dipped in flour, then in lemon juice and seasoned with a mixture of spices (paprika, salt, hot pepper, brown sugar, rosemary, thyme, lemon peel). Twice the blanks are dipped alternately in breadcrumbs and lemon juice and fried in vegetable oil on both sides.
How to cook chicken breast nuggets: fry in oil in a pan or bake in the oven?
The classic way is roasting. Breaded in flour, then in salted egg, then in breadcrumbs sliced fillets in hot vegetable oil, fried on both sides. Baking requires even slices of fillet, so more often the chicken is crushed in a blender with the necessary spices, then balls are formed, roll in flour, then in the egg and finally in breadcrumbs. If you do not spray the formed product with oil, then the baked chicken breast nuggets will be dry, and the crust will not become as golden as required.
How to make chicken breast nuggets for children to eat?
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of chicken fillet.
- Two eggs.
- Half a teaspoon of salt.
- Butter - a quarter packet (fifty grams).
- Breadcrumbs - half a cup.
Cooking:
- Boil the fillet in boiling water (10-15 minutes). Remove, drain the broth, cut into several small parts, add a little oil.
- Mix two eggs with salt, combine with the cooled chicken, mix and grind everything in a blender.
- From the resulting mixture, mold even balls, roll in breading, sprinkle with melted butter, put on a baking sheet greased with oil.
- Bake in the oven for ten minutes.
- Serve hot (can be chilled) with ketchup, creamy sauce (children like it very much), barbecue sauce or French mustard.
Gourmet nuggets (gourmet)
It is believed that this dish is ordinary, you can not call it festive. But if you show a little imagination, season it with inspiration, you can get a culinary masterpiece. For chicken breast nuggets, the recipe of which is given below, you can not only invite guests, they are not ashamed to treat even a gourmet.
Ingredients:
- Half a kilogram of chicken.
- Grated ginger (twenty grams).
- Garlic - two cloves (grate).
- Balsamic vinegar - 1 tablespoon.
- Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon.
- Curry - 1 tablespoon.
- Hot chili peppers - a quarter teaspoon.
- French mustard - 1 tablespoon.
- Egg - 1 piece.
- Breadcrumbs - one cup.
- Cooking oil - a glass.
Cooking Technology:
- Cut the chicken into 2-2.5 cm slices.
- Make a mixture of seasonings - mustard, ginger, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, chili pepper.
- Place the chopped chicken in the seasoning mixture, mix well, leave for marinating for an hour.
- Prepare frying oil.
- Beat the egg, stir with a fork.
- Dip the chicken pieces first in the egg, then in the breadcrumbs, immediately spread in the oil.
Chicken breast nuggets are unusually tender, slightly spicy, completely spicy, and therefore require a sauce. Soft ketchup, lecho sauce, sweet French mustard will do.
A quick way to cook nuggets (no frills)
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - half a kilogram.
- An egg is one piece.
- Salt is half a teaspoon.
- Black pepper - half a teaspoon.
- Flour - one tablespoon.
- Celery - two stalks.
- Onions are one medium onion.
- Garlic - one small clove.
- Breadcrumbs - a glass.
- Roasting oil - a glass.
Cooking method:
- Chop the fillet into pieces, put in a deep plate.
- Finely chop the onion, chop the garlic clove in the garlic press, chop the celery. Combine everything with chicken, add black pepper and mix in a blender. Grinding to a microscopic state is not necessary at all, let tangible pieces remain.
- Mix flour with salt.
- Roll the balls from the resulting mass, first dip into flour, then into the egg (pre-mixed) and finally into the breadcrumbs.
- Spread immediately in preheated oil. Fry on both sides.
Chicken breast nuggets according to this recipe are prepared in just half an hour.