Syn Free HomeMade Chicken Nuggets

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A Healthy Slimming World Fakeaway Recipe

If you love a good Fakeaway, then you’ll love these Homemade Syn Free Chicken Nuggets! They’re the same texture as the unhealthy kind you’d buy at a fast food restaurant, but are oven baked and 100% syn free using your Healthy Extra B on Slimming World.

Not only are these the perfect Slimming World family dinner recipe, they’re also freezer friendly, packed with flavour and super simple to make. You can freeze them before cooking, once you’ve covered the chicken with the breadcrumbs (best done flat to avoid the nuggets losing their shape), or you can freeze once cooked.

This recipe for Homemade Syn Free Chicken Nuggets is a healthy, family friendly recipe that knocks any unhealthy takeaway out of the park!

This recipe uses breadcrumbs to coat the chicken, mixed with some delicious spices to give them tonnes of flavour! The recipe below shows you how to make your breadcrumbs from scratch using wholemeal bread, which keeps these totally syn free too. The full recipe includes two Healthy Extra B servings on Slimming World, which simply needs to be divided between the number of servings.

These Syn Free Chicken Nuggets are a delicious Slimming World fakeaway recipe that the whole family will love!

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Total Time: 35 min

Serves: 6

INGREDIENTS:

Breadcrumbs

120g Wholemeal Bread (2-3 slices aprox.)

1/2tsp Garlic Powder

1/2tsp Salt

1/2tsp Paprika

1/4tsp Mustard Powder

1/2 Chicken Oxo Cube (crushed)

1/4tsp Cumin

Chicken Nuggets

2x Chicken Breasts

1/2tsp Garlic Powder

1/2tsp Salt

Handful Fresh Parsley

Low Calorie Cooking Spray

2x Eggs (plus a pinch of salt)

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Break 120g wholemeal bread into chunks and toast until browned and crispy.
  2. Blitz the toasted bread in a food processor with the remaining breadcrumb ingredients until you have an evenly textured mixture.
  3. Whisk two eggs with a pinch of salt. The salt helps to break down the egg yolk and makes it easier to bread your syn free chicken nuggets.
  4. Chop two chicken breasts and combine with garlic powder, salt and fresh parsley and blitz in the food processor until you have a chunky paste.
  5. Wet your hands and shape the chicken mince into nuggets by rolling out balls of the mixture and then pressing them flat between your fingers.
  6. Once formed, dip your syn free chicken nuggets into the whisked egg yolks and then into the breadcrumbs, making sure to completely coat each one.Place on to a baking tray sprayed liberally with low calorie cooking spray.
  7. Bake your syn free chicken nuggets at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until crispy and cooked all the way through. Serve with your choice of sides and sauces!

NOTES:

Serves 2-4 people depending on the size of the nuggets. Recipe is SYN FREE on Slimming World using 2x Healthy Extra B portions. Divide the number of Healthy Extra B portions by the number of servings made. This recipe is the property of Basement Bakehouse (owned by Atuin Digital Ltd) and is therefore subject to Copyright laws. Do not copy, or use the images or text in this recipe or blog post without permission.

If cooking raw from frozen, cook for aprox. 30 minutes or until cooked through and crispy. To reheat frozen cooked nuggets, you can use the microwave or oven. Please ensure that they are piping hot all the way through before serving.

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