What is "Chicken McNagets", and how to cook them

Of course, everyone who has ever visited McDonald's knows that one of the specialties is Chicken McNagets. But what is this, what is being done, and how to prepare it?

Chicken nuggets

Probably every second of us for the first time tried nuggets in well-known restaurants and fast food restaurants. Someone was lucky enough to taste them on a visit, but somebody was interested in unusual packaging in the store, bought this semi-finished product and heated houses according to the instructions. Anyway, but those who even have no idea that there are chicken nuggets, today there is almost no left.

The fillet, which forms the basis of Chicken McNagets, is a chicken breast. As a rule, white meat, which turns out to be quite dry in other dishes, changes beyond recognition in Nuggets. In various establishments with fast food, chicken pieces are fried in a deep-fried crust. A semi-finished products bought in the store, you can just warm up in a skillet with sunflower oil.

Interesting fact: chicken nuggets like everyone without exception. Both adults and children. They will taste even to those who do not like the dry chicken fillet from the breast.

Disadvantages of purchased nuggets

Essential disadvantages of "Chicken McNagets" and any other nuggets that you can try in institutions or buy in stores are their composition and method of preparation.

The fact is that chicken nuggets are cooked on a huge amount of sunflower oil, which, unfortunately, does not always change after each use. Oil has carcinogenic properties, not to mention the caloric content. The chicken fillet cooked in this way loses its taste qualities and acquires a large number of absolutely unnecessary and unpleasant substances: all kinds of dyes, E-skins, modified starch and others.

In addition, according to the original recipe, the basis of nuggets is the white fillet of chicken breast. But the options that are offered on the shelves are not always cooked out of it. Sometimes it can be just mincemeat, but it's also incomprehensible what the person is.

Advice: it's better to cook Chicken McNagets at home on your own. Then you will be sure of the composition of the product for one hundred percent. In addition, they are prepared fairly simply and do not take you much time.

How to cook Chicken McNagets at home

In order to pamper yourself with delicious and fragrant chicken nuggets, you need to take the following actions: buy chicken fillet (breast), cut it into small pieces, pan and fry. As you can see, nothing complicated! In addition, when cooking at home, you can experiment with the taste of the dish, adding your favorite spices.

So, to prepare nuggets you need the following products:

- 500 grams of chicken (fillet);

- 200 ml of fatty (10-15%) cream;

- vegetable oil, bread crumbs;

- salt, pepper, sesame.

Cut the chicken breast into slices. Each is 1 centimeter thick. It is more convenient to cut across the fibers. Salt and pepper to taste. Then add the cream to the fillet and put in the fridge. Let it marinate for four hours.

The next stage is breading. To make the chicken even more appetizing, add sesame to breadcrumbs. Then roll the pieces in the finished mixture.

Roasting. Nuggets are prepared in vegetable oil. Fry them well on both sides, so that the hen gets a golden color.

How to cook Chicken McNagets with stuffing

There is another unusual recipe for nuggets. To do this, you need the following products:

- chicken fillet (breast) - 600 grams;

- ham - 200 grams;

- hard cheese - 200 grams;

- 1 egg;

- 1 bag of potato chips with a taste of cheese or ham;

- black ground pepper, curry, salt.

Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces, sprinkle with spices (curry, pepper, salt) to taste. Put in a saucepan, mix and close the lid. Put in the refrigerator for 3 hours.

In small cubes, cut the ham and cheese. Mix them with each other. Then chop the potato chips. In each chicken piece, make a small incision. Stuff with cheese and ham so that they do not fall out when roasting.

Whip the eggs and dab each nuggets into them. Then roll them in breadcrumbs (crushed chips) and fry in oil until golden crisp.

You can think of many more interesting ways of cooking your beloved "Chicken McNagets", give them personality and enjoy praise from relatives and friends. It's quite easy. It takes only a little time and desire from you.