Baked Chicken Nuggets

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
1. Take two to four chicken breasts, put them in a gallon ziplock bag, and pound them until they are thin strips. Cut into one-inch pieces. Put them in a bowl and pour about ¼ cup olive oil over the top and 1-2 teaspoons of salt and stir to coat all of the chicken pieces.
2. Dredge them through a GF coating. You can use almost anything that you have in the kitchen. Premade breadcrumbs and coatings work excellent, but so do ground-up potato chips. Use about ½ cup of prepared topping for each breast of chicken. Some choices:
Make a coating by combining 1/2 cup of GF Flour (really any kind will work) per chicken breast with 1 teaspoon of salt, some pepper, and 1 teaspoon of garlic salt. For a southwest flavored nugget, use chili powder and cayenne pepper. Want to serve it with pasta and red sauce, use some oregano and thyme. Buy a premade coating such as Hodgson Mill Seasoned Coating Mix. I like the flavors in this coating. Reminds me of the fried chicken my grandma used to make. Grind up GF chips in a food processor such as Food Should Taste Good Sweet Potato Chips, GF Tostitos, or try Lays BBQ Stax for a BBQ tasting chicken nugget. If you have some GF flour, I think it helps to add a couple of tablespoons of GF flour to the ground up chips. It gives it a little better texture but is not necessary. Going for a healthier nugget, try quinoa flakes.
3. Place coated chicken pieces on an oiled cookie sheet and bake at 450 degrees F for 15 – 20 minutes depending on how thick you cut the chicken strips. Halfway through the cooking time, turn the nuggets over and drizzle a little extra olive oil over any dry spots in the coating. The chicken should be cooked through and have a nice crispy crust.