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Cheerios™ Crunchy Chicken Nuggets

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  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 40 min
  • Ingredients 8
  • Servings 4
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Serve nuggets with your favorite dipping sauce--BBQ, ketchup or honey.
by Qué Rica Vida Cocina
Updated Apr 8, 2014
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups Cheerios™ cereal
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon mustard
  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

Directions

  •  
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Spray with cooking spray or lightly grease 13x9-inch pan.
  •  
    2
    Finely crush cereal. Stir together cereal, salt and pepper; set aside. In medium bowl, stir together milk, honey and mustard until blended. Dip chicken into milk mixture; coat with cereal mixture. Place chicken in pan; drizzle with melted butter.
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    3
    Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is golden and chicken is no longer pink in center.

Expert Tips

  • tip 1
    Assemble and refrigerate chicken nuggets up to 24 hours before baking. You may need to add 5 minutes to the bake time.

Nutrition Information

290 Calories, 11g Total Fat, 27g Protein, 21g Total Carbohydrate, 10g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
290
Calories from Fat
100
Total Fat
11g
17%
Saturated Fat
5g
24%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
85mg
28%
Sodium
550mg
23%
Potassium
340mg
10%
Total Carbohydrate
21g
7%
Dietary Fiber
2g
7%
Sugars
10g
Protein
27g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
10%
10%
Vitamin C
2%
2%
Calcium
8%
8%
Iron
30%
30%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

  • Serve nuggets with your favorite dipping sauce--BBQ, ketchup or honey.
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