Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients:
1 lb chicken breasts, cut into bite sized nuggets
3/4 cup bread crumbs made from dry, toasted bread
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon Lawry's seasoning salt 
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, whisked
vegetable oil, for frying

Procedures:
In a large bowl, add chicken pieces and buttermilk. Allow chicken to sit in the buttermilk as long as you can (at least one hour, but preferably overnight).

Place dried bread into a food processor and process until fine. Pulse in the flour, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar, seasoning salt, pepper and paprika.

In a large dutch oven (or deep fryer if you have one), heat 2 inches of vegetable [or peanut] oil to 350 degrees over medium-high heat.

Transfer flour mixture to a bowl and begin setting up your dipping station. Whisk eggs in a separate bowl. 

Piece by piece, remove chicken from buttermilk and dredge in bread crumb/flour mixture, then egg wash, then back into bread crumb/flour mixture. 

Once all pieces have been coated, you can start putting them into the hot oil. Be careful not to add too many chicken pieces to the oil, so that all pieces will cook evenly. 

Cook for about 1 1/2 minutes, then flip chicken pieces over, if necessary, and cook for another 1 1/2- 2 minutes. Chicken is ready when the coating is medium golden brown. 

Transfer chicken pieces to a paper towel lined plate to absorb any excess oil. Repeat with remaining chicken. 

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets®

Ingredients:

Vegetable oil (in fryer)
1 egg
1 cup of water
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup tempura mix (or 1/3 cup flour for a total of 1 cup if tempura mix is unavailable)
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon Accentï
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
4 chicken breast filets, each cut into 6-7 bite sized pieces.

Procedure:

Beat the egg and then combine it with 1 cup water in a small, shallow bowl. Stir well. Then, combine the flour, salt, Accentï, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder in a one gallon size zip lock bag. Pound each of the breast filets with a mallet until about 1/4-inch thick. Trim each breast filet into bite sized pieces. Next, coat each piece with the flour mixture by shaking in the zip lock bag. Then, remove and dredge each nugget in the egg mixture, coating well. Then return each nugget to the flour/seasoning mixture. Shake to coat. Put nuggets, bag and all, in the freezer for at least an hour. Cover and refrigerate remaining egg mixture. After freezing, repeat the "coating" process.Then, Preheat oven and large cookie sheet to 375 degrees. Deep fry the chicken McNuggets at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until light brown and crispy. (Cook only about 9 at a time.) Drain on paper towels 3-5 minutes. Next, place deep-fried nuggets on preheated cookie sheet in oven and bake another 5-7 minutes.Finally, serve with your favorite McDonald's dipping sauce.