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Copycat Air Fryer Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets

Chick-fil-A has the best chicken - it's juicy and tender with a light breading that has a slight sweetness to it. This Copycat recipe for the Chick-fil-A Nuggets is right on track - very tasty - but healthier because it's made in the air fryer!

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Prep Time 40 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 minutes mins

Total Time 48 minutes mins

Course Entree

Cuisine American

Servings 2

Equipment

• Air Fryer
• whisk
• Cutting Board
• Breading Trays
• Tongs

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup dill pickle juice
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• Olive Oil spray

Instructions

 

• Add chicken chunks to pickle juice in a ziploc bag and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes (or overnight)
• Whisk milk and egg together in a bowl and set aside
• Combine the dry ingredients and set aside
• Remove the chicken from the refrigerator and drain
• Place the chicken in the flour - then egg mixture - then back into the flour mixture - making sure it's well coated. Shake off the excess flour.
• Lay in a single layer in your air fryer at least 1 inch apart and spray with olive oil
• Cook at 375 for 4 minutes
• Turn with tongs, spray again with olive oil and air fry 4 minutes more

Notes

If they aren't browning, spray with a little more olive oil on all flour parts

Keyword air fryer, chicken, copycat, nuggets

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