Crunchy Spiced Chicken Nuggets

I love chicken nuggets, always have but I wanted to try and find a healthier alternative because those frozen ones, not so good for you. Enter Women's Weekly Low Fat Cooking. I adjusted their Crunchy Spiced Chicken Recipe to a nugget format. Their is the health way, and not so healthy way. I will put both sets of ingredients in.

Crunchy Spiced Chicken

Healthy                                                                           Not So Healthy                 

700g of chicken breast cut                                        700g of chicken breast cut

into nugget size pieces                                                into nugget size pieces

1/4 cup plain flour                                                      1/4 cup plain flour

1 cup wholemeal breadcrumbs                                1 cup breadcrumbs 

1/3 cup Corn Flakes crumb                                      1/3 cup Special K crumbs

1 tsp grounded coriander                                         1 tsp grounded coriander

2 tsp grounded cumin                                               2 tsp grounded cumin

2 tsp garlic salt                                                           2 tsp garlic salt

3 egg whites beaten lightly                                        2 eggs beaten lightly

Method

1. Cut chicken breast into nugget size pieces. Place chicken in large sauce pan of cold water, bring to boil; drain. Pat dry with absorbent paper.

2. Toss chicken in flour, shake away excess flour. Combine crumbs, spices and slat; mix well. Dip chicken in egg/whites then crumb mixture. Place chicken on oven tray which has been coated with cooling oil spray, cover, refrigerate for 1 hour

3. Coat chicken lightly with cooking oil spray, bake, uncovered, in moderately hot oven about 30 mins or until tender.