Pretzel Crusted Chicken Nuggets & Honey-Sweetened Applesauce
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4-6
Portions
15 min
Prepping
10 min
Cooking
Recipe
Easy
Ingredients
- 2 Exceldor chicken breasts, cut into chunks of about 1 ½ inch
For breadcrumbs
- 2 cups pretzels
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp dried basil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
For the sauce
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
Directions
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- In a food processor, grind the pretzels into fine breadcrumbs.
- Put the flour in a small bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk the eggs.
- In a different bowl, combine the pretzels, Parmesan, basil, salt, and pepper.
- Coat the chicken chunks in the flour, then soak in the beaten eggs and finally in the pretzel mixture. Place the chicken nuggets on a baking sheet.
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 °F, place the nuggets in the frying baskets and cook for 10 minutes, until the chicken is well cooked, and the breadcrumb is golden brown.
- Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients “for the sauce”. Serve the nuggets with the sauce.
