Paleo Chicken Nuggets (with almond “breading”)

These Paleo Chicken Nuggets are delicious!  Many people these days are trying various diets and these chicken nuggets are paleo, grain free, and gluten free!  This is a recipe I made up one night for dinner.  I ground up some almonds in my blender added some seasonings and used that as my “breading” and it was delicious! I pan fried the chicken in coconut oil, paired it with some cooked carrots, roasted broccoli with walnuts and mashed cauliflower and we had a delicious meal.

Paleo Chicken Nuggets With Almond “Breading”

Ingredients:

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into chunks

3 eggs

Splash of water

2 c. raw almonds

1 1/2 t. salt (I use this kind)

1 1/2 t. garlic powder (I use this kind)

1/2 t. pepper

Coconut Oil for frying (I use this kind)

Directions:

1. Mix up eggs and splash of water in small bowl.

2. Place chicken in egg mixture.

3. Place almonds, salt, pepper, and garlic powder into blender and blend on a low speed until it is a fine mixture, be careful not to blend it into butter!  

4. Place almond mixture into medium sized bowl.  Heat coconut oil in a large skillet.

5. Remove chicken from egg mixture and coat with almonds. Place in hot coconut oil. Brown on either side about 3 minutes per side, or until cooked through.

6. Serve with your favorite sides

*Some of the almond coating will be left behind in the pan, you can scoop this up and spread it over your veggies as a nice crunchy topping.

*This chicken is great the next day over a green salad for lunch!

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