Chicken Nuggets Coconut Bites Food

COCONUT CHICKEN BITES

Steps:

• Place coconut in a blender, cover and process coconut until finely chopped. Transfer to a shallow bowl; set aside. In another shallow bowl, combine egg and milk. Place flour in a third shallow bowl. Coat chicken with flour; dip in egg mixture, then in coconut. Arrange in a single layer on a baking pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes., In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat 2 in. of oil to 375°. Fry chicken, a few pieces at time, for 1-1/2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels; place in a bowl. Sprinkle with celery salt, garlic powder and cumin; toss to coat. Serve warm.

BAKED COCONUT CAYENNE CHICKEN NUGGETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Place panko bread crumbs, seasoned bread crumbs, coconut, cayenne pepper, and thyme in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until coconut resembles size of bread crumbs. Transfer to a flat bowl or dish.
• Whisk egg and sriracha sauce together in a separate bowl.
• Dip chicken pieces in crumb mixture. Coat all sides with egg mixture. Roll again in crumb mixture and place on the prepared rack. Repeat for all chicken pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and crisp, about 20 minutes.

DEEP-FRIED BUTTERMILK-COCONUT CHICKEN NUGGETS

Steps:

• Heat the oil to 350 degrees, in a heavy pot, or deep fryer.
• In a bowl, combine the egg, buttermilk and the beer; mix well.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and the salt; add to the buttermilk/egg mixture, mix well (batter should have the consistency of a thin pancake batter).
• Dredge the chicken pieces into the all-purpose flour.
• Then dip into the buttermilk mixture to coat.
• Then roll into the coconut.
• Deep fry until a light golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels.

COCONUT CHICKEN BITES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix flour, coconut, salt, pepper and garlic powder together.
• Dip chicken bites in the egg, then in the flour mixture. Place the chicken bites onto a greased cookie sheet or baking pan.
• Drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake approximately 25 minutes or until the chicken is browned and cooked through.
• Turn once during cooking.
• This is good served with an apricot or plum dipping sauce. Jan.

COCONUT CURRY CHICKEN NUGGETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F, spray baking sheet with nonstick spray.
• Combine 1/4 cup of chutney, 1/2 tsp curry paste, 1/4 tsp cumin in a serving bowl; cover and refrigerate.
• Combine chicken, the remaining chutney, curry, and cumin in a bowl and toss to coat.
• Put the coconut on a sheet of wax paper, coat the chicken one piece at a time with the coconut.
• Place nuggets on baking sheet, and bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Serve with chutney sauce.