Baked Coconut and Oatmeal Breaded Chicken Nuggets Revisited

I originally posted a baked coconut and oatmeal breaded chicken nuggets recipe in January, which I completely forgot about. I thought I had come up with a new recipe this weekend, but it turns out it was just a rehash of the recipe I did in January. One of the major differences between this recipe and January's recipe is that in January I didn't have a food processor. This time I had fun pulverizing oatmeal into an almost powder. Unfortunately this time I had the opposite problem of January's recipe--not enough moisture. I was essentially eating raw oatmeal. It seems like I need to come up with a third recipe to perfect the baked coconut and oatmeal breaded chicken nuggets. Oh well, everything tastes better with a little honey mustard.

Pulverized oatmeal

Oatmeal and coconut mixture

Nuggets fresh from the oven

Served with sweet potato fries!

Baked Coconut and Oatmeal Breaded Chicken Nuggets Revisited

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sweetened coconut flakes
• 10 oz of chicken breast cut into nuggets
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup old fashioned oatmeal

Procedure

1. In a food processor, blend, pulse, pulverize (etc.) the oatmeal into a powder or as close to a breading texture as you can.
2. In a small bowl or dish mix the coconut flakes and the pulverized oatmeal together. In another small bowl, beat the egg.
3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Cover a baking sheet with foil and then grease the foil covered baking sheet with a little oil.
4. Bread the chicken by coating the pieces with egg and then covering each piece with the oatmeal-coconut mixture.
5. Place the pieces of breaded chicken about 1 inch apart from each other on the foil covered baking sheet.
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken pieces are cooked through.

Baked Coconut and Oatmeal Breaded Chicken Nuggets Revisited (Estimated Nutritional Facts: Per serving. 2 servings per recipe)
Total Calories		450.30
Total Fat (g)		21.11
Cholesterol(mg)		183.92
Sodium (mg)		144.46
Potassium (mg)		499.59
Total Carbs (g)		26.18
Fiber (g)		7.33
Sugar (g)		5.77
Protein (g)		36.66