Kid-Friendly Baked Chicken Nuggets, with Avocado and Mango Sauce

The avocado and mango sauce is not in this picture, because my 5 yr old would have taken its presence personally. You all know what troublemakers avocados and mangoes are...

Ever since we watched an episode of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, my five year old has had a love-hate relationship with chicken nuggets. So for him, and to honor my first reader request (thanks, Dianne!), here is a kid-approved chicken nugget recipe that even Jamie Oliver would like. My son likes to eat them dipped in ranch dressing and ketchup. If you aren't a picky eater yourself, you may like them on rice with the avocado and mango sauce.

Kid-Friendly Baked Chicken Nuggets

• chicken breasts, cut up in chunks
• eggs, 1 egg per breast
• flour, 1/4 cup per breast
• butter for the bottom of the baking pan
  

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Butter your baking pan. My mom likes to put extra butter in the pan.

Crack your eggs in to a bowl and scramble them with a fork.


Pour your flour in to another bowl (I prefer a shallower dish).


Next, chop your chicken to whatever size you prefer. I like to make the pieces smaller since I have a toddler but you could make them traditional nugget-size.


Dip the chicken pieces one at a time in to the egg, and then coat with flour and place on the baking sheet.


Bake for 20 minutes, turning them over after the first 10 minutes. They are ready to be eaten. Just add your child's favorite dips. Here they are with peas, veggie chips, and ketchup, ranch and applesauce for dipping.


Avocado and Mango Sauce:

• 2 avocados
• 1 mango
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (or the juice from half of a lemon)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup of water

I used to make the avocado and mango sauce and serve it with poached chicken over rice, but it works just as well with these chicken nuggets.

You will need to use a blender to puree the fruit. First, peel the avocados and the mango, remove the pits, and cut them in to chunks.


Now, add the 1/4 cup of water and the 1/2 tsp of salt and the 1 tbsp of lemon juice. Puree it, but only for less than a minute.


And it is ready to be added to your chicken. Here is it over brown rice and chicken. Enjoy!