Deep-Fried Buttermilk-Coconut Chicken Nuggets
- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 egg
- 118.29 ml buttermilk
- 118.29 ml beer
- 141.74 g cake flour
- 2.46 ml baking powder
- 2.46 ml baking soda
- 7.39 ml salt
- 907.18 g boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch square pieces (larger if desired)
- 473.18 ml grated coconut
- 236.59 ml all-purpose flour (more if needed for coating the chicken)
- oil, for deep-frying
directions
- 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.
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