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Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets & Sauce Recipe

By Jen Lunsford

on Sep 03, 2014, Updated Jan 30, 2024

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This Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets & Sauce Recipe is officially our kiddos favorite.  We enjoy making CopyCat Recipes at home to save $$’s. Chick-fil-A is always quite a budget buster for us when we take the family to eat a full meal. The hubby makes our CopyCat Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich Recipe and CopyCat Chick- Fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich quite often and the kids love it. We enjoy a CopyCat Chick-fil-A Lemonade with homemade waffle fries to save $$’s. Last week we went to eat at Chick-fil-A (gasp.. the bill was crazy expensive) and the kiddos order themselves Chick-fil-A Nuggets with Chick-fil-A dipping sauce. I am telling you this trip was a small fortune.

Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets & Sauce Recipe

Our entire family LOVES Chick-fil-A We make our trips into a special dinner due to the cost. Yesterday the kiddos asked if we could take a trip to Chick-fil-A again. My immediate response was “Um…No” lol.  The hubby decided to not allow them to be disappointed and make them a homemade Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets & Sauce. He was a lifesaver as I hate to disappoint my kiddos.

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The ingredients to make your own Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets & Sauce Recipe are quite simple. The most important ingredient has got to be the pickle juice (hands down).  Allowing the chicken to soak up all that pickle flavor makes these nuggets perfect. Oh and Peanut Oil too… it’s a must.

INGREDIENTS
Sauce:
1/2 cup Ken’s Steakhouse Honey Mustard Dressing
1 tsp Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce
1/2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
Nuggets:
1 cup Dill Pickle Juice
1 lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 Egg
1 cup Milk
1 1/2 cup Flour
3 tbsp Powdered Sugar
2 tsp Salt
1 1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Paprika
Peanut Oil

DIRECTIONS
Combine honey mustard and BBQ sauce. Set aside.
Cut chicken into roughly 1″ pieces and place in zippered bag with pickle juice to marinate in refigerator for at least 4 hours.
Mix together milk and egg in a large bowl.
Drain pickle juice from chicken and add chicken to egg mixture.
Toss to ensure all pieces are coated.
Drain excess egg mixture.
Heat oil on medium high to about 375.
In a zippered bag, add flour powdered sugar, paprika, salt and pepper. Shake well to mix.
Add chicken to zippered bag and shake to coat.
Cook chicken pieces in oil for until crispy and browned (about 3 to 4 minutes).
Drain on paper towels.

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Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets & Sauce Recipe

By: Jen Lunsford

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Ingredients 

• ▢ Sauce:
• ▢ 1/2 cup Ken's Steakhouse Honey Mustard Dressing
• ▢ 1 tsp Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce
• ▢ 1/2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• ▢ Nuggets:
• ▢ 1 cup Dill Pickle Juice
• ▢ 1 lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
• ▢ 1 Egg
• ▢ 1 cup Milk
• ▢ 1 1/2 cup Flour
• ▢ 3 tbsp Powdered Sugar
• ▢ 2 tsp Salt
• ▢ 1 1/2 tsp Pepper
• ▢ 1/2 tsp Paprika
• ▢ Peanut Oil

Instructions 

• Combine honey mustard and BBQ sauce. Set aside.
• Cut chicken into roughly 1" pieces and place in zippered bag with pickle juice to marinate in refigerator for at least 4 hours.
• Mix together milk and egg in a large bowl.
• Drain pickle juice from chicken and add chicken to egg mixture.
• Toss to ensure all pieces are coated.
• Drain excess egg mixture.
• Heat oil on medium high to about 375.
• In a zippered bag, add flour powdered sugar, paprika, salt and pepper. Shake well to mix.
• Add chicken to zippered bag and shake to coat.
• Cook chicken pieces in oil for until crispy and browned (about 3 to 4 minutes).
• Drain on paper towels.

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