HCG Italian Chicken Nuggets

yesterday I made some great  Italian Chicken Nuggets that are HCG approved.

Italian Chicken Nuggets with dipping sauce and apples

Italian Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients:
3.5 oz chicken tenders (usually about 2 tenders) cut into 6 total pieces
2 tablespoons Liquid Aminos
2 Melba Toasts (crushed into crumbs)
seasonings of your choice (I choose salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic powder and Italian seasoning)
Pre-heat oven 375

Marinating and breading the chicken:
I marinated the chopped chicken pieces in the liquid amino drops to add more flavor to the meat.  Longer you let it marinade the more flavor you get, I only let it sit for 30 minutes and it was still effective.    Once the chicken has marinated place the crushed Melba toast crumbs in a baggie along with the seasonings of your choice and add the marinated chicken.  keeping some of the toast crumbs in larger chunks gave it even more crunch!  In this version I found that the marinade provided enough moisture to allow the toast crumbs to stick to the chicken just fine without the normal egg and flour wash process.

Cooking the nuggets: 
Place the Melba breaded chicken nuggets on a cooling rack on top of a cookie sheet and very lightly sprayed them with some non-fat cooking spray (very lightly is key here!).  The cooling rack allows the heat to get on both sides of the chicken which allows both sides to get crispy evenly without having to flip them.  The cooking spray also helps the bread crumbs brown giving you a fried effect.  Cook for about 12-15 minutes until chicken is cooked through.

Eating the nuggets:
I served mine with a homemade marinara sauce for dipping.  I will post that recipe next.  Please note this recipe can be changed into many things and used in many ways depending on your tastes and needs. I made 12 nuggets total and used the other 6 for lunch the next day.  I diced them up and placed them over a bunch of mixed greens and topped with an easy dressing that I will also post!  they were great the next day, even cold!