Baked Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  3 full breast (both fillets) or 708g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, seasoned

  1 cup or 120g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  ½ cup or 50g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Thyme

  Spices, dried

  1 tsp, leaves or 1g

• Basil

  Spices, dried

  1 tbsp, leaves or 2g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  ½ cup or 114g

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Cut chicken breasts into 1 1/2-inch sized pieces. Each breast makes about 10 nuggets. In a medium bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, cheese, salt, thyme, and basil. Mix well. Put melted butter in a bowl or dish for dipping.
3. Dip chicken pieces into the melted butter first, then coat with the breadcrumb mixture. Place the well-coated chicken pieces on a lightly greased cookie sheet in a single layer, and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.