# Healthy & Easy Chicken McNuggets & Fries

This recipe provides a healthier alternative to fast-food chicken McNuggets and fries, with half the calories and nearly double the protein, and is incredibly easy to make.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g Chicken Mince
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Onion & Garlic Powder
- 1 Tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 Tsp Mustard Powder
- 1 Tsp regular mustard
- 0.5 Tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Egg
- 400 g Potatoes
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Onion & Garlic Powder
- 1 Tsp Smoked Paprika
- your choice of seasonings
- 100 g Plain All Purpose Flour
- 1 dash the same seasonings used above
- 1 Egg
- Light Cooking Oil Spray

## Instructions

1. In a bowl, add chicken mince with the seasonings listed on screen, one egg and a tiny bit of black pepper.
2. Mix it together.
3. Wet your hands, form 20 equal nuggets and place it in the freezer to let them firm up.
4. Cut your potatoes into French fries shapes.
5. Soak the potatoes in an ice bath to remove any extra starch.
6. Pat the potatoes dry and add a bit of cooking oil spray with some seasonings.
7. Mix the potatoes and air fry or oven bake with the settings on screen.
8. In a bowl, add plain flour, baking powder, a dash of the same seasonings.
9. Mix the flour and seasonings together.
10. Dip each nugget in egg.
11. Coat each nugget evenly in the flour.
12. Spray the nuggets with some light cooking oil.
13. Bake them with the settings on screen until nice and crispy.

## Equipment

- bowl
- freezer
- air fryer
- oven
- food processor

## Tips

- If you don’t have store bought chicken mince available you can make your own by blending boneless & skinless chicken breast in a food processor until it’s the same consistency.
- Make sure your hands are wet while forming the nuggets or else they will be too sticky.
- While the nuggets are cooking at around the half way mark at a bit more cooking oil spray to any area on the nuggets that has dry spots, this will ensure the nuggets cook to perfection.
- Carisma potatoes in particular have 25% less carbs compared to regular potatoes. Can be substituted for russet potatoes, sweet potatoes etc.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/90_IuYKn9Uc
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/042328e6-6222-499e-93d2-bc7f59862be1
- Extracted: 2026-05-16

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