Healthy Chick-Fil-A Nuggets & Waffle Fries

Serves 6
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Directions

  1. 1To make a low calorie Chick-fil-A sauce, in a bowl add light mayonnaise, sugar-free barbecue sauce, yellow mustard, then add honey, a bit of lemon juice and onion powder.
  2. 2Mix the sauce ingredients together.
  3. 3Set the sauce in the fridge to thicken.
  4. 4Grab your diced chicken and add in some pickle juice.
  5. 5Let the chicken marinate while you make your waffle fries.
  6. 6Grab a potato and cut it with a waffle cutter, rotating 90 degrees after every slice to get the waffle shape.
  7. 7Add the waffle-cut potatoes to an ice bath.
  8. 8Pat the potatoes completely dry.
  9. 9Add a bit of avocado oil with the listed seasonings to the potatoes.
  10. 10Mix the potatoes and seasonings together.
  11. 11Oven bake or air fry the waffle fries with the settings listed on screen.
  12. 12In a bowl, add plain flour and a bit of baking powder for crispiness.
  13. 13Add the seasonings listed on screen to the flour mixture.
  14. 14Mix everything together.
  15. 15Drain the pickle juice from the chicken.
  16. 16Coat the chicken evenly in the flour mixture.
  17. 17Add some light cooking oil spray to the chicken.
  18. 18Air fry or oven bake the chicken with the settings on screen until golden brown and crispy.
  19. 19Enjoy your healthy Chick-fil-A nuggets and waffle fries.

Ingredients

  • 500 g Diced Skinless & Boneless Chicken Breast
  • 1 Cup Pickle Juice
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 1 Tsp Onion Powder
  • 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1.5 Tsp Smoked Paprika
  • 100 g Plain All Purpose Flour
  • Baking Powder
  • Light cooking oil spray
  • 400 g Potatoes (Carisma Potatoes, or russet potatoes, sweet potatoes)
  • 1 Tsp Avocado Oil
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 Tsp Smoked Paprika
  • 300 g Light Mayonnaise (Heinz or Hellmans)
  • 150 g Low Sugar/No Sugar BBQ Sauce (Hughes Sugar Free BBQ Sauce)
  • 70 g Yellow Mustard
  • 90 g Honey
  • 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 Tsp Onion Powder

Equipment

bowlfridgewaffle cutterice bathovenair fryer

Tips

  • The trick to making the chicken crispy is adding a bit of baking powder to the flour.
  • Carisma Potatoes have 45% less carbs compared to regular potatoes.

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