# Healthy Chick-Fil-A Nuggets & Waffle Fries

This recipe provides a much healthier, lower calorie, and higher protein version of crispy chicken nuggets with waffle fries and sauce to satisfy fast food cravings, suitable for those trying to lose fat and build muscle.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Breakfast
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- bowl
- fridge
- waffle cutter
- ice bath
- oven
- air 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dcOFlK_A8x8
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a971021b-88f2-48c7-91ff-9f0a73d2212a
- Extracted: 2026-01-05

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