Home Made Chicken Nuggets, Chips and Beans

I've never really liked the taste of shop bought nuggets and I would rather eat my own hand than go to a KFC but these home made ones are delicious and a doddle to boot. The recipe is from one of the You Are What You Eat books which tied in with the TV series from ages ago. It's got some really useful ideas in it, including the neat trick in this recipe where you use toasted brown bread to make quick, crunchy and healthy breadcrumbs for the nuggets.

I employed my trusty Phillps cordless hand blender to whizz up the bread for the crumbs. I bought it a couple of years ago when Kasper was weaning and it has been an excellent buy, although the instructions obviously aren't clear enough for the tired mother as I once put some of the bits you're not supposed to in the dishwasher meaning I can't use the whisk attachment anymore.

Once the crumbs were made, I just had to beat some eggs and chop up chicken breasts into bite sized pieces. You could add dried chilli flakes or herbs to the crumbs for a different flavour but as the nuggets where for all of us, including Kasper, I kept them plain.

They took about 25 minutes in the oven but as this was a lot less than the frozen chips required, they did get a little overdone. I'm blaming James for this as he bought thick cut ones that take forever. He also got thick cut bread which I can't stand as it makes for stodgy toast and sandwiches. Must be a man thing.