Grain-free Air-Fryer Chicken Nuggets
These grain-free air-fryer chicken nuggets are an easy way to enjoy chicken nuggets without the unhealthy ingredients. You need just a few ingredients and an air fryer.
My kid loves these and I love that I can control the quality of the ingredients and sometimes… have leftovers!
I also love to eat these and serve them with my healthy air-fryer buffalo wings, celery sticks, and carrots. For a healthy family dinner, I serve them with something green or on top of salad greens.
The possibilities are endless.
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How to Make Gluten-Free Air-fryer Nuggets
Here are the tools and ingredients that you will need for these simple and delicious nuggets
- Mixing bowl
- Optional tongs
- Measuring spoons
- Simple ingredients
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Avocado oil mayo
- Tapioca starch/flour or Cassava Flour
- Blanched almond flour
- Sea salt
- Smoked paprika
- optional onion powder
- optional garlic powder
- Steps
- Cut up boneless skinless chicken breasts and add to a mixing bowl.
- Add 2 tbsp avocado oil mayo.
- Add in salt, smoked paprika, and optional onion and garlic powder and mix.
- Add tapioca flour and coat the chicken.
- Add almond flour and coat the chicken.
- Add to the basket of your air fryer.
- Cook at 380 degrees for 18 minutes.
Printable Air-Fried Chicken Nugget Recipe
Grain-Free Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Cut up boneless skinless chicken breasts and add to a mixing bowl.
- Add 2 tbsp avocado oil mayo.
- Add in salt, smoked paprika, and optional onion and garlic powder and mix.
- Add tapioca flour and coat the chicken.
- Add almond flour and coat the chicken.
- Add to the basket of your air fryer.
- Cook at 380 degrees for 18 minutes.
My son absolutely loves these real-food chicken nuggets, and we do too!