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February 17, 2021 9 Comments

Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets

A basket lined with brown paper filled with Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets and waffle fries with Chick-fil-A dipping sauce in a little cup.Powdered sugar is a surprise ingredient that gives these Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets their authentic flavor. No pickle juice needed. Trust me. This copycat recipe is as spot-on as you can get! Your whole family will LOVE them! If you’re not a fan of fried chicken, try Mom’s Baked Soda Cracker Chicken.

Granted it’s been about a year and a half since my kids have eaten at Chick-fil-A (we moved to Germany a year and a half ago), but you would have thought it was Christmas with how excited they got about these Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets. We made some Copycat Chick-fil-A dipping sauce, too, and dang, we were living our best life!

A bowl lined with brown paper and filled with waffle fries and chicken nuggets with a little cup of dipping sauce. There's a white and blue checked kitchen towel in the background on the left side of the bowl.I looked at A LOT of Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nugget Recipes to decide how I wanted to go about flavoring my own copycat. Some recipes said to use pickle juice, some said not to, some said don’t add extra spices, some said to blend up the breadcrumbs into a fine powder…. 

I took ideas from each of those recipes and really feel like I have come up with THE BEST COPYCAT CHICK-FIL-A CHICKEN NUGGETS. I can’t wait for you to give them a try. My daughter has already begged for this to be her birthday dinner next year. HA!

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A closeup photo of Chick-fil-A Nuggets with waffle fries and a small cup of dipping sauce in a bowl lined with brown paper.Step by step pictures for how to make Copycat chick-fil-a chicken nuggets

14-picture photo collage of step-by-step pictures on how to make chicken nuggets.Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets with waffle fries in a basket lined with brown paper. There's a small plastic cup of dipping sauce in the basket.Tips for making Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets
  • Cut your chicken breasts into 1-inch pieces.
  • Let the chicken pieces marinate in the milk/egg mixture for 20 minutes.
  • Put the bread crumbs in the food processor to make them even finer.
  • After you dredge the pieces of chicken in the flour/bread-crumb mixture, set the pieces on a paper towel for 5 minutes before frying in the hot oil.
  • Use a thermometer to monitor your oil temperature.
  • Keep your oil temperature between 275 degrees and 300 degrees.
  • Do not overcrowd the chicken when it is frying. Stir it often as it cooks.
  • Cook each batch for 4-5 minutes or until the chicken color resembles that in the pictures.
  • Do not place fried chicken pieces on paper towels when you take them out of the oil. This can cause steam which will make them lose their crispness. 
  • Place them directly onto a cookie sheet or you can put a cooling rack over the cookie sheet and place them on that so excess grease can drip off the chicken. 
  • Serve with Copycat Chick-fil-A Sauce.

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Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets
 
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Prep time
30 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
50 mins
 
Who knew simple ingredients is all it takes to make perfect Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets. You and your family will RAVE about these delicious nuggets.
Author: Slightly adapted from Dinner, Then Dessert
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 1-2 lbs of boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup bread crumbs
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp garlic salt
  • ½ tsp white pepper (If you don't have white, you can use regular ground black pepper.)
  • ¼ tsp onion powder, scant
  • ¼ tsp chili powder
  • Frying oil, (canola, vegetable, or peanut )
Instructions
  1. Whisk milk and eggs together in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Place chicken pieces in the milk/egg mixture and let it marinate for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
  2. Blend the bread crumbs in a food processor unil it is a fine powder.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the bread crumbs, all-purpose flour, powdered sugar, salt, garlic salt, white pepper, onion powder, and chili powder.
  4. Heat the frying oil between 275 and 300 degrees.
  5. Get the chicken that is soaking out of the fridge, use a slotted spoon to drain it in batches, and toss it in the bread-crumb/flour mixture. Once the pieces are coated, place them on a paper towel for five minutes.
  6. Fry the chicken in batches, making sure not to crowd the chicken. Fry for 4-5 minutes or until it gets a nice golden brown picture like you can see in the photos.
  7. Place fried chicken pieces on a cookie sheet. (Do not place them on paper towels. The steam that causes will take away their nice crispness.)
  8. Serve with Copycat Chick-fil-A Sauce.
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9 Comments

  1. Kathy

    February 18, 2021 at 11:42 am

    Do you mean soak the chicken in the milk and egg mixture? I’m thinking that’s what you mean but the recipe doesn’t specify. Sounds great though and I plan on making it this weekend!

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    • Maria

      February 18, 2021 at 11:44 am

      Yes, definitely what I meant. I fixed it now. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. So excited for you to try them this weekend. 🙂

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    • Ginger

      February 18, 2021 at 7:40 pm

      If you read above recipe on basics of making it, it clearly says to mix eggs and milk, and let them soak 20 minutes. Took me a minute to find it too.

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  2. Maggie Robles

    February 18, 2021 at 12:21 pm

    I’m definitely gonna try this going to Chick-fil-A it’s very expensive and quite far away.

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    • Maria

      February 18, 2021 at 12:45 pm

      Right?! I think I figured that I spent about 12 dollars to make this recipe and it fed 8 people and we all had at least 12-15 nuggets.

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  3. Karen

    February 19, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    Can you make these in the air fryer?

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    • Maria

      February 20, 2021 at 12:14 pm

      Hi Karen, I don’t have an air fryer so I haven’t tried it myself. I can’t see why not. You would definitely want to google how long raw chicken nuggets need to cook in the air fryer, but other than that I bet they would be delish.

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  4. Nikki

    February 25, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    I have loved all of your recipes you have shared so far. I’m excited to try this one!

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    • Maria

      February 27, 2021 at 7:46 am

      Thank you so much Nikki! You will love these!

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