chicken nugget
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chicken product made from chicken meat that is breaded or battered, then deep-fried or baked
Key facts
- Place of origin
- United States
- Created by
- Robert C. Baker
- Invented
- 1950s
- Serving temperature
- Hot
- Main ingredients
- Chicken meat or plant-based ingredients
- Ingredients generally used
- Breadcrumbs or batter
- Similar dishes
- Fried chicken Chicken fingers
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Encyclopedic overview
A chicken nugget is a food product consisting of a small piece of deboned chicken meat that is breaded or battered, then deep-fried or baked. Developed in the 1950s by finding a way to make a coating adhere, chicken nuggets have become a very popular fast food restaurant item, and are widely sold frozen for home use. There are also vegetarian "chicken" versions made from meat alternatives that are coated in bread as the standard ones are.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chicken nugget” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.