For the perfect homemade gluten free chicken nuggets! I know some of you have been following the saga…and some of you are thinking “why is this important news?” Well it is a big deal in our family. Little J has not been impressed with my previous attempts at nuggets and in an effort to add something else to the lunch rotation besides salami and hot dogs, I have tried all sorts of combinations. I found the right texture the last time, but not the right taste.
The other day I was thinking that maybe I should try the corn based fish fry stuff in the pantry. Then while browsing at the grocery story I came upon Zatarain’s Crispy Fish Fry. It looked to have the perfect seasonings and I am famliar with the brand so I know it is generally flavorful for Little J with out being too spicy for J. I also liked that the instructions did not call for a coating of egg first so I could skip the messy step. I started with a few tenders to make sure the boys would eat them before wasting a whole bag of tenders. They were begging for more. I just cut up chicken tenders into 3-4 pieces shook them in a bag of the mix and dumped them in the fryer.
Every batch came out perfectly. I didn’t have any burnt ones in the beginning or the end. I also didn’t have any uncooked chicken centers with perfect outside. I wanted to gobble them up for myself!!!
So the boys each had a plateful that night with honey. They have also tried them with ranch. I have never seen plates to clean at the end of a meal!
So for your viewing pleasure:
Don’t mind the clutter. 
P.S. We started our journey to a wheat free diet to encourage healthier bowels in Little J so that he would potty train. Then he gave up altogether. After a week at my parents’ house we are now about 95% accident free. HORRAY!!! We have bought our last package of diapers.
Out of curiousity… have you noticed any changes in behavior or sleep patterns after going gluten free?
Comment by Tracy D — June 27, 2008 @ 9:34 pm |