Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients 

• 200 to 250 grams chicken breast
• ¼ to ½ cup plain flour / maida 
• salt as needed
• ¼ tsp pepper powder
• ½ tsp garam masala 
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste or ¼ tsp each in powder form (optional)
• 1 egg
• ¾ cup bread crumbs

for brine / tenderise the chicken

• ¼ cup curd / yogurt or buttermilk
• ½ tsp pepper powder
• ¼ tsp salt

Method:

1. Brine the chicken in salted buttermilk for 2 hours to overnight. Keep refrigerated.
2. Drain it completely and sprinkle half of the pepper powder and spice powder. Mix well.
3. Add little salt, rest of the pepper powder and spice powder to the flour. Mix well.
4. Beat the egg in a different bowl.
5. Transfer the bread crumbs to another bowl.
6. Coat the moist chicken in flour, then dip in the egg mixture. Then coat in bread crumbs. Repeat this for all the nuggets.
7. Rest them for 10 mins. Heat oil in a pan.
8. When the oil is just hot enough, shake off the excess crumbs and fry in oil until golden, Drain them on a kitchen tissue.
9. Serve hot.