Chick-Fil-A Chicken (And Nuggets) Copycat

By mmflagg

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 cup pickle juice (use dill pickles, great way to use up that empty jar!)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon msg (Accent, leave it out if you prefer)
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• peanut oil

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 60mins
Cooking time 80mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1
Pound chicken breasts till they are thin enough for your taste. (I find a lot of breasts are really too thick for a sandwich so I pound out the thick part a little) Cut into chunks if you want nuggets.
2
Place chicken in plastic bag with pickle juice and marinate for an hour (preferably overnight).
3
Mix up eggs in seperate bowl for the egg wash.
4
Mix flour and remaining spices in another shallow bowl.
5
Remove chicken from the pickle juice maranade and drain well. Dip into the egg wash and then into the flour mixture.
6
Fry the chicken however you prefer here. I pan fried mine in a few tablespoons of oil and it turned out fine. Chick-Fil-A deep fries theirs in a pressure cooker, so you can try that if you are feeling adventurous.