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Eat your favorite childhood food without having to deep fry a thing with these Healthy Chicken Nuggets! They’re baked instead of fried and coated with a Hemp Heart crust to make a zesty and flavorful childhood recipe classic, revamped!
With Passover just around the corner, I’ve had a couple readers ask me for some Kosher for Passover recipes. Here’s the truth: I totally forgot Passover starts in a week and a half, and genuinely did not realize I was granting your wishes when I decided to post these Healthy Chicken Nuggets.
You’re welcome.
Actually, when I was talking to Jess about what I was recipe testing, she asked if these were for Passover. That’s when I realized they were entirely K for P so I wasn’t just satisfying every parent of picky children, but also the tribe too. We’ll consider this my Mitzvah of 2016.
Truthfully, Manitoba Harvest reached out asking for some new recipe ideas using their amazing Hemp Hearts. I’m a huge fan of sprinkling hemp hearts on my morning smoothie and love adding them to salads for a protein boost, but I took this opportunity as a challenge to think outside the box.
I image that most parents out there are struggling to get their kids to eat any vegetable, let alone hemp hearts so I really wanted to develop a recipe that would trick every human under the age of 12 to eat more hemp, without them knowing.
Little did I realize that I’d also be fulfilling a life-long dream of transforming my favorite childhood meal into a healthy dinner recipe.
I basically lived off chicken nuggets when I was child. I wasn’t a horrible eater, but I certainly wasn’t experimental so when the kids menu arrived I rarely had to glance to figure out that I wanted chicken fingers. Fast forward 20 years and I go weak at the knees for a menu that includes hemp.
So really, these healthy chicken nuggets are just a fusion of my past and current favorites…oh and it’s Kosher for Passover too. Amen.
PrintHealthy Baked Chicken Nuggets
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts, boneless + skinless
- 1/2 cup Hemp Hearts
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Cut chicken into 1 1/2 inch bites.
- Beat egg in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl combine Hemp Hearts, almond meal and spices.
- Dip each bite into egg with left hand and then place into breading mixture in separate bowl to mix and coat with right hand.
- Place onto a parchment or silicone-lined baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining bites
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Manitoba Harvest. I was compensated for my time, however all opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that help make THM possible and bring more delicious recipes your way!
Hey! I have so many allergies, and almonds are a no for me. Any advice on what to sub it with?
looks like incredible!! wow!!!!!!
I just tried this recipe and the kids love it, and also the hubby. Thank you for sharing this delicious and healthy recipe.
Thanks for sharing this oh so delicious recipe! The kids will surely love this and its a really nice healthier take on chicken nuggets. Thanks again Davida!
Thank you, Holly! Enjoy!
Okay, these are genius! Who can pass on chicken nuggets?! I love the hemp hearts addition too.
During our photo shoots at work we get catering, and on the little kid days we always request the chicken nuggets and mac & cheese… you know, for the kids 😉
…for the kids…obviously.
These look so good! These would be great over a salad, too. I wasn’t a picky eater as a kid. I would love to create healthy ramen or mac n cheese : )
I wasn’t really a picky eater, but Shake N’ Bake was totally my thing! These nuggets remind me of them! I love the addition of hemp hearts, thank you so much for sharing 🙂
They add so much flavor! Glad you enjoyed!
If you’re talking picky eaters, call my six year-old self the QUEEN of picky eating!! I don’t know when was the last time I had a chicken nugget but I was a fan of McDonalds for sure when I was a kid! These look so divine and I love that the almond meal will lend a nice nutty texture and flavor!
Oh man. 6-year old Davida would have liked six-year old Cassie! Same taste 😉
I don’t remember being too picky, but I remember not liking lettuce. Kinda weird!
hahahaha well lettuce isn’t the worst I suppose! LOL
These kind of remind me of the Chick-fil-a Nuggets!!! love that you used hemp hearts!
Thanks, Lady! Never had Chick-fil-a but I’ll trust your word on that 😉