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Step 3: Dredge the chicken

Chicken breading

  • Flour
    100 g
  • Cornstarch
    25 g
  • Salt
    10 g
  • Baking Powder
    3 g

From previous steps

  • Marinated chicken

Combine all chicken breading components in a bowl.

Then, to dredge the chicken, just pour the entire bowl of chicken and any excess liquid right into the dry ingredients.

Mix the chicken and ensure every piece gets a coating of the breading. What you’ll notice is that the extra liquid creates scraggly pieces in the crust, which gives us a ton of additional texture when frying.

Now choose one of the following three methods to fry your nuggets for the dish: