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Apple & Sage Chicken Nuggets

Published on May 13, 2014 • Last updated October 13, 2024 by Elizabeth
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chicken and apple nuggets

I had a friend ask me the other day if I ever just eat junk for dinner. I do! It’s not unknown for me to pop a frozen pizza in the oven, or serve oven chips with baked beans, sausages and a poached egg. One of my favourite quick meals just now is a poached egg dropped into the centre of a steaming bowl of baked beans. Easy peasy, no effort.

I’m quite partial to chicken nuggets too, but I loathe buying them. Have you read the ingredients list on a bag of frozen chicken nuggets? No thanks! I quite often make them from scratch using leftover roast chicken, served with a generous helping of peas and oven chips.

As for accompanying sauces to serve we’re a divided family. The boys like tomato sauce and the girls are partial to brown sauce, so when Maw Broon’s Kitchen contacted us and asked if we’d like to try some of their newly launched sauces, we said “Yes, please!”

For those who don’t know, Maw Broon is a character from The Broons, a weekly comic strip published in The Sunday Post. It’s been on the go since 1936 and I would expect every household in Scotland which has ever had a child in it has at least one Broon’s annual on a shelf or box somewhere!

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Maw Broon’s sauces are made using traditional Scottish recipes, with no artificial colourings, flavourings or sweeteners, simply good old fashioned delicious Scots fare. Exactly what you’d expect from Maw Broon’s Kitchen.

So, I whipped up a batch of chicken nuggets and as a family we tested out the sauces. Upon reading the ingredients list I noticed that the brown sauce didn’t list tamarind, a key ingredient in a leading brown sauce brand, and, I suspect, the reason why the boys in our house dislike brown sauce so much (and the reason us girls love it).

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The boys all tried the brown sauce, and went back for seconds and even thirds! Us girls liked it too, but I did miss the tamarind kick. The tomato sauce was very nice, we thought it was better than a leading tomato sauce brand, although after becoming accustomed to plastic squeeze top bottles it took some practise before we could pour the sauce out of the bottles in the proper quantities (there might have been some tomato sauce flooding on one plate, not that the children minded!).

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At £3 a bottle these sauces are a little out of our budget, but that is what you would expect to pay for a good quality sauce made in small batches.

The children loved the fun packaging, as Broons fans, and I am quite partial to the old fashioned bottle shape which is recyclable here in Shetland (plastic isn’t, as of yet).  Since the children in Elizabeth’s Kitchen have helped review this product I’m linking it up with Kids’ Corner, my new weekly blogging linky all about kids’ opinions on products. Kids’ Corner is a Blog Hop, so scroll down to the bottom of this post to see what other kids have been reviewing!

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I am also linking up with a couple blogging challenges. Credit Crunch Munch, co-hosted by Camilla at Fab Food 4 All and Helen over at Fuss Free Flavours asks us to share our frugal family recipes. These chicken nuggets made with leftover chicken and frozen home made breadcrumbs certainly fit that bill! This month Gingey Bites is guest hosting.

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Family Foodies, co-hosted by Vanesther at Bangers & Mash and Louisa over at Eat Your Veg, is all about cheap and cheerful family recipes this month.

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Chicken, Apple & Sage Nuggets

No junk chicken and apple nuggets with a touch of fresh sage - ideal for children and adults alike!
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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

  • 350 grams leftover cold chicken finely chopped
  • 1 apple peeled and grated
  • 1 tbsp fresh sage finely chopped
  • 1/4 tsp smoked sea salt finely ground
  • freshly ground black pepper freshly ground, to taste
  • 50 grams plain flour for dredging
  • 2 free-range eggs beaten with 1 tbsp cold water
  • 150 grams fresh breadcrumbs
  • 1 litre sunflower oil for frying

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Instructions 

  • Mix finely chopped chicken, grated apple, sage, salt and pepper together in a bowl.
  • Using a tablespoon measure, scoop out spooonfuls of mixture and form into 1 x 2 inch nugget shapes. The moist apple helps keep it together.
  • Dredge the nuggets first in flour, then the egg dip before coating in breadcrumbs. Set aside on a lightly floured baking tray.
  • Heat oil to 180 C in a large heavy based pan (keep a lid nearby in case of fire).
  • Fry the nuggets, in batches, for 2-3 minutes each until golden. Drain on kitchen towel and serve immediately.

Notes

Stale ends of loaves can be blitzed in a food processor to make fine crumbs and then stored in the freezer until needed. I always use my breadcrumbs from frozen.

 


Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a selection of Maw Broon’s Sauces for review. All opinions expressed are our own. This is not a paid post.

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Comments

  1. Natally

    April 12, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    Going to try these when the kids have friends over

    Reply
  2. Maya Russell

    March 4, 2015 at 9:00 am

    Must get some Maw Broon’s sauce!

    Reply
  3. Kim Styles

    December 7, 2014 at 3:32 am

    Yummy what a lovely recipe and a great way to use up chicken leftovers!

    Reply
  4. Sam Williams

    October 22, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    This looks like a great way of using up any chicken left over from the Sunday roast

    Reply
  5. Heather Haigh

    August 20, 2014 at 9:40 am

    I just know we will all love this!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      August 20, 2014 at 9:59 am

      It’s a great way to use up leftover roast of jazz up some cheap thighs 🙂

      Reply
  6. Heather Haigh

    June 26, 2014 at 9:07 am

    Lovely idea for using up chicken. Never heard of the sauces before, must try and get some.

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    • Elizabeth

      June 26, 2014 at 9:17 am

      Thanks Heather 🙂 I was sent the sauces for review otherwise I’d never have heard of them either!

      Reply
      • David griffin

        August 6, 2017 at 10:33 pm

        Were can Iyou buy this sauces

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        • Elizabeth

          August 7, 2017 at 8:31 am

          I’m not really sure if they’re still trading, to be honest? This was a review sample sent to me years ago.

          Reply
  7. Helen B

    June 25, 2014 at 10:13 am

    I don’t like buying chicken nuggets either unless they are just literally a bit of chicken in breadcrumbs but then my son may as well just have plain chicken (which he’ll happily have!). Like the sound of these, though, and a different way to use up leftovers. I’m with other posters and not keen on deep frying so will give shallow frying or oven baking a go I think.

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  8. Paul Stokes

    June 24, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    I am so impressed. A chicken nugget is a chicken nugget I would have thought – but I love the idea of apple being included. Anything to sneak some more fruit and veg into the diet!

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  9. mummymakescakes

    May 20, 2014 at 8:21 am

    Those nuggets sound lovely and so much better than the preservative stuffed rubbish you can buy, I think I would be too scared of deep frying though, I might start them in a pan then finish them off in the oven with the chips instead x

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    • Elizabeth

      May 20, 2014 at 8:22 am

      I was really scared of deep frying too, for a long time, but now I keep a thermometer and pan lid next to me. I check the temperature regularly and the lid is there just in case it ignites! It’s never happened yet (knock on wood) but your pan/oven idea sounds like a healthier option!

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  10. Katherine GG

    May 15, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    What a lovely looking recipe! The combination of flavours sounds wonderful, especially using apple.

    The Maw Broon’s sauces look great too. I just love the retro bottles!

    Reply
  11. Camilla @FabFood4All

    May 15, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    I love the sound of these nuggets but I think I would shallow fry them as I am scared of deep frying and never know what to do with the leftover oil afterwards and don’t like to have to store it. Thank you for entering Credit Crunch Munch this month:-)

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    • Elizabeth

      May 15, 2014 at 1:53 pm

      There is quite a bit of wastage with the oil. I’ve never tried shallow frying them, to be honest – maybe I should! Deep frying scared me for a long time too but now I keep a lid nearby and never leave the cooker when the oil is over the heat; a lid popped onto an oil fire makes short work of it (not that I’ve ever had to try it out!)

      Reply
  12. Vanesther - Bangers & Mash

    May 14, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    These look absolutely delicious and I do like the idea of the apple in there too. Great entry for the Family Foodies cheap and cheerful challenge. Thank so much for taking part!

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    • Elizabeth

      May 15, 2014 at 8:19 am

      Thanks Vanesther for hosting such a fab challenge! The apple adds a nice, child-friendly, sweetness to the nuggets and it helps keep it bound together without adding an egg to the mix.

      Reply

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