recipe

Crispy Fried Chicken Ricotta Nuggets

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Total time: 55 mins.
Difficulty: Low
Serves: 25 nuggers

Fried Chicken Ricotta Nuggets are a very tasty recipe. These are delicious fried morsels, crispy on the outside and soft and tasty on the inside, prepared with a blended mixture of strips of chicken breast, ricotta, fresh cream, egg whites, chopped mint and parsley.

Coated in flour, then in beaten eggs and then in breadcrumbs, before being dipped in plenty of boiling seed oil, these delicious nuggets are perfect to bring to the table either as an appetizer or as a tasty finger food to accompany your brunch time with inviting homemade sauces. Alternatively, you could also use them to garnish a plate of spaghetti, with either Alfredo sauce or tomato sauce.

Ingredients

Chicken breast
400g
Ricotta
200g
Fresh cream
100ml
Egg whites
2
mint sprigs
2
chopped parsley tuft
1
Pepper
to taste
salt
to taste
for breading
eggs
3
all-purpose flour
to taste
breadcrumbs
to taste
for frying
peanut oil (or sunflower oil)
1 liter

How to Make Fried Chicken Ricotta Nuggets

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Step 1
Step 1

To prepare the chicken and ricotta nuggets, first cut the chicken breasts into strips and place them in the bowl of a mixer.

To prepare the chicken and ricotta nuggets, first cut the chicken breasts into strips and place them in the bowl of a mixer.

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Step 2
Step 2

Add the ricotta well drained from the whey.

Add the ricotta well drained from the whey.

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Step 3
Step 3

Pour the fresh cream.

Pour the fresh cream.

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Step 4
Step 4

Flavor with chopped mint and parsley.

Flavor with chopped mint and parsley.

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Step 5
Step 5

Blend everything well until you obtain a fairly smooth mixture.

Blend everything well until you obtain a fairly smooth mixture.

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Step 6
Step 6

Then add the egg whites, season with salt and pepper and continue mixing.

Then add the egg whites, season with salt and pepper and continue mixing.

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Step 7
Step 7

Then take small portions of dough and shape them with your hands into slightly flattened nuggets.

Then take small portions of dough and shape them with your hands into slightly flattened nuggets.

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Step 8
Step 8

Coat the chicken and ricotta nuggets in flour.

Coat the chicken and ricotta nuggets in flour.

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Step 9
Step 9

Dip them in the beaten eggs.

Dip them in the beaten eggs.

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Step 10
Step 10

Cover them with breadcrumbs.

Cover them with breadcrumbs.

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Step 11
Step 11

Dip the chicken and ricotta nuggets into the boiling seed oil and fry them until golden brown, taking care to turn them from time to time with a spoon.

Dip the chicken and ricotta nuggets into the boiling seed oil and fry them until golden brown, taking care to turn them from time to time with a spoon.

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Step 12
Step 12

Once ready, remove the nuggets with a slotted spoon.

Once ready, remove the nuggets with a slotted spoon.

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Step 13
Step 13

Let them drain on a sheet of kitchen paper.

Let them drain on a sheet of kitchen paper.

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Step 14
Step 14

Enjoy!

Enjoy!

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