Everyone loves chicken nuggets, and if you’re a mom, you’ll know that chicken nuggets are our secret weapon and a must-have for toddlers.
Now how do you make delicious and crispy chicken nuggets without deep-frying? You bake them to make these amazing baked chicken nuggets that feed the entire family, including the pickiest eaters.
The secret ingredient in this baked chicken nuggets recipe is Parmesan cheese. Mix grated Parmesan cheese with the panko bread crumbs and generously coat the chicken.
If you don’t have panko, you can use regular bread crumbs, but I will tell you that Japanese panko will make the baked chicken nuggets extremely light, airy, and super crispy!
This is the BEST Parmesan baked chicken nuggets recipe you’ll find online, with real chicken and a few simple ingredients. Prep time is only 20 minutes and the oven will do the rest. Enjoy!
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Parmesan Baked Chicken Nuggets Recipe
Parmesan Baked Chicken Nuggets - Best nuggets with real chicken & Parmesan, no deep-frying. The easiest baked chicken nuggets recipe ever
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, approximately 1 lb.
- 1 1/4 cup panko, bread crumbs
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten cooking spray
Spicy Ketchup Dipping Sauce:
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons sriracha or any spicy chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Instructions
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Combine all the ingredients for the Spicy Ketchup Dipping Sauce and chill.
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut the chicken into 1.5-2 inches pieces. Set on a dish.
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Spread panko in a thin layer on rimmed baking sheet and bake for about 3 minutes in the middle rack, until light brown. Transfer the panko to a shallow dish and mix in the Parmesan and coarse salt. Drizzle the oil and mix well. Set out the flour and eggs in separate dishes. Increase the oven temperature to 450°F. Place a wire rack on the baking sheet, lightly coat with cooking spray.
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In small batches, coat the chicken in flour, shaking off any excess, dip in egg, and lastly coat well with panko. Transfer to the rack. Bake the chicken until desired tenderness, about 12-14 minutes, turning when halfway through. Serve nuggets with the Spicy Ketchup Dipping Sauce.
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Emliy Jeson
is one of my favorite item. Thank you for sharing this awesome stuff here
Perry
Great! hungry now, I have to try this week. Thank you for sharing!
Hanna
It is a cool recipe. I must try this recipe this weekend for my friends. I will be back with reviews. I will make an original one and the additional ingredients.
Laurie Slagter
Is there coconut on them? Looks like it but I don’t see it mentioned in the reachpe.
Rasa Malaysia
No they are Parmesan cheese.
Audrey Beckerle
Has anyone tried baking these and then reheating in the microwave? I am meal prepping and while I know that I can put them in the freezer and bake them at home, I only have access to a microwave at work!
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, you can reheat in the microwave.
Kaitlyn
Hoping you are still answering questions on this recipe. I was wondering if you used the powdered parm or the shredded stuff? It says grated but I’ve noticed some people use that word interchangeably for the two different ones. Was planning on making this tonight and I have both but wanted to make sure I used the right one.
Rasa Malaysia
Shredded and not powdered in the bottle. Good luck with your baked chicken nuggets!
Tina Lykens
I really love these chicken nuggets! Is there a way to make them gluten free & still taste as good?
Tina
Made it tonight and loved it! The Nuggets were super crispy. The chicken was very moist and the sauce was prefect! Thank you! I also made parmesan zucchini chips to go with it. Yummy!
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Tina, sounds good I am so happy you liked my baked chicken nuggets.
robert
Dear Rasa, I love cooking, and I love your recipes, but this recipe picture I think shows coconut on the chicken, but I don’t see it in the recipe list , anyplace. Please let me know what I am seeing , thanks so much .
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Robert, no they are not coconut, but Parmesan cheese. :)
Lauren
I used this recipe tonight to make chicken tenders for chicken parm. It was so fantastic! I think this is the first time I’ve ever baked chicken with a breading successfully. It was crispy and tender. You’d never know it wasn’t fried.
Anita Charette
Tried your nuggets today. Fantastic – and I think I’ve cooked every recipe that you can imagine. I don’t know if its prebrowning the Panko or what but this is the ONLY way I will do chicken nuggets! thanks so much!
Smith
Well, I’ll start with my 8yr old loved them. And they are nicely crunchy! Unfortunately, waaaay too much time, prep/clean up and very bland flavor put this in the UN-Pin file. Everything took much longer to brown as well.
Karen
Made these today for lunch. My daughter ate them with her sauce and we cut them up onto salads. They were AWESOME! My husband and I both love the crunch and the fact they are so much better than anything else. Thank for sharing. I made them exactly according to the recipe and they turned out perfect.
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Karen, thanks for trying my Parmesan baked chicken nuggets recipe. :)
Bee
Can you tell me the caloric information for these?
Rasa Malaysia
I will soon have Nutrition Facts for this recipe, please stay tuned.
Kim R.
Just made these today for my picky 3 year old daughter and she LOVED them! Great alternative to frying and McDonald’s!
Carolyn
If you can’t find panko breadcrumbs will another kind do dust as well?
Rasa Malaysia
You can just use regular bread crumbs but now major supermarkets have panko.
Daniel
These are awesome. I tried them once straight up and was very impressed. Second time I brined the chicken and it was glorious. Highly recommend brining for at least a few hours. Thanks very much!
Haley
Cannot wait to bake these tonight! Any other suggestions for the sauce in the spicy ketchup?(besides sriracha)
Brittany
This recipe is super fantastic! I love making a large batch of these then putting them in the freezer for a quick lunch or dinner for a different day. Actually, would it be okay if I featured this recipe in a roundup I am doing at penniesintopearls.com? I would only be using a link and one photo in a collage that would link back to this page for the readers to get the recipe here. Hope you have a great day!
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Brittany, of course, please do so and thanks for checking with me. I am glad that you like this recipe. :)
Nancy
Hi! I used your recipe to make a spin-off of my own that is sooo good! I actually don’t even use parmesan in them lol! I don’t use eggs either. The chicken is wet enough on its own so the breadcrumbs stick to it on its own just fine! I (don’t measure) put in paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and dried parsley! I’ve had them soo many times now!
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Nancy, sounds like a great idea. I love it!
Linda
Not a great success. Nuggets were not flavorful, even using freshly grated paremsan. Far easier to put eggs in baggie, adding nuggets and squeezing to coat. Toss panko/parmesan in….voila!
Did like the spicy dipping sauce.
Rebekah @ Naturally Blessed Mama
These are delicious! Our kids love them.
Jonna
I have fixed these Parmesan chicken nuggets several times for my family. It is a joke now with my EIGHTEEN year old daughter because you mention your toddlers loving this recipe. My baby girl who is getting ready to graduate asked tonight for chicken with “crunchy stuff” on it. I knew exactly which recipe she meant! My 11 year old son is actually making them for his sister tonight. We love this!!
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Jonna, hahaha, so funny. I know right, I actually don’t mind eating this Parmesan baked chicken nuggets, even though we know it’s supposed to be for kids. Shhhhhh. ;)
Dana
These were great. Just made them for dinner
Lawnrence
Great! hugry now, I have to try this this week. Thank you for sharing!
Jill
nice that these are not fried. I have found organic farm raised, no antibiotic, baked, white meat chicken nuggets at whole foods. As FT working parents, we do not always have time to make foods from scratch. Your recipe sounds much tastier, but just saying that most natural foods markets do have healthy chicken nuggets when there’s no time to cook.
CJ
Kids aren’t the only ones who like nuggets! My fiance and I crushed these tonight. These nuggets were awesome! I can’t whip them up as fast as you but it was worth it. :) Thanks for the tasty recipe.
Rasa Malaysia
CJ – I know we all love this “real” chicken nuggets. By the way, you should try the exact recipe for shrimp and make popcorn shrimp. :)
https://rasamalaysia.com/parmesan-baked-popcorn-shrimp/
Jennifer
Hi! Looks great! Do you drizzle the oil in the bread crumbs or over the chicken before dredging it in the flour?
Thanks!
Rasa Malaysia
Oil in the panko.
Kay
i made these tonight- they were delicious! Nice and crispy and a wonderful flavor. Thanks so much for a wonderful and kid friendly recipe:)
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Kay thanks for trying this Parmesan baked chicken nuggets recipe. :)
Kristi
I tried these tonight for the first time. My DH and I couldn’t quit eating them. My picky daughter loved them. The only one that missed out was my little boy who is recovering from having his tonsils out and they were simply too crunchy for him. But I will definitely make them again and again so he can eventually enjoy, too. I have never been successful with getting a good crunch when I bread something, but this time I was quite pleased with the result
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Kristi, so happy that you and your family enjoyed this recipe. Thanks for your sweet comment. :)
Marti
Why do you Brown the Panko? :)
Rasa Malaysia
Make the panko coating super crispy.
Kristine
Has anyone tried freezing these? If so, before or after baking and what do. You do before serving? These would be neat to just make a couple hundred and freeze at one time.
Grace
When I clean my whole chicken breast to make thin slices for cutlets or cordon blue, I use the uneven pieces to make nuggets. I coat them with flour, egg and breadcrumbs; then I placed them flat inside a freezer ziplock bag and freeze them. When I’m ready to make them, I take out as many pieces as I need – for my grandchildren I use few pieces for snack, lunch or dinner – and place them in the oven to cook for 15 minutes. I’ll try to make them with panko today.
Rasa Malaysia
That’s a great idea about uneven pieces, thanks for the tip!
Mary
I have a silly question. It says to “drizzle the oil”. I’m guessing you mean to drizzle the pan w/ oil??
Rasa Malaysia
Transfer the panko to a shallow dish and mix in the Parmesan and coarse salt. Drizzle the oil and mix well.
Drizzle the oil in the panko+parmesan+salt mixture.
Marie Knudsen
I wondered about that, too!
Brandi
These were great! Thank you for sharing…My family loved them!
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks for trying my Parmesan baked chicken nuggets recipe.
Amy Duke
Thank You for sharing all of your wonderful recipes I am anxious to try a few tonight
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Amy! Let me know how they turn out. :)
Annie
Hi, this looks delicious! Have a question though, what does panko mean?
Rasa Malaysia
It’s Japanese bread crumbs.
MS
Hi Bee, can I use air fryer in place of the oven? Tks
Rasa Malaysia
I think you can. :)
Annie
Bee
Thank you so much I will be making these real soon.
Annie
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Annie. Happy cooking!
Listening Daisy
Thank you for this recipe! I cooked it for my mom when I was to lazy to cook a full dinner. She loved it!
Brittney
Do you know if these freeze well? I’d love to make a batch or two up in advance and then dethaw as needed.
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, you can freeze them. Reheat them in the oven (not microwave) for best result.
loveyee
So true, Bee. I have made my own chicken nuggets few times but with pan-fry. Kids love it so much. Your version looks healthier n time saving.
Kelly
Yummo!! I’m quite partial to Chicken Nuggets and this will be a guilt free way to enjoy them!
Simon Jensen via Facebook
Wow. even real chicken. The real deal beats the mystery meat found in the frozen junk any day.
Angeline
Hi Bee,
I already cook chicken nuggets from scratch for my hubby as he loves them, but I’ll be glad to try your recipe on him. It sounds delicious and home cooked is better than fast food junk.
Louis Yong via Facebook
That’ll be nice. Wait to see it. Thanks! It’s still my favorite soup.
Rasa Malaysia via Facebook
Louis Yong Yes I do. My family makes it all the time, maybe I will shoot some pictures and post. LOL.
Louis Yong via Facebook
Hi Bee, do you have a Asian duck ( soup ) recipe ? Cook with sour/pickle vegetables and sour preserved plums…
Simon
Homemade nuggets beats McDonald’s any day. Gonna try this one for my girlfriend as she’s a nugget fan. Baked stuff is always better than the deep fat fryer anyway.
Tom
Thanks Bee, I’m sure that these would be a huge hit with my pre-schooler, actually the whole family!