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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Babies and Kids => Topic started by: astarra on November 13, 2011, 09:48:05 pm
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Name of Recipe:Healthy Chicken Nuggets
Number of People:Makes 40-50
Ingredients:300gm chicken breast - cut into large pieces
1 carrot - peeled and cut into chunks
1 zucchini - cut into chunks
1/2 C corn kernals - (I use frozen.)
1 1/2 T soy sauce
1 T cornflour
1 1/2 C grated tasty cheese (can do first in TM)
Preparation:Pre heat oven 175oC.
Process chicken, zucchini, carrot and corn together sp6-6sec or until chopped finely.
Add all other ingred. and mix together well approx sp6-15sec
Roll Tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on a lined tray.
Bake til golden and cooked through, approx 20-30min.
Photos:
Tips/Hints:These freeze well either cooked or uncooked.
Turkey can be used as a substitute for chicken.
Adaped from a recipe in Practical Parenting magazine - issue April 2010
members' comments
Cecilia - I made it tonight using leftover corn couscous instead of the corn and thighs instead of the breast but still yummy and much appreciated.
JuliaC83 - Mixture was too runny to form ball shapes so I just spooned dessertspoon servings on a lined tray and they cooked well!
Kimmyh - Tried these and loved them. Really easy and great that I don't need breadcrumbs or oil. Thanks Astarra these will be a regular from now on.
Amy - Yum yum yum!! I loved them!! I made 30 bigger ones.
I have made a variation on these. I omitted the cheese and soy sauce and added 2 tsp ground coriander and 1 tsp ground cumin. I shaped them bigger and served them on cous cous with a very simple curry sauce (250ml milk, 1 tsp yellow curry paste, 2 tsp cornflour - 10 mins/90 degrees/speed 4). Next time I might up the spices for a bit more, or I could add the soy sauce back to the mixture.
I had some of the raw mixture left over so I cooked it up and put it in a Varoma frittata for dinner. I added a little extra curry paste to the eggs so it had a bit more oomph. Delicious!!
MF - love the fact that they have no breadcrumbs or crackers. Good for lunch boxes with a salad.
jo nz - They went down a treat, thanks Astarra. They were especially popular with DH who kept saying the whole time "these are so delicious, you can make these again". It was a quick easy meal too - I made chunky oven fries in the oven at the same time and a salad to go with it. Will definitely make again.
AussieMum2Boys - My boys loved them and there were enough left over for tomorrow!
Frozzie - These were quite tasty.. We loved them but were in a hurry so made them patty size and shallow fried them.. Will bake next time .... Great little recipe. Forgot to say we had them on buns.. They went like a flash.
Brumington - These were delicious. I didn't have any sweetcorn so left it out. Added a bit of fresh basil. A good healthy treat for the kids. I'll send some cold with my eldest to kindy.
BZB - I was a tad disappointed when these nuggets didn't look crunchy like store-bought ones. But when I tasted one - Oh wow! It was sooo good!!
Chookie - Really nice. I cooked them in the AF. Made them in 2 different ways. First lot I rolled in Panko crumbs, the second lot cooked plain. The ones in crumbs took 8 minutes longer to cook, (15 mins / 180, flip 8 mins/180). These were also sprayed with Rice Bran oil.
The natural ones, no oil, 8 mins/ 180, flip 7 mins/ 180.
Both lots were cooked in a stainless steel dish.
With crumbs and oil spray, 23 minutes in AF. Served over rice and with Honey Mustard sauce.
Cally83 - just wanted to say how much my husband and I liked them. I swapped corn for mushrooms.
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Thanks very much for this recipe, astarra. I made it tonight using leftover corn couscous instead of the corn, and thighs instead of the breast, but still yummy and much appreciated.
Why don't you put it into the Babies and Toddlers competition at the Recipe Community? Might win yourself an extra bowl and blade set.
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thanks astarra,i have added this to my baby folder :-))
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Thanks very much for this recipe, astarra. I made it tonight using leftover corn couscous instead of the corn, and thighs instead of the breast, but still yummy and much appreciated.
Why don't you put it into the Babies and Toddlers competition at the Recipe Community? Might win yourself an extra bowl and blade set.
Thanks for trying this cecilia... was thinking it was no good for anyone else (tho my kids - and us- love them) now you are suggesting I enter it in... will give it a try, got nothing to lose!!! Thanks for letting me know about it! :)
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You are very welcome, astarra. The leftover nuggets are in the freezer, ready for DGS's next visit. We're lucky there were leftovers, actually, as DH and I really loved them!! Good luck in the competition. PM me if you can't find where to put your entry in. :)
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Made these for dinner last night with a side salad :)
Mixture was too runny to form ball shapes, so I just spooned dessertspoon servings on a lined tray and they cooked well!
Thank you :)
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Thanks for the photo Julia - it always helps sell a recipe ;)
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Love this idea :) thanks
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Might try these soon, that photo looks great Julia :D I'm sure they're not just for kids ;)
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Nope, not just for kids Amy - hope you enjoy them!
And thanx for the review and photo, Julia. :)
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will try this for the kids
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Tried these and loved them. Really easy and great that I don't need breadcrumbs or oil. Thanks Astarra these will be a regular from now on.
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I just went to the effort of converting the turkey balls from the latest P.Parenting mag...to find it is identical to this one but uses turkey instead of chicken. :-)) :-)) :-))
With the turkey tho, we found they needed salt and pepper. ???
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Thats funny astarra :-)) ;D
This is on my menu plan for next week, I can't wait for them! I'm hoping they will be like the chicken nuggets I used to have when I was little :D
Maybe you could just modify the recipe to say chicken or turkey? :)
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Posting my review because I finally made these last night :D
Yum yum yum!! I loved them!! I could have eaten the whole lot with a nice puddle of tomato sauce ;D
But I was healthy and served them with salad :-))
Mine must have been a little bigger because I only made about 30. But that was okay because we're not little kids so we have bigger mouths to fit them in ;D
Thanks for the recipe astarra :-* These will be a regular here!
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;D ;D ;D
Glad you tried them, and glad you liked them! :D
Wonder if they should be in a different section other than babies and kids? ??? Tho my kids do love them!! :D
I have also made the mix into burger patties too, they went down just as well in a bun with salad and...sauce! :-))
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Can't go without the sauce :D I was thinking burger patties as well!! Or a filling for sausage rolls ;)
Maybe you could copy and paste the recipe into starters and snacks too? :)
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Love these too girls. Definitely for grown ups too. Like the pattie idea.
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Oh will have to try these out on the kids.. My dd loves nuggets!
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I made a variation on these tonight :)
I omitted the cheese and soy sauce and added 2 tsp ground coriander and 1 tsp ground cumin. I shaped them bigger and served them on cous cous with a very simple curry sauce (250ml milk, 1 tsp yellow curry paste, 2 tsp cornflour - 10 mins/90 degrees/speed 4). Next time I might up the spices for a bit more, or I could add the soy sauce back to the mixture ;)
This probably wouldn't go down as well with kids, but we really enjoyed it :D
I can see a few other possible variations for this recipe. Thanks again for posting it astarra! :D :-*
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Yum Amy!
My girls do like curry sauce so maybe.... ;)
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That looks great Amy and a great adaption.
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Thanks Wonder :)
Astarra, my curry sauce was quite mild and the coconut essence in there cuts through some of the heat ;)
SD has the leftover nuggets for lunch today, and I have a bit of the raw mixture left which I might cook up and put in omelettes for dinner :D
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Well, I cooked up my leftover mixture and put it in a Varoma frittata for dinner :D I added a little extra curry paste to the eggs so it had a bit more oomph. Delicious!! ;D
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Great tweaks Amy. Well done :)
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Yummy astarra ;)
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Making these now for the kids.
They look delicious and love the fact that they have no breadcrumbs or crackers.
Good for lunch boxes with a salad. :)
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I just mixed up a batch of these, and DS tells me "they look much yummier than McDonalds nuggets"
I'm not sure he's actually seen a lot of McD nuggets, but anyway, sounds like they'll be getting eaten up tonight!
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How cute, Jo
Hope they like them! :)
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They went down a treat, thanks Astarra. They were especially popular with DH who kept saying the whole time "these are so delicious, you can make these again"
It was a quick easy meal too - I made chunky oven fries in the oven at the same time, and a salad to go with it. Will definitely make again.
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I made these tonight. My boys loved them and there were enough left over for tomorrow! (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/09/u3eduvyr.jpg)
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What gorgeous little munchkins!!! :)
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Thanks goldfish. I think they are pretty cute but I'm biased ;)
L1 kept on saying 'these are daaaahhh-licious'
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. . not biased . . just blessed!! ;) ;D ;D
Isn't it just great when what you've cooked for them is just sooo appreciated!! ;D ;D
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Yay, go boys ;D Nice to see them tucking into the nuggets AM2B, thanks for sharing your lovely boys with us.
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Gorgeous boys AM2B, and the nuggets look pretty good too! :D No wonder the boys are smiling ;D
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Lovely photo of your DS's eating heartily AM2B :)
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Love the pics AM2B, and so happy they loved the nuggets!!! :D :D :D :D
They are cuties. :-*
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Gorgeous photo - the nuggets look yummy too. :)
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Great photo :)
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We had the left over nuggets for lunch and the boys gobbled them up. Definitely going to be a regular dinner option.
Thanks for all you're kind words about my boys. They drive me nuts sometimes!
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These were quite tasty.. We loved them but were in a hurry so made them patty size and shallow fried them.. Will bake next time .... Great little recipe :) thx
Fortgotto say we had them on buns.. They went likea flash lol
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These were delicious. I didn't have any sweetcorn so left it out. Added a bit of fresh basil. A good healthy treat for the kids. I'll send some cold with my eldest to kindy.
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So so glad everyone seems to be enjoying these!! :D :D
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These will be one of the first things I try when I get mine on Thursday :)
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These will be one of the first things I try when I get mine on Thursday :)
Please let us know what you think of them! :D
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I was a tad disappointed when these nuggets didn't look crunchy like store-bought ones. But when I tasted one - Oh wow! It was sooo good!!
Thanks Astarra :)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/20/za3anure.jpg)
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Thanx for the review BZB , and glad you liked them - even if you did have to close your eyes!! ;)
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Astarra, they looked fine. Just wrong expectation on my end. Most importantly, the nuggets were yum! :P
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BZB - have you tried these in your AF?? :)
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Not yet, Astarra. I will :)
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I made these tonight for the kids and it went down a treat! Used some broccoli and cauli florets instead of zucchini and reduced cornflour. Yummy!
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Astarra, after reading all the rave reviews , I just had to try these. Really nice. I cooked them in the AF. Made them in 2 different ways. First lot I rolled in Panko crumbs , the second lot cooked plain.
The ones in crumbs took 8 minutes longer to cook, ((15 mins / 180), flip 8 mins/180. These were also sprayed with Rice Bran oil.
The natural ones , no oil, 8 mins/ 180, flip 7 mins/ 180.
Both lots were cooked in a stainless steel dish.
I have taken photos of both. The ones in the bowl are crumbed ones, the one on the small dish, no oil, on crumb
The mix made 19 , so are larger than the recipe states.
Astarra thanks for the recipe. Will make again
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(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/27/e8u8apas.jpg)
Without oil or crumbs, baked in AF, 15 minutes(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/27/zaharyra.jpg)
With crumbs and oil spray, 23 minutes in AF. Served over rice and with Honey Mustard sauce.
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Yum Chookie they look great!
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Yum, Chookie! Which ones did you prefer?
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Yum, Chookie! Which ones did you prefer?
BZB, I think I liked the ones without the crumbs. Will cut back on the cheese next time.
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I was going to ask you that question Chookie. The no-crumbs batch does look better.
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They both look delicious chookie.
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:D
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This is my first post in the Forum Thermomix! Total newb here!
I made these golden chicken nuggets tonight and just wanted to say how much my husband and I liked them. :) The real test will be tomorrow when my LO tries them! She's not a fan of corn so I swapped that for mushrooms.
I was thinking about making another version without cheese but with garlic, onion and coriander. Do you think they would still stick together without the cheese or is that the ingredient that holds it together?
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Hi and welcome cally83. :)
I'm glad you enjoyed the nuggets, hope your LO does too! ;) I haven't tried them without the cheese, so can't answer that question, tho I can't see it being too much of a problem...try it and see!! ;D
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Thanks, Astarra. I'll let you know how I go if I try it! :)
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Cally, I just read on page 2 of this thread where Amy posted she had made them without cheese, so obviously it can be done! ;) :D
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Welcome to the forum Cally83. :)
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Hello Cally83, welcome to the forum. We really appreciate comments of our recipes, it is especially nice for those who posted the recipe.
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Hi Cally