Baked Italian Chicken Nuggets and French Fries

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Making this dinner last week made me feel like the biggest kid again. There's nothing that screams kid food more than chicken nuggets and french fries. My little Brycen can eat a 5-piece nugget from Wendy's with no problem. He loves the nugget. And who says only kids can have nuggets? I'm all about nuggets. Especially when I can make delicious ones at home with homemade french fries and BAKE EVERYTHING. No pan of oil, no frying. This meal has quickly become a favorite at our house!

Baked Italian Chicken Nuggets
For the Love of Cooking

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized chunks
• 1 c. Italian style Panko crumbs or bread crumbs
• 1 egg, mixed well
• sea salt and fresh cracked pepper, to taste
• olive oil cooking spray

Baked French Fries
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• 4 russet potatoes (the small brown ones)
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• olive oil cooking spray
• salt and pepper, to taste

We dipped the nuggets in ranch dressing and barbecue sauce. If you're feeling really ambitious you can make a homemade marinara sauce. A good recipe is found with with the recipe for the chicken nuggets.

Begin by peeling and cutting up the potatoes into the shapes you would like your fries to be. Try to get them all about the same size so they'll all bake the same. Place in a plastic bag with the olive oil and shake until the potatoes are evenly coated. Set aside.

In the mean time, get your chicken ready to be made into nuggets and put your egg and crumbs into separate bowls. Season the egg with salt and pepper. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Place a cooling rack on top of a cookie sheet and spray the rack with cooking spray. Then dip one of the pieces of chicken into the egg and then into the crumbs, coating it evenly on all sides. Place it on the rack and repeat with the rest of the chicken. Spray the chicken with olive oil cooking spray.

Spray another cookie sheet with cooking spray and place the potatoes on it in a single layer.
Place the chicken nuggets and the potatoes in the oven together and bake for 20 minutes, turning the potatoes once about halfway through the cooking process. Then take the chicken out and put the potatoes in for about 10 more minutes or until they are cooked all the way through. When the fries are done, sprinkle with salt and serve with the nuggets.