Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Baked Buffalo Chicken Nuggets
Buffalo chicken nuggets make a tempting plate when you want something warm to pick up and dip. The coating has a little heat beneath savory crumbs, with Parmesan in the mix. Bring them to the table and enjoy a few with the dressing you like alongside.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Original yield
- Serves 6
- Ingredients
- 7 listed
Make it part of your week
Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Dinner
- Primary protein
- Chicken
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baking · Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
A few quick notes
1. Trim and cut before coating
Remove chicken fat and cut into the listed bite-size pieces before mixing the hot sauce and dry coating separately.
2. Coat in two stages
Cover chicken evenly in hot-sauce butter first, then toss with the seasoned breadcrumb mixture before arranging on the sheet.
3. Leave room between nuggets
Arrange with the stated gaps on the greased sheet, using a second sheet if needed rather than packing them together.
Get to know the ingredients
Melted butter with hot sauce
Whisk these together in their own dish, ready for the first coating on the chicken before the crumbs.
Italian breadcrumbs
Mix these with Parmesan, garlic powder and onion powder in the separate dry dish before coating the sauced pieces.
Parmesan in the coating
The Parmesan belongs in the breadcrumb mixture rather than a separate topping, coating the chicken before it bakes.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 6. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
How to make it
0 of 6 steps completeMake room for Baked Buffalo Chicken Nuggets
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Move racks during baking
Begin the bake on the lower rack, move to the upper rack and use the optional final broil for extra crispness.
A little more help as you go
Two dipping choices are included
Serve ranch or blue-cheese dressing with the baked Buffalo chicken nuggets if you like.
Prepare the sheet before arranging
Lightly grease or spray the baking sheet so the coated pieces are ready for the oven once spaced apart.
A few questions you might have
Is the hot sauce only a dipping sauce?
It is whisked with melted butter and coats the chicken before the dry breadcrumb mixture is added.
Should the chicken pieces touch on the tray?
Keep the stated space between them and use two sheets if necessary so the pieces are not crowded.
Does garlic go into the butter mixture?
Garlic powder goes into the dry crumbs with Parmesan and onion powder; the butter mixture contains hot sauce.
Do the nuggets fry before baking?
They are coated and arranged on a prepared sheet for the oven, with no separate frying stage.
Is broiling required?
It is an optional final step for extra crispness after moving the nuggets from the lower to upper oven rack.
Any more cooking tips?
This recipe makes about 40 nuggets. Dipping sauces: Homemade Ranch Dressing Blue Cheese Dressing
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: easyfamilyrecipes.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.
