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Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets
It is the essential kid food that I also enjoyed very much during my childhood in the 80s!
Of course there are frozen ones and the ones from the restaurant with the 2 golden arches, but THESE Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets do not have fillers and are amazing as they fit into a low carb, keto AND gluten free lifestyle.
I will show you in my quick video below how fast these come together!
- Made with a can of chicken so no need to work with raw chicken!
- Choose your own flavor of pork rinds as this will ultimately be the flavor that shines the most in these!
- You can mix in a bowl, but I HIGHLY recommend using a food processor to make these Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets so the chicken gets broken down enough to form the texture we really want!
- Make it fun when you have different dipping sauces available to go with your Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets! Try my Low Carb Honey Mustard recipe but leave out the additional milk it calls for to make it a dip!
- You can also make these Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets ahead of time for meal prep and freeze them! Just reheat in the oven or airfryer for 7 minutes!
Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients
- 12.5 ounce canned chicken drained
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¾ cup crushed pork rinds any flavor
- cooking spray avocado oil recommended
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the canned chicken, almond flour, mozzarella cheese, egg, onion powder, and garlic powder until well incorporated.
- Alternately, and recommended, put all in a food processor and process until combined.
- Scoop out in 2 tbsp amounts, pat into a nugget shape.
- Dip each chicken nugget into the crushed pork rinds, coating all sides, lightly pressing the crumbs into the nugget.
- Place the nugget on a cookie sheet, or air fryer basket lightly sprayed with cooking spray.
- Spritz a light coating of cooking spray on top of the nuggets.
- Bake or Air fry at 400 for 7 minutes, flip, and bake or air fry 7-8 minutes more, until crispy.
- Store leftovers in the freezer up to 2 months, or fridge for 5 days.
- Reheat in oven or airfryer for 7 minutes.
Notes
You will not be disappointed in these Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets at all! I used the pepperoni pork rinds for these and they were a hit with my kids and I loved them too!
Check out my other air fryer recipes like my Keto Dutch Baby Cups and Keto Air Fryer Sausage Breakfast Muffins!
What would be YOUR dip that you choose to dip these Air Fryer Keto Chicken Nuggets in?
Leave me a comment with your ideas!
