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Saturdays with Rachael Ray – Oven-Baked Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Nuggets

Filed under Main Dishes - Chicken

Apr 3
Just the other day, I was reading a blog post from a wonderful neighbor of mine over at White Lotus Cooks. (If you haven’t checked out her blog yet, you really should!) In this particular post, she was talking about a recent episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and processed chicken nuggets. I’m sad to say that I haven’t watched the show yet, (I actually haven’t seen much tv at all lately because life has been so crazy), but it is definitely on my “to watch” list. But I have to say that I had a smile come across my face as I read her post, knowing just the night before, I had chicken nuggets for dinner. No, not the processed chicken nuggets from McDonalds. But these Oven-Baked Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Nuggets from Rachael Ray. The funny thing is, is that as I was feeding them to my daughter, who loved them by the way, all I could think to myself was how proud I was of myself for feeding her such a healthy alternative to the stuff you can buy at the drive through. And then I saw Veeda’s post, and it made me feel even better!!

Oven-Baked Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Nuggets
from the Rachael Ray Show

Serves 4

total time: about 40 minutes

2 pounds ground chicken breast
1/2 small onion, grated
2 cloves garlic, grated
1 cup shredded carrots
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
2 tablespoons steak seasoning
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, divided
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups crushed cornflakes
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup hot sauce
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 400ºF.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken, onion, garlic, carrots, celery, steak seasoning and blue cheese. Work the mixture together then portion it out balls about the size of a golf ball.

Set up three dishes on the countertop: One with 1 cup flour, one with the beaten eggs and one with the corn flakes. Coat the balls first in the flour, then in the egg, and finally in the corn flakes. (Check out the fake-out chicken nuggets!) Arrange the balls on a baking sheet and bake in the oven until golden brown and cooked through, about 20 minutes.

While the nuggets are baking, place a small saucepot over medium heat with the butter. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons flour over the butter and cook for about 1 minute. Whisk the stock and hot sauce into the pan, season with salt and pepper, and simmer until thickened, 2-3 minutes.

Serve the oven-baked chicken nuggets with the buffalo dipper alongside.

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I have decided to change up my Saturdays with Rachael Ray just a little bit. After thinking about it over the week, here’s how it’s going to work:
- You can link any blog post, present or past, as long as it is a Rachael Ray recipe.
- Your blog post must link back to this post, mentioning Saturdays with Rachael Ray.
That’s it!! Simple, simple. Just make sure the recipe is a Rachael Ray recipe – it doesn’t matter if it comes from her talk show, 30-Minute Meals, her magazine, or one of her cookbooks. But it must be from Rachael Ray. Any posts that don’t follow these two rules will be deleted from the Mr. Linky.

I can’t wait to see what you’ve made!
12 Comments

12 Responses to “Saturdays with Rachael Ray – Oven-Baked Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Nuggets”

Rosa's Yummy Yums said on April 3rd, 2010 at 3:46 pm

A very pleasant recipe! Those nuggets must be really scrumptious!

Cheers,

Rosa

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Joanne said on April 3rd, 2010 at 10:35 pm

Real chicken nuggets like these covered in buffalo sauce = good.

Disgusting chicken nuggets made of gizzards and all sorts of other ferocious bits that Jamie Olive made = bad. The show is awesome. I highly recommend it.

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Chef Aimee said on April 4th, 2010 at 12:06 am

I admit that I personally cannot stand Ray Ray. She irritates me to no end. HOWEVER, her recipes are always great and I will always give her that! Her Mexican Lasagna is one of my favorite dishes ever. As for these nuggets – fantastic! I am a fan of cornflakes on chicken baked in the oven.

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Risa said on April 4th, 2010 at 3:27 am

This looks yummy!

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teresa said on April 4th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

oh my gosh, these look amazing, and much healthier than the bagged stuff! happy easter!

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Kerstin said on April 5th, 2010 at 2:01 am

The blue cheese is so unique in these – yum!

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grace said on April 5th, 2010 at 9:11 am

i'm pretty sure that chicken nuggets were my favorite food from ages 4 to 10 or maybe even longer, but this batch definitely appeals to the adult in me (she's there, i know, even though she only emerges from time to time…).

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Veeda said on April 5th, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Hey! How nice.

And wow, I love this rendition of chicken nuggets. I can't wait to try it myself.

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Julie said on April 6th, 2010 at 12:51 am

I'd love to try these, they look great!

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Cara said on April 13th, 2010 at 11:23 am

Trust me, you don't need to see Jamie's segment on nuggets!

After watching this show I can say that your daughter must be one of the lucky ones, to have a parent feeding her whole, healthy foods. These sound great!

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Lauren said on April 13th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

Adorable and creative take on chicken nuggets! My husband adores anything with buffalo sauce and blue cheese, so this recipe is going on my "to make" list.

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Cookie said on April 13th, 2010 at 5:28 pm

YUM! Baffalo sauce and chicken nuggets are a match made in heaven.

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