Comments on: Copycat McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets

By: Skylar

Skylar — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:50:32 +0000

You did so awesome on this recipe!! I’m gluten, meat, and dairy free, so I made a few substitutions, but this works amazingly using GF flour, super firm tofu(that I just sliced into nugget size)and tapioca powder(for cornstarch)as replacements! I also added sparkling water (Topo Chico) as the cup of water and it makes them airy and crispy like McD’s!
*GF flour people might have to add extra water to batter though since it’s more drying. Thank you so much!! 🙂

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:22:41 +0000

Anyone that currently enjoys mcdonalds mcnuggets would enjoy these. I tried making these cuz I thought they’d be better than mcdonalds, and they technically were. For me tho, I just couldn’t get past the consistency of the nuggets. Making the “chicken paste” was probably the grossest thing I’ve encountered in over 10 years. Next time I go for these, I’m not gonna blend everything into a paste. Just gonna do an old fashioned ground chicken seasoned mix, shape them out, then freeze it, then do the cornstarch and wet batter mix. otherwise like I said, it’s pretty spot on for mcnugget lovers tho.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:15:28 +0000

In reply to Leigha. Hi Leigha! I'm so sorry that you had a rough time with it. I think that what happened was you stuck the fork IN the nugget mixture and tried to dip it like a cake pop. You just need to sit the cornstarch nugget ONTO the fork. "Place a nugget onto a fork. This will make it easy to dip into the batter." Then dip it into the batter. If you try to stick it into the chicken mixture like a popsicle stick, it won't work because the chicken mixture is too soft. You just want to place in on the fork tongs and dip the nugget into the batter.

By: Leigha

Leigha — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:50:56 +0000

Please tell me what I did wrong! I did every step to a T up until I have to stick a fork in the nuggets and dip them in the batter. The nuggets just fell apart before I could do anything with them. Too soft to stick a fork in so I tried picking them up with my hand it pure smoosh. I am super bummed. I wasted so much duck fat lol. I am new to all this. Should I have refrigerated the nuggets after the corn starch step? Please help! I really want to try this again and get it right.

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:02:09 +0000

In reply to Kaylynn. I've reheated them in the air fryer and in the microwave. They'll be crispier in the air fryer

By: Kaylynn

Kaylynn — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 16:35:26 +0000

In reply to Angie. How do you reheat these?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:50:48 +0000

I have 14 year old daughters, and they loved them as well as myself! next time I will double the wet batter. I ran out before I was done so I had to make another batter. We made a copycat Cane’s dip and it was a great dinner!

By: Shelby

Shelby — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:59:04 +0000

I ended up freezing these because I couldn’t dip then in the cornstarch or batter without it falling apart.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:52:28 +0000

In reply to Kyra. This particular recipe needs to be fried.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:51:54 +0000

In reply to Hannah. I just use regular vegetable oil. McDonalds does use beef tallow in their grease/oil but we just use vegetable oil at home.