Can you air fry chicken nuggets?

Chef's answer
Place chicken nuggets in basket of air fryer, in a single layer. Spray the nuggets with olive oil spray (this helps them get golden brown and crispy). You will not be able to cook them all at once. Cook each batch of chicken nuggets for 7 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 165?F.
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Chicken nuggets are in fact usually made of the same meat that you see in the supermarket, that is, broiler meat. Most chicken nuggets start as a split breast of chicken. You might read on the package that the product contains, "rib meat." Rib meat is simply a natural extension of the breast meat.
Place chicken nuggets in basket of air fryer, in a single layer. Spray the nuggets with olive oil spray (this helps them get golden brown and crispy). You will not be able to cook them all at once. Cook each batch of chicken nuggets for 7 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 165?F.
Chicken nuggets aren't a health food, but I've got a picky eater who would live on chicken nuggets if I let her. Fortunately, Aldi sells slightly healthier whole grain nuggets as a Special Buy (ALDI Find) from time to time. I always stock up. Read our review of Aldi's ALDI Find chicken fries at this link.
So what about pink slime? Sorry to break it to the fast-food skeptics: McNuggets aren't made from pink slime. The rosy-hued mystery meat is actually made from processed lean beef trimmings, which are sometimes used as fillers to bulk up meat products.
Ingredients: White Boneless Chicken, Water, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), Enriched Flour (bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Bleached Wheat Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Vegetable Starch (modified Corn, Wheat, Rice, Pea, ....
Just recently, McDonald's announced that it would end the summer season by giving its beloved Chicken McNuggets a spicy makeover. The Spicy Chicken McNuggets and Mighty Hot Sauce, which is made of red peppers and hot chilis, will be available on September 16 for a limited time.
Both products are thought to pose no health risk, but who wants to eat food with ingredients that you can't pronounce? The Verdict: Most varieties of processed chicken nuggets should be eaten sparingly. Besides offering little nutritional value, there contain an overwhelmingly high amount of preservatives..
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