A chicken nugget is generally a breaded or battered piece of minced pre-cooked chicken, which may be fried or baked in preparation for eating. The chicken nugget is a development of the traditional croquette. Fast food restaurants typically deep-fry their nuggets in oil. Oven baking is the usual and more healthy method of preparation at home in the oven or microwave.
The chicken nugget was invented in the 1950s by Robert C. Baker, a food science ...
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A chicken nugget is generally a breaded or battered piece of minced pre-cooked chicken, which may be fried or baked in preparation for eating. The chicken nugget is a development of the traditional croquette. Fast food restaurants typically deep-fry their nuggets in oil. Oven baking is the usual and more healthy method of preparation at home in the oven or microwave.
The chicken nugget was invented in the 1950s by Robert C. Baker, a food science professor at Cornell University, and published as unpatented academic work. Dr. Baker's innovations made it possible to form chicken nuggets in any shape. McDonald's recipe for Chicken McNuggets was created on commission from McDonald's by Tyson Foods in 1979 and the product was sold beginning in 1980.
A ruling in 2003 in a lawsuit brought against McDonald's on behalf of a group of obese teenagers catalogued the 38 ingredients in a Chicken McNugget.
After the success of Chicken nuggets, vegetarian alternatives have been launched at some fast...
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