Quinoa Chicken Nuggets

📝 Ingredients

• 70 g quinoa
• 20 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 140 ml water
• 3 chicken breasts, (cut in cubes)
• 1 tsp salt and pepper to taste
• 100 g all purpose flour
• 1 egg + 1 tsp water
• quinua form above
• 500 ml vegetable or canola oil for frying

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- For the quinoa ---
2. 2Wash throughly the quinoa until the water comes out clean to remove the saponins that give a bitter aftertaste and are also toxic in large amounts. Let the excess water drip.
3. 3Put the olive oil and quinua in a pot on medium heat and seal for a minute.
4. 4Add the water and wait for it to brake into a boil. When this happens, put a lid on it and lower the heat to a minimum. Let it cook until it's completely dry without stirring it (15-20min).
5. 5Let it cool down.
6. 6--- For the quinoa chicken nuggets ---
7. 7Season the chicken cubes with salt and pepper.
8. 8Bread them by going first through flour (remove the excess), then the egg (let the excess drip), and finally the quinoa.
9. 9Take them to the freezer for 15min or to the fridge for at least 30min or a maximum of 8 hours. This makes the egg harden and makes it less likely that the breading comes off during frying.
10. 10Fry in the oil at medium heat. You can see the amount of bubbles that we're looking for in the oil on the video lines above.
11. 11Put them on kitchen paper so the excess oil is removed and serve them hot with your favourite purée or sauce.