I was craving chicken nuggets and came up with this recipe.  It's nothing extraordinary and others have probably come up with similar recipes.  However, they turned out pretty good, were very filling and satisfied my craving.

Low Carb Chicken Nuggets
1 package chicken tenders (approx 1 lb)
2 eggs
1 cup almond flour (I used Bob's Redmill)
3 tbs herbs and spices (I used a garlic & onion blend)

1) Slightly beat eggs in a decent sized bowl (I used a big square shaped tupperware container).
2) Mix together almond flour, herbs and spices in a big mixing bowl.
3) Rinse tenders under cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
4) Cut tenders into nugget sized chunks.
-- Do the following 2 steps in a few batches
5) Dredge the nuggets in the egg.
6) Throw the dredged nuggets in the almond flour mixture and toss until the nuggets are evenly coated.
7) Place coated nuggets into a big Ziploc bag and put in the refigerator for at least an hour.
8) When ready to fry, heat the oil to about 350 degrees.  You can either deep fry or pan fry, just until the centers are no longer pink.  It only take a few minutes.  To test, fish the biggest chunk out of the oil and cut into it.

This made about 4 10 piece servings.  When I first made them, I made an initial batch immediately and put the rest in the refrigerator.  While the first batch turned out decent, the ones that I made later from the refrigerated nuggets were much better.  I used peanut oil and deep fried them.  I'm beginning to learn that peanut oil is not a great oil to use (high O6 content), but I'm not sure what to use as an adequate O3 substitute yet.

I used ranch dressing as a dipping sauce.  Next time I'm going to make a lemon pepper version.  I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll have to come up with my own lemon pepper spice mixture, because all of the commercial brands I've seen are loaded with sugar!


The nutritional information is a rough estimate of using 1/2 the egg mixture and 1/2 the almond mixture, not including the oil used for frying:
Calories 189, Carbohydrates 3.1 (Fiber 1.5 g, Sugars .596 g), Fat 8.74 g, Protein 26.6 g.