Coconut Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients

• •2 lbs ground chicken (I used 2.3 lbs 'cause that's what I had; still worked out fine)
• •1 cup almond flour (almond flour)
• •to taste (I used a tbs of northwoods fire) Seasoning
• •1 large egg (the original recipe doubled would have been 2 egg yolks)
• •0.5 cup almond flour (almond flour)
• •1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)
• •to taste Salt and pepper
• •to shallow fry with. Oil

Instructions

1. In a suitable container for “breadcrumbing”, mix up the coating ingredients.
2. In a large bowl, use your hands to evenly mix the nugget ingredients. I found this mixture pretty sticky, even with my extra ground chicken, which freaked me the heck out at first. But that stickiness seems to be what allows you to skip a separate egg-dipping step in the “breadcrumbing” stage, so it's all good! Sticky means the coconut coating is gonna, umm, stick!
3. Take about 2 tablespoons of meat mixture at a time and dip them into the coating ingredients so that they have a nice, light, even layer of coconut. I found the easiest way to do this was to roll each “nugget” into round balls, then press lightly into the coating mixture – as you dip them, they flatten out to about the right shape as the meat mixture is very light and easy to over-squish if you start out with “nugget” shapes!
4. Heat up a skillet with a light coating of oil until it starts to shimmer – a medium heat is best to avoid spitting, although some is inevitable. While it's warming up, find something to put your cooked nuggets onto once they're done – I used a foil covered baking sheet. You may want to lay out some paper towel to absorb any extra oil, but I didn't find these to be particularly greasy.
5. In batches, depending on your skillet size, fry each side for 5-6 minutes, letting the color guide you. Golden brown is good! As long as your heat / oil isn't too hot, this will mean your nuggets cook through without having to finish them in the oven. Watch the side of the nuggets in the pan if you're not sure: you should see the chicken whiten from the top / bottom inwards as you fry each side.
6. Can bake at 400 for 20 minutes flip in the middle