Just Bare Chicken Nuggets Recipe

Just Bare chicken nuggets, sold as Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Bites, are fully cooked and heat from frozen: 8 minutes at 350°F in the air fryer or 23 minutes at 375°F in the oven, to 165°F inside. The recipe below turns a pound of them into a meal by tossing them in a honey, soy and garlic sauce that cooks in two minutes.

What Just Bare chicken nuggets are

Just Bare calls the product Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Bites and sells it frozen and fully cooked in bags of 24, 36 and 48 ounces. The ingredient list begins with boneless skinless chicken breast, water, a seasoning of sugar, salt and spices, and rice starch; the breading is wheat flour, sugar, salt, nonfat dry milk, dried egg whites, baking powder and spices, set in vegetable oil. It contains milk, eggs and wheat.

The label gives a serving as 3 ounces, with 150 calories, 16 grams of protein, 7 grams of fat, 9 grams of carbohydrate and 540 milligrams of sodium. MakeFoodLovely is not connected with Just Bare.

Recipe

Honey Garlic Just Bare Chicken Bites

Just Bare Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Bites heated in the air fryer and tossed in a quick honey, soy and garlic sauce, with sesame seeds and scallions. Four servings.

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Prep

5 min

Cook

12 min

Total

17 min

Serves

4

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

• 1 pound frozen Just Bare Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Bites
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
• 2 scallions (thinly sliced)

Instructions

1. Heat the air fryer to 350°F. Lay the frozen chicken bites in the basket in one layer and air fry for 8 to 10 minutes, shaking once, until crisp and 165°F inside. In the oven, bake them on a baking pan at 375°F for 23 minutes.
2. Whisk the honey, the soy sauce, the vinegar, the water, the cornstarch and the garlic in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring, until the sauce turns glossy and coats a spoon.
3. Put the hot chicken in a bowl, pour the sauce over it and toss until coated.
4. Scatter the sesame seeds and the scallions over the top and serve at once, over rice.

Cooking instructions from the package

Just Bare's page gives three methods, each ending with the same sentence: keep heating until a thermometer in the thickest piece reads 165°F.

Method	Setting	Time
Air fryer	350°F, one layer in the basket	8 minutes
Oven	375°F, one layer on an ungreased pan	23 minutes
Microwave	high, one layer on a dish	2 1/2 minutes

The air fryer gives the crispest breading in the shortest time. The microwave heats the chicken through and leaves the breading soft.

A sauce that goes on at the end

The sauce is tossed with the chicken when both are hot and the plates are ready. Breading soaks up sauce and softens within a few minutes.

• Cornstarch thickens the sauce in the pan, so that it glazes the pieces and does not pool underneath.
• Garlic cooks in the simmering sauce for a minute or two. That takes away its raw bite.
• For heat, add 1 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce or 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes.

Other ways to use a bag

• Salad: hot bites over romaine with tomato, cucumber and a creamy dressing.
• Wraps: four bites, shredded lettuce and a spoonful of sauce in a warm tortilla.
• Plain, with a dip: the Bell Sauce and the Fire Ranch on this site are both made for nuggets.

Other frozen chicken, and nuggets from scratch

Package directions for two other brands are on the Tyson chicken tenders and Perdue chicken nuggets pages. Nuggets breaded at home are the Popeyes chicken nuggets.