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Crispy lemon-marinated chicken nuggets

Name: Crispy lemon-marinated chicken nuggets
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 kg Chicken breasts; 1 tsp Cornstarch; 1/2 tsp Baking soda; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; to taste Salt; as needed All-purpose flour; as needed Vegetable oil

Chicken breast pieces marinated with baking soda, lemon juice, and cornstarch, then coated in flour and fried until crisp. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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These chicken breast pieces are marinated with baking soda and lemon juice to stay tender inside and develop a crisp crust outside. Toss the cut-up chicken with salt and a pinch of baking soda, drizzle with lemon juice, sprinkle with cornstarch, and let rest for 20 minutes. Before frying, coat each piece in all-purpose flour only. The finished pieces resemble nuggets and can be served with fresh vegetables or sweet-and-sour sauce.

Ingredients

4 servings

Chicken breasts 1 kg
Cornstarch 1 tsp
Baking soda 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
All-purpose flour as needed
Vegetable oil as needed

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Instructions

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Pat the chicken breasts dry and cut into pieces of your preferred size. Season with salt, add the baking soda, and toss. Drizzle with the lemon juice, add the cornstarch, toss again, and let stand for 20 minutes.
Then coat each piece in flour and fry in a well-heated skillet until golden brown.
The nuggets are crisp and juicy. Serve with fresh vegetables or sweet-and-sour sauce.

Tip: Do not add more baking soda than the recipe calls for, as too much would give the chicken a soapy taste. Cut open the thickest piece to check—it must be white in the center, with no pink juices.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 319 kcal
Protein: 57 g
Carbohydrates: 2.8 g
of which sugars: 0.1 g
Fat: 7.3 g
of which saturates: 1.5 g
Fiber: 0.1 g
Salt: 1.2 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Chrumkavé kuracie prsia marinované so sódou a citrónom