My mother found this turkey nuggets recipe about 20 years ago. A great find! This is a great recipe for leftover turkey or chicken. You can even use tuna or salmon. My kids love it, especially paired with leftover mashed potato cakes.
Ingredients
- 0.25 cups water
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups shredded cooked turkey
- 0.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil , or as needed
Instructions
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1
Stir water and baking powder together in a bowl (mixture should foam). Mix turkey, flour, egg, salt, and black pepper into water mixture. Form mixture into bite-sized nuggets.
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2
Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat.
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3
Fry nuggets in hot vegetable oil until golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes per side.
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