Recipe Notes

Marinate with ranch dressing first. I place the cut up chicken in a large plastic bag and add 1 – 2 tbsp ranch dressing to the bag. Close the bag and squeeze bag to combine, let bag sit in refrigerator until ready to coat chicken, several hours or overnight. Dip the chicken in the coating mixture then place on the baking sheet. Cook as directed. (The ranch adds a good flavor to the chicken while cooking and helps keep the chicken moist. I have also used a variety of coating mixes if I can’t find the Pretzel mix. You can also use barbecue sauce instead of ranch dressing.) I use 2 bags of coating mix. When I cut up 1 lb of chicken I can never get enough coating out of 1 bag, so I use 2 bags. The box comes with 2 bags or if you only have the one bag, you can supplement the coating mix with crushed pretzels or any breadcrumbs you have on hand. I use parchment paper, or I crunch the foil before placing it on the baking sheet. When the foil is flat the chicken sticks more (probably due to the ranch dressing). Also I need 2 baking sheets to fit all of the chicken nuggets, so I switch baking sheets in the oven half way through the cooking process (10 minutes), top rack moves to the middle rack and vice versa.