Editing Chicken nugget (section)

{{Short description|Small pieces of deboned, breaded, and battered chicken meat}}
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{{About||longer strips of fried chicken also known as nuggets in some places|Chicken fingers|the TV series|Chicken Nugget (TV series){{!}}''Chicken Nugget'' (TV series)}}
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{{Infobox Prepared Food
| name     = Chicken nugget
| image    = Chicken Nuggets.jpg
| country  = [[United States]]
| creator  = [[Robert C. Baker]]
| year     = 1950s
| served   = Hot
| main_ingredient = Chicken meat or plant-based ingredients
| minor_ingredient = Breadcrumbs or batter
| similar_dish = {{flatlist|
*[[Fried chicken]]
*[[Chicken fingers]]
}}
}}

A '''chicken nugget''' is a food product consisting of a small piece of deboned [[chicken meat]] that is [[breading|breaded]] or [[batter (cooking)|battered]], then [[Deep frying|deep-fried]] or [[Baking|baked]]. Developed in the 1950s by finding a way to make a coating adhere, chicken nuggets have become a very popular [[fast food restaurant]] item, and are widely sold frozen for home use.<ref name=":22"/>