Paleo Buffalo Chicken Nuggets are the perfect finger food to satisfy your tastebuds, while keeping it clean. These paleo buffalo chicken nuggets are gluten free, grain free, sugar free, and soy free. Though no one who eats them will think they are eating a super clean version of their favorite football food. Yep, these are that good.
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Oh glorious Sunday! Here is how most Sunday’s have been going in our house: In the morning we are off to Funday Sunday at Crossift, which usually entails some cardio smack down where we are all laying on the floor gasping for air at the end. I know I know it sounds horrible, but I promise you it is so satisfying to complete that we all keep showing up every Sunday making it the largest and most popular class offered all week.
Then it is all about watching football. Our beloved Bengals did make it to the playoffs this year and were out before we could even say Who-Dey, but being Bengals fans we are sadly use to this.
Now that Football season is ending thankfully some of my favorite T.V. series are back for their new seasons. Shameless, Episodes, and House of Lies are back and I am lapping up all that disfunction.
Sunday’s are not just about T.V., but about the food. My husband LOVES chicken wings, the hotter the better. To keep the big guy happy with his football favorites I have been working on coming up with recipes that are clean and healthier but still fun and enjoyable to eat. These Paleo Buffalo Chicken Nuggets are simple easy to assemble and are done in under 30 minutes. Of course I didn’t tell the ol’ husband that these were a clean version of his favorite, I just plated them up and waited for his reaction. Which was to eat one after another. He loved them. Then the second test was my youngest son, who enjoyed them as much as his Dad. They were a huge success here, and I am sure your family and friends will love them too. Just make sure you make enough.
What is your favorite Football Food?
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken tenders, cut into 2″ pieces
- ¾ cup coconut flour
- ½ tsp ground cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 tablespoon grass fed butter, melted
- 1/2 cup Franks hot sauce
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil for pan
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Line a rimmed baking pan with foil, and grease with coconut oil. Set aside.
- In a large plastic bag combine coocnut flour, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt and shake to blend.
- Add chicken pieces to bag, close and shake to cover chicken.
- In a small bowl add butter and hot sauce and stir to cobine.
- Dip chicken pieces into hot sauce misture one at a time coating.
- Place chicken pieces on baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Raise heat of oven to broil and cook an additional 2-3 more minutes.
- Remove and let sit for about 5 minutes before serving.
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These look delicious, great alternative to wings!
Thanks Sharon!
I have a feeling my husband would love these, Amy! He loves buffalo wings and these definitely look like a healthier version that will still satisfy his wing craving!
I hope he enjoys them Sara!
I love hot spicy stuff too! This is going to make a lot of people happy this Sunday.
Thanks Ginny!
These look awesome- love the clean ingredients! Unfortunately football is not over here in New England- but at least that gives me a good excuse to make these 🙂
Thanks Sherri, enjoy watching your Patriots.
I love everything about these! As they are paleo but also egg free as I recently found out I was allergic 🙁 I can’t wait to devour these!
Enjoy Meg!
THE PERFECT dish for… EVERY OCCASION – not just the “big game” that I will NOT be watching, LOL!
I agree Gigi, I have made for weeknight dinner since the recipe is so darn easy.
Oh my this looks so good and perfect for a party. My son would devour these for sure.
Thanks Becca!
Omg hubby and I love all this buffalo style so these look pretty delicious!!! I will definitely be trying this recipe out 🙂
Enjoy Courtney!
Ooooh these look so delicious! Definitely going to add it to our menu.
Thanks Stephanie!
I have to admit I am not very familiar with the Paleo diet, but these chicken wings look really good!
Thanks Carmen!
this really does look appetizing. I’m really thinking about trying these Paleo recipes I’m seeing lately :)thanks for the inspiration!
Your welcome Cheryl
Even though my Broncos didn’t make it to the Super Bowl doesn’t mean I can’t still make all the delicious food! These clean eating chicken nuggets are definitely going to be in the lineup!
Oh that poor Peyton, I so wanted them to win.
I clicked on this totally not expecting to be able to have it (allergies galore around here), but it looks like we actually can! We can’t do butter, but can do ghee so hopefully that would work.
Oh yea Debra- ghee would be fantastic!
These sound fantastic!!! My hubs love wings, hotter the better too!
Thanks Aimee. My husband loves them hot too, so I add more Franks to his batch.
Amy, these look so good and I love buffalo anything = pinned!
Thanks Deb!
Love these! My Paleo husband is going to be so excited when I make these for him!
Thanks Amanda. My husband gobbled tehm up!
Yum! We love having buffalo wings while watching football. Must make these for the Superbowl!
Enjoy Christin!
These look absolutely wonderful!
Thanks Jaren!
Hi Amy, I tried these last night. The flavor was great and the chicken was cooked perfectly, but the breading didn’t crisp at all and it tasted like I’d poured flour on top of the chicken. I’m not a very good cook, any idea what went wrong? I’d love to try them again.
Christine, the breading really doesnt crisp because of the hot sauce mix. Next time use one hand to dip chicken into flour and give chicken a little shake to release any loose flour then transfer chicken piece to your clean hand and dip into hot sauce mix. This prevents the flour from gunking up in the hot sauce mix and getting too much flour on each individual piece of chicken. Let me know if this helps.
I’m making these for the second time, this evening. These are really great. They are very easy to make and I love that they are fully coated in franks! I also like the fact that I didn’t have to use eggs as a binder. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you so much for letting me know Marissa. We really love this recipe here and I make it several times a month, using a bit more hot sauce on my husbands half. 🙂
Love this but Frank’s has preservatives in it, so this doesn’t appear paleo or clean?
Hi Sally, Franks red hot sauce is paleo approved and considered paleo friendly. Thanks for stopping by.