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Chicken McNuggets are a type of chicken nuggets sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. They consist of small pieces of reconstituted boneless chicken meat that have been battered and deep fried. [3] Chicken McNuggets were conceived by Keystone Foods in the late 1970s and introduced in select markets in 1981. [4]
Chicken McNuggets made their way to McDonald's menus in the United States in 1983. At the time of their release, McNuggets were available in six-piece, nine-piece and 20-piece quantities.
Before it goes to the fryer, the ground chicken breast meat that will become McNuggets goes through a “rolling cookie cutter” machine. The cutter ensures that the nuggets-to-be are all the ...
In mid-February 2012, McDonald's introduced the Happy Meals/Mighty Kids Meals so that they now come with either a hamburger, cheeseburger, four-piece Chicken McNuggets, McDouble or the 6-piece Chicken McNuggets with a smaller version of the small fry for the Happy Meal or a small fry for a Mighty Kids Meal.
In 2019, McDonald's trialed vegan McNuggets made of chickpeas and potatoes in Norway. [18] Swedish fast food restaurant Max Hamburgare offers a dish containing nuggets made of falafel. Quorn also supplies vegetarian chicken-like nuggets derived from fungus. [19] [20] In 2022, KFC began serving vegan chicken nuggets at its 4,000 U.S. locations. [21]
The boxed, bite-size bites of chicken are one of the fast food franchise’s most popular menu items. This is why McDonald’s chicken nuggets always come in one of four shapes Skip to main content
Ever since McDonald's unveiled their chicken nuggets in the mid-1980s, the tasty little morsels have been popular -- both when eating out and at home. Cheap, easy-to-prepare, and popular with ...
McDonald's is often falsely credited with the invention of the chicken nugget. In fact, Baker published his chicken nugget recipe in the Cornell publication Agricultural Economics Research in April 1963, [3] while McDonald's patented its recipe for Chicken McNuggets in 1979 [1] and started selling the product in 1980.