Mock Chicken Legs Recipe
How to make mock chicken legs is here! with a crispy cornflake outside and tender inside on a popsicle stick, it's a snack kids just love.
Servings: 16
Equipment
- 1 skillet
- 12 popsicle sticks
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground sausage
- 1 lb ground veal or ground chicken
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tbsp bell peppers diced, optional
- 1/2 cup cornflakes crushed for filling
Mock Chicken Breading
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2.5 cup cornflakes crushed, or could use breadcrumbs or crackers
Instructions
- Combine 1/2 cup cornflake crumbs, salt, green pepper, egg and milk in a bowl. Crumble sausage and veal on top of mixture. Begin mixing with a spoon and continue to mix with your hands, until mixed well. Set aside.
- In a separate shallow bowl, combine eggs and milk and whisk well. In another shallow bowl, add cornflake crumbs. Heat 1/4" of vegetable oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
- Shape 1/4 cup of the meat mixture into a 3" log and wrap the meat around the popsicle stick. Coat each leg in cornbread crumbs. Then coat in the egg and milk mixture and return to the cornbread crumbs for a second coat. Let legs stand for 5 minutes.
- Fry legs, a few at a time, for one minute on each side or until golden brown. Then place onto baking sheet. Preheat oven to 350 and bake for 15-20 minutes until middle is cooked thru to 145F.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1oz | Calories: 167kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 76mg | Sodium: 405mg | Potassium: 205mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 221IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 2mg