McDonald's Chicken Nuggets and Szechuan Sauce MEAL PREP

Make your OWN chicken nuggets and szechuan sauce at home - because it's much healthier and you'll save TONS of money! You can meal prep our chicken nuggets and either portion them into containers, or put them all in your freezer and reheat however many you need! You can add whatever sides you'd like to complete the meal.

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STORAGE AND REHEATING DIRECTIONS:

1. All meals will be fine in the fridge for 4 days.

2. Freeze all the meals you will not eat in the first 4 days.

3. If you decide to freeze them they will last for 3 months.

4. Take the meal out the night before you plan to eat and place in fridge to thaw.

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SZECHUAN SAUCE
Makes 16 servings, 2 tbsp per serve

Ingredients:

1 cup water
1/4 cup raw organic cane sugar
1/2 cup organic Tarmari (soy sauce)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tsp yeast extract (vegemite) or (marmite) (vegemite is better Aussie Aussie Aussie)
1 tsp sesame seeds
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp himalayan pink salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp arrowroot powder

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MACROS FOR ONE SERVE (2 tbsp) OF SZECHUAN SAUCE

Protein: 1g
Carbs: 3.5g
Fiber: less than 1g
Sugar: 3g
Fat: less than 1g
Calories: 25

**McDonald's SZECHUAN SAUCE MACROS for comparison**

Protein: less than 1g
Carbs: 12g
Fiber: less than 1g
Sugar: 10g
Fat: less than 1g
Calories: 50

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OUR CHICKEN NUGGETS (1 serve is 150g of raw chicken)

INGREDIENTS: (to make 6 servings)

900g or 2lbs raw chicken breast
3/4 cup corn meal* corn grits* polenta* (it's ground corn and it's yellow)
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp (6 tbsp) arrowroot starch/powder or corn starch (corn flour* for the Aussies!!)
1/2 tsp Himalayan Salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic powder

MACROS for 150g of JUST our Chicken Nuggets (baked*) (no sauce)

Protein: 35g
Carbs: 7.5g
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 0g
Fat: 2g
Calories: 188

*if you fry them in oil the fat content will be higher

MACROS for 150g of Chicken + 2 tbsp Szechuan Sauce

Protein: 36g
Carbs: 11g
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 3g
Fat: 3g
Calories: 215

COST: $1.99

**MACROS for 10 pack McDonalds Nuggets (90g Chicken) + Sauce for comparison**

Protein: 24g
Carbs: 38g
Fiber: 2g
Sugar: 10g
Fat: 27g
Calories: 491

COST = $3.99

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