Chicken McNuggets
Chicken McNuggets
Chicken McNuggets (pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪkɪn məkˈnʌɡɪts/) are a type of chicken product 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.
Etymology
The term "Chicken McNuggets" is a combination of "Chicken" and "McNuggets". "Chicken" is derived from the Old English "cicen", meaning a young fowl. The "McNuggets" part of the name is a play on the word "nugget", which in this context refers to a small lump of something, in this case, chicken. The "Mc" prefix is often used by McDonald's to denote products specific to their brand.
Ingredients
Chicken McNuggets are made from white meat chicken, water, salt, and natural flavors. The batter includes ingredients such as wheat flour, yellow corn flour, and modified food starch. They are then fried in a mixture of vegetable oil (canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil) and an anti-foaming agent (dimethylpolysiloxane).
Related Terms
- Fast food: A type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale and with a strong priority placed on "speed of service" versus other relevant factors involved in culinary science.
- McDonald's: An American multinational fast food corporation, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.
- Chicken: The flesh of the chicken, a type of poultry, is widely used in many cuisines around the world.
- Deep frying: A cooking method in which food is submerged in hot fat, most commonly oil, as opposed to the shallow oil used in conventional frying done in a frying pan.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Chicken McNuggets
- Wikipedia's article - Chicken McNuggets
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