Chicken nuggets is a chicken product made from chicken meat that is breaded or battered, then deep-fried or baked. It is distinguished from chicken tenders in that they are made from small pieces of chicken or ground-up chicken meat that’s been molded into a “nugget” shape. Chicken tenders, on the other hand, are the part of the chicken breast known as the tenderloin—or other parts of the chicken breast cut to look like the tenderloin.
