The McNugget is a small piece of finely minced chicken meat held together with phosphate salts. The pieces are coated with batter, lightly fried to set the batter, individually quick frozen, packaged, and sent to stores. At the McDonalds stores, the McNuggets are deep-fried and sold.
In November 2003, McDonald's switched to using all white meat for McNuggets instead of the traditional combination of white and dark meat. This was heavily promoted as an effort to improve the item's flavor. McDonald's state that they use mechanically rec ...
McDonald's Chairman Fred Turner approached one of his suppliers in 1979 and requested “I want a chicken finger-food the size of your thumb. Can you do it?” The McNugget was quickly invented thereafter.
They were introduced in 1983, after the chain's first attempt at a chicken product, the McChicken sandwich, was withdrawn after disappointing sales. (It was later reintroduced after the success of Chicken McNuggets.) In certain McDonald franchises, the McChicken sandwich was adapted to appeal to the local population's tastes. For ex ...
