Invented in the 1950s, chicken nuggets have become a very popular fast food restaurant item, as well as widely sold frozen for home use. A chicken nugget is a small piece of deboned chicken meat that is breaded or battered, then deep-fried or baked.
See also: Chicken McNuggets, Chicken Nugget (TV series), Chicken fingers, KFC, Beyond Fried Chicken, and List of Burger King products.