Soy and rice flour added batters and control batters showed shear thinning and thioxotropic flow behavior. The rheological parameters are important since they affect batter pick-sup and so quality of the product. It is advantageous to add rice or soy flour to the wheat–corn flour based batter formulation in order to reduce oil content of chicken nuggets. When all of the quality parameters were considered, soy flour added batters increased the crispness, improved the color and decreased the oil content of chicken nuggets. Therefore, replacement of a small portion of wheat–corn flour with soy flour can be recommended to be used in batters for chicken nuggets