The invention relates to the technical field of food processing machinery, and discloses drying equipment for chicken nuggets before packaging. The equipment comprises a fixed bottom plate, wherein supporting frames are mounted on two sides of the upper end of the fixed bottom plate, transmission shafts are rotatably arranged at the top ends of the supporting frames, transmission rollers are mounted in the middles of the transmission shafts, a transmission belt is mounted between the transmission rollers, and a top plate is mounted between the top ends of the supporting frames. A swing shaft is mounted in the middle of a top plate, a swing wheel is mounted in the middle of the swing shaft, a semi-circular swing gear is arranged on the outer side of the swing wheel, a swing frame is arranged on the outer side of the swing wheel, swing bars are mounted in the middles of two ends of the swing frame, a mobile plug is mounted at the end, far away from the swing frame, of each swing bar, anair guide box is mounted on the outer side of the mobile plug, and an air guide pipe is connected in the air guide box. According to the equipment, rotation of a conveyor belt is achieved, so that thechicken nuggets can be conveyed intermittently, the time needed during drying is met, left-right movement of a drying cavity is achieved, the drying cavity is matched with the air guide box, and thedrying effect is greatly improved.