Crisp chicken bites

Crisp chicken bites

Summer holidays often mean kids friends are round for dinner, make sure there's something in the freezer with these yummy bites

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serve 12 for lunch

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Cut the chicken breasts into small chunks, each about the size of a marble (you should get roughly 15 pieces per breast). Put the pesto in a bowl and mix together with the chicken until coated all over. Tip the breadcrumbs into a large freezer bag.
  2. Add the chicken pieces in batches to the bag and give it a good shake to coat. Place a piece of greaseproof paper on a baking sheet, then lay the chicken pieces on the sheet, making sure none of them are touching. Put in the freezer and, when frozen solid, take off the baking sheet and store in a container or freezer bag.
  3. To cook, heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/ gas 7. Pour a little oil onto a shallow baking tray, just enough to cover it. Put the tray in the oven and let it heat up for 5 mins. Tip the chicken onto the sheet and return to the oven for 10-15 mins until crisp and cooked through.
Try

Tip

Using pesto adds flavour and means you don't have to faff about dipping the chicken in flour and egg before coating with crumbs.

Per serving

195 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, sugar 1g, salt 0.65 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2007.

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  • Binder photo housew1fe

    09 May 2010

    housew1fe commented on this recipe

    do you have to defrost before cooking or can you cook from frozen?

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  • Binder photo HollyWoozle

    17 May 2010

    HollyWoozle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious! These were so simple but the result was moist, tasty and really lovely. I cooked mine from fresh for about 10 minutes and served them with potato wedges and salad. Yum yum!

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  • Binder photo joanneeland

    20 June 2010

    joanneeland rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yummy Yummy!!! I love these chicken bites. Perfect for when you're home alone and can't really be bothered making a big fancy meal. I used panko breadcrumbs and sun-dried tomato pesto and had it with southern fried wedges and coleslaw - simple, but effective!

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  • Binder photo Babs

    15 July 2010

    Babs rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These are really fantastic. Love the extra taste from the pesto. Lovely with chips and peas. As suggested in one of the reviews will try putting garlic and parmesan in the breadcrumbs next time.

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  • Binder photo kittybhungry

    29 July 2010

    kittybhungry commented on this recipe

    really delicious and easy and convenient but, ummm....serves 12? really? would be good to know whether nutritional values above are really for 1/12 of the recipe.

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  • Binder photo Sammyc

    23 August 2010

    Sammyc rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These where definatly a winner, the whhole family liked them. Especially my very fussy two year old.

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  • Binder photo proudmama

    30 August 2010

    proudmama rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Lovely moist chicken, however found the coating soggy. Not as flavourful as I had hoped.

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  • Binder photo lucy_drew

    11 September 2010

    lucy_drew rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Love this recipe. Had to use green pesto as had no red but have now bought some specifically for this recipe! Kids love them, which is no mean feat with 2 fussy children.

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  • Binder photo Littlemisslucky

    05 November 2010

    Littlemisslucky rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Went down really well with my 2 year old and 4 year old. So much easier than messing about with flour and egg. Was worried they would turn their noses up at the red pesto part but they didn't seem to notice. Served with Gordon Ramsay's oven chips. Yum.

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  • Binder photo SandieB

    07 January 2011

    SandieB commented on this recipe

    These are absolutely delicious! I cooked mine straight away with no problems, and will certainly be making more for the freezer. Just a word of warning if you use Panko crumbs....you certainly don't need 300g! I had a 200g packet and dumped them all in a bowl, and now have probably 190g left with bits of pesto in them! But I am going out to buy more chicken to use up some of them!

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  • Binder photo SandieB

    07 January 2011

    SandieB rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Sorry...forgot the stars!

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  • Binder photo wildflower

    20 January 2011

    wildflower rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    lovelt and crispy, i made my own sundried tomato pesto- with jar of sundried tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, basil, garlic and pine nuts- whizz them all up- delish! also left some chicken in big goujons and used jamie olivers garlic and chilli pesto and coated in breadcrumbs- take an extra few mins to cook but just as nice.

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  • Binder photo RozzieLang

    09 February 2011

    RozzieLang rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made these for my kids who can be very picky and they loved them, and now I have to make double as my husband is always stealing a few (and me!) Now I have rolling batches in the fridge for those evenings when I can't think of what to give them for dinner. Perfect!

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  • Binder photo mummabrown

    10 March 2011

    mummabrown commented on this recipe

    Made these for dinner tonight. Very easy to do, and kids and hubby loved them. Used chicken thighs instead of breast, were lovely and moist.

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  • Binder photo Jessss

    21 March 2011

    Jessss rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Didn't have any red pesto so used green:) came out fab! Not that crispy though...

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  • Binder photo Katylou30

    17 April 2011

    Katylou30 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fab my 2 loved this infact the eldest asked for more! really easy to make also

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  • Binder photo Judith

    27 April 2011

    Judith rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Not crispy at all and really quite bland. Didn't go down too well in my house!

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  • Binder photo Alida66

    06 July 2011

    Alida66 commented on this recipe

    Absolutely fantastic, pleased a 4 year old and a 17 year old, can't be bad. I love knowing what goes into thei food and now I can give them the nuggets they want.

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  • Binder photo Jenni

    28 July 2011

    Jenni commented on this recipe

    Amazing amamzing recipe!! So simple. I now have a freezer draw dedicated to these chicken bites.

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  • Binder photo Tra

    31 July 2011

    Tra commented on this recipe

    could somebody please tell me... i have frozen these bites raw and now want to cook them... do i defrost them first or cook from frozen. i am concerned as i've never cooked 'raw' chicken from frozen. THANKS

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serve 12 for lunch

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Freezable

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Per serving

195 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, sugar 1g, salt 0.65 g

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