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 BobbyG

    07 August 2011

    BobbyG rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Brilliant. We have tried it with both chicken and turkey breast and both taste good.

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  • Binder photo hedgehog

    19 August 2011

    hedgehog commented on this recipe

    Cooked these before and they turned out great. Not as crispy as I would like but I think the oven wasn't hot enough. I cooked from frozen and they were fine - I think because they are so small it isn't a problem to cook from frozen.

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  • Binder photo poptart

    19 August 2011

    poptart rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Wow. These are really easy and all my children (ages 1,2,6,7) have eaten them without a single complaint which is really unusual! Much better than shop bought dodgy things!

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  • Binder photo apstan22

    29 September 2011

    apstan22 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Need to ensure that a good pesto is used as it can really alter the taste. Needed to add salt to make it taste a bit better, but otherwise not a bad snack.

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  • Binder photo debra

    08 October 2011

    debra rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    i have often made these for my children and my husband,my daughter had a party at home recently and as these are so easy to make i made a big batch and the teens wolfed them down,some of the girls wanted to know where i got them and lots took the recipe with them.a great way to get them to eat something trendy but also healthy.

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  • Binder photo fabfood1

    20 October 2011

    fabfood1 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe. Tasted great. Makes two large trays worth so I also have a batch in the freezer for next time. So easy to make - I'll never go back to store-bought nuggets! Also, next time I might add different seasoning to the breadcrumbs - the possibilities are endless!

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  • Binder photo Pj

    22 November 2011

    Pj rated this recipe

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  • Binder photo Anne B

    15 February 2012

    Anne B commented on this recipe

    Forget about the children. Think nibbles, canapes, hand-held first course for large gathering meals, especially with some of the tweaking proposed by others above.

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  • Binder photo Ejt1

    29 March 2012

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  • Binder photo Mo

    31 March 2012

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  • Binder photo iloveparis59

    13 April 2012

    iloveparis59 commented on this recipe

    Im going to try this recipe today but does anybody have any ideas as to a side dish other than chips???? Thanks

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  • Binder photo Joanne

    14 April 2012

    Joanne commented on this recipe

    How long do you cook these for from frozen?

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  • Binder photo Alison

    28 April 2012

    Alison commented on this recipe

    Made these for two very fussy kids (and one slightly fussy man) and it was a huge success. Comments were: "best nuggets ever" "10/10" and "9/10" (only lost a point because one decided there were slightly too many breadcrumbs for his taste) No-one knew the pesto was in there (as I suspect they would have all said "euuuwwww" or something similar if they had known in advance!) they all just thought they were really tasty, and I have to confess, despite not being a chicken nugget fan normally, I loved them too! May try using to coat a butterflied chicken breast next and see if it's as good for a slightly more grown-up dinner.

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  • Binder photo cosygiraffe

    04 June 2012

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  • Binder photo TiffanyW1983

    07 July 2012

    TiffanyW1983 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fab and easy recipe, I followed some of the tips on here, adding some crushed cornflakes to the breadcrumbs as well as garlic granuals, paprika and cajun. I used green pesto as we didn't have red. I didn't freeze them but cooked them from fresh. My boyfriend loved them, and we are doing to make these now instead of buying from the supermarket! I served them with home made potato wedges.

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  • Binder photo jonnysmum

    30 July 2012

    jonnysmum rated and commented on this recipe

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    I added a little red chilli as we like a bit of heat.......loved them!

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  • Binder photo Evelyn

    12 September 2012

    Evelyn commented on this recipe

    I made these for my 2 year old the other week but just used tomato sauce as I wasn't sure if she would like the pesto. She loved them with the tomato sauce. So after making them for my daughter I decided I would try them for myself but again I'm not sure about pesto so I used a BBQ sauce and kept my chicken at goujon size and they where amazing!

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    24 April 2013

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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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