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Baked Popcorn Chicken Bites
Bite-sized chicken in a seasoned panko crumb, baked rather than fried and piled into a bowl with a dip on the side.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 15min
- Cook
- 18min
- Total
- 33min
Programs: Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Lean Bulk and Recomp, Maintenance, Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Cardiometabolic
Per serving
- Calories
- 317kcal
- Protein
- 34.8g
- Carbs
- 21.3g
- Fat
- 10.2g
- Fibre
- 1.1g
Ingredients
For 4 servings · MetricUS
- 500gchicken breast filletsdiced into bite-size pieces
- 40gplain flourabout 3 tbsp
- 2eggbeaten
- 75gpanko breadcrumbs
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 1 tspgarlic granules
- 1 tsponion granules
- ¼ tspcayenne pepperadjust to taste
- ½ tspsalt
- ¼ tspblack pepper
- 1 tbspolive oilor oil spray
- 1 lbchicken breast filletsdiced into bite-size pieces
- 3 tbspall-purpose flour
- 2eggbeaten
- 1½ cuppanko breadcrumbs
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 1 tspgarlic powder
- 1 tsponion powder
- ¼ tspcayenne pepperadjust to taste
- ½ tspsalt
- ¼ tspblack pepper
- 1 tbspolive oilor oil spray
Method
Prep the chicken.
Heat the oven to 220C fan (240C conventional, 475F). Line a baking tray.
Cut the chicken breast into bite-size chunks, roughly 2.5cm across, so they cook evenly.
Crumb.
Mix the flour with the smoked paprika, garlic granules, onion granules, cayenne, salt and pepper in a shallow bowl.
Put the beaten egg in a second bowl and the panko in a third.
Toss each chicken piece through the seasoned flour, then the egg, then press into the panko until fully coated.
Bake.
Spread the crumbed pieces on the tray in a single layer, leaving space between them so they crisp rather than steam.
Drizzle or spray with the oil and bake for 15 to 18 minutes, turning halfway, until deep gold and cooked through with no pink in the middle.
Serve.
Pile onto a plate or into a bowl and serve straight away, with a dip on the side.