Name: Butter and Lemon Chicken Bites
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1.3 lbs chicken (breast in bites); 2 lemon (juice, peel, and pulp); 3.5 tbsps butter (or coconut butter); 1 bunch chopped parsley; as needed water; 1.2 cups flour (or FiberPasta flour); 1 tbsp roast seasoning

Butter and Lemon Chicken Bites
A classic Italian main course, always well-loved.
Very easy to make and also budget-friendly, which is always a plus.

Today, I will show you a lighter recipe.

If well presented, it will impress at your table while spending few dollars. Moreover, with the same recipe, you can use not only chicken bites but also pork or veal slices.
Below, you will find instructions for both traditional cooking and cooking with the Thermomix.

Thought for you:

Cost: Very budget-friendly
Preparation time: 5 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Slow fire, Cooking with kitchen robot, Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

482.03 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 482.03 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 29.69 (g) of which sugars 2.38 (g)
Proteins 32.21 (g)
Fat 26.72 (g) of which saturated 12.11 (g)of which unsaturated 14.46 (g)
Fibers 6.29 (g)
Sodium 96.85 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 260 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

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1.3 lbs chicken (breast in bites)
2 lemon (juice, peel, and pulp)
3.5 tbsps butter (or coconut butter)
1 bunch chopped parsley
as needed water
1.2 cups flour (or FiberPasta flour)
1 tbsp roast seasoning

Tools

Traditional preparation

Pan
Plate
Citrus juicer
Tray
Grater
Citrus juicer
Thermomix TM6
Tray
Plate
Grater

Preparation: Butter and Lemon Chicken Bites

Traditional preparation

Season and then flour the chicken bites, I season them with my spices, click here
Squeeze 1 lemon, then grate it, keeping both the juice and the peel aside; slice the other one for garnishing.
Place butter with water, squeezed lemon juice, and grated peel in a pan and heat gently.
Add the chicken bites and cook for a few minutes, turning them until well cooked. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
As you cook the bites, remove them and set aside, continuing to cook the remaining ones.
Plate with lemon slices on the side and serve very hot. Here are my Butter and Lemon Chicken Bites with traditional cooking.
Sprinkle some spices and then flour the chicken bites, I season them with my spices, click here
Squeeze the juice from a lemon, peel it, keeping only the yellow part, and chop it in the bowl for 10 secs, speed 7. Then gather with a spatula and set aside with the juice.
Place 30 g of oil and butter in the bowl, heat: 3 min./250°F/speed 1. The bowl should be very hot.
Distribute the floured chicken bites inside the bowl around the blades and cook: 5 min./Varoma/reverse/speed 1
spatula.
Transfer all contents into a large bowl and redistribute the semi-cooked bites around the blades, making sure to place the less cooked ones on the bottom and the more cooked ones on top.
Return any liquid collected in the bowl to the bowl, adjust salt, and cook: 5 min./Varoma/reverse/speed 1, spatulating occasionally.
Add lemon juice and pepper, cook: 3 min./Varoma/reverse/speed 1, spatulating occasionally.
Serve the Butter and Lemon Chicken Bites hot with their sauce and lemon slices as garnish