These healthy garlic lemon chicken bites are the easiest weeknight meal you'll ever make! Tender chunks of chicken breast are tossed in a flavorful mixture of flour, Italian seasoning, salt, garlic powder, and lemon zest before being pan seared. The finishing touch is a squeeze of lemon, fresh garlic and light butter. After simmering for just a couple of minutes, these chicken bites are ready for serving alongside your favorite side dishes, like over creamy mashed potatoes and with a vegetable. Add this easy recipe to your rotation, made with lots of pantry staples and family-friendly, too.
Course dinner, lunch, main course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword lemon garlic chicken
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 347kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
skillet or small Dutch oven
Ingredients
2lbschicken breastchopped into bite-sized chunks
1/4cupall-purpose flour
1tbspgarlic powder
2tspItalian seasoning
1tspkosher salt
1lemonzested and juiced
1/4cuplight butterused: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter (Light)
3clovesgarlicminced
Instructions
Cut the chicken breast into bite-sized chunks.
Zest the lemon.
Add the flour, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and lemon zest to a bowl.
Stir to combine the ingredients.
Toss the chicken chunks in the flour mixture to coat the chicken evenly.
Preheat the skillet over medium high heat.
Add olive oil spray to the pan.
Working in 2 batches, add half of the chicken to the skillet and cook for a few minutes per side.
Cook the chicken until the outside is golden brown, and the inside is cooked through (temperature should be 165F internally). Add more olive oil spray on top of the chicken, and again as needed.
Total cook time for the chicken should be about 5-7 minutes, depending on the thickness of the chicken pieces.
Remove the first batch of cooked chicken from the skillet, and repeat the cooking process with the remaining chicken.
Mince the garlic, and juice the lemon.
Remove the second batch of cooked chicken from the skillet.
Wipe the skillet clean with a wet towel if there are burnt bits in the pan.
Lower the heat under the skillet to medium low.
Add the cooked chicken chunks back to the pan, and add the minced garlic, juice of the lemon, and the light butter.
Toss the chicken with the garlic, lemon and butter in the skillet.
Cook the sauce and the chicken for another couple of minutes or until the flavors combine.