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15-Minute Butter Garlic Chicken Bites served on a white plate with glossy garlic butter sauce, fresh parsley, and visible steam in a bright modern kitchen, quick snack recipe Pinterest pin.

Butter Garlic Chicken Bites – Quick and Easy Recipe

Juicy butter garlic chicken bites cooked in a rich, flavorful sauce. This quick recipe delivers tender chicken with a golden crust, perfect for a fast snack or light meal.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g chicken breast cut into small bite-sized pieces
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 4 cloves garlic finely minced
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp chili flakes
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped

Method
 

  1. Cut the chicken breast into small bite-sized pieces if not already prepared. Season the chicken with salt, black pepper, and paprika. Mix well to coat all the pieces evenly.
    Raw chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces and seasoned with salt, black pepper, and paprika in a white mixing bowl.
  2. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add the butter. Allow the butter to melt completely.
    Butter melting in a black nonstick frying pan over medium heat on a gas stove in a bright kitchen.
  3. Add the finely minced garlic to the melted butter. Cook for about 30 seconds, stirring constantly until fragrant. Do not let the garlic burn.
    Finely minced garlic cooking in melted butter in a nonstick frying pan while being stirred with a wooden spoon.
  4. Add the seasoned chicken pieces to the pan. Spread them into a single layer and cook for 4–5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the chicken starts to turn golden brown.
    Seasoned chicken bites cooking in a single layer in a frying pan with garlic butter until lightly golden brown.
  5. Sprinkle the chili flakes over the chicken and stir well to combine.
    Chicken bites sprinkled with chili flakes and stirred in a garlic butter mixture in a nonstick skillet.
  6. Pour in the soy sauce and honey. Stir everything together until the chicken is evenly coated with the sauce.
    Chicken bites coated with soy sauce and honey in a frying pan, creating a glossy butter garlic glaze.
  7. Continue cooking for 2–3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens slightly and the chicken is fully cooked through.
    Butter Garlic Chicken Bites simmering in a thickened honey soy garlic sauce until fully cooked and caramelized.
  8. Remove the pan from the heat and sprinkle the chopped fresh parsley over the chicken.
    Fresh chopped parsley sprinkled over hot Butter Garlic Chicken Bites in a frying pan after cooking.
  9. Serve immediately while warm and enjoy your Butter Garlic Chicken Bites. 🍗✨
    Finished Butter Garlic Chicken Bites served warm on a white plate with a rich garlic butter glaze and parsley garnish.