Community Pick
Coconut Chicken Bites
photo by Kathy228
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast (cut into 2-inch or 3-inch pieces)
- 1 cup coconut (flaked or shredded)
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
directions
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- Mix flour, coconut, salt, pepper and garlic powder together.
- Dip chicken bites in the egg, then in the flour mixture. Place the chicken bites onto a greased cookie sheet or baking pan.
- Drizzle with melted butter.
- Bake approximately 25 minutes or until the chicken is browned and cooked through.
- Turn once during cooking.
- This is good served with an apricot or plum dipping sauce. Jan.
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Reviews
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These were delicious! I served them with an apricot dipping sauce (Store bought) and my family loved them! The coconut flavor is mild, but adds great flavor, and the chicken stays moist. Even my seven year old enjoyed them. My husband kept thanking me for great chicken nuggets. Thanks for sharing the recipe! -
I love coconut -
SO good! Everyone loved this, which was very surprising, because no one was looking forward to it, but they all really enjoyed it. I made some on Morning Star Farms vegetarian chicken strips for myself and daughter and it was great! Everyone else had the real thing, and we followed the recipe exactly. Delicious! -
Served it with cherry sauce. Nice! Clumped together in the pan, and some got crispy while some stayed soggy, but each person had their preference, and every last bite was devoured. -
It is easy to make and tasty to munch. However coconuts do get burnt easily. I suggest to use a lower temperature 375 or 350 F and bake 20 mins or so. Since chicken is cut up, it should cook in less time. If you do a 400 F and 25 mins, you will get an over cooked and burnt chicken bites. If you want the chicken bits to brown nicely, try to use mince chicken, and add in shredded coconut, shape it into nugget size, and then dip in egg and flour (panko works very well).
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Tweaks
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I thought this was very nice... I used turkey instead of chicken, and added a tiny pinch of chili, ginger, and also a touch of lemon juice.. dried onion would have been nice too, i think.. Lovely! Glad to have found this recipe, simple easy and tasty :)
