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Quick and easy 30-minute chicken dinner, this delicious garlic butter chicken bites recipe will be your new family favorite. It’s made in just one skillet for less cleanup. You can serve this as is, or with rice on the side if you’re extra hungry. For a low-carb option, serve with mashed cauliflower or cauliflower rice.
GARLIC BUTTER CHICKEN BITES AND ASPARAGUS
INGREDIENTS LIST
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-sized chunks
2 bunch of asparagus, rinsed and trimmed
1/2 cup butter, divided (1/4 cup for browning the chicken and 1/4 cup for the sauce)
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 teaspoons minced garlic, divided (1 teaspoon for the chicken bites and 1 teaspoon for the asparagus and sauce)
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning or Herbes de Provence
1 tablespoon hot sauce, optional (I use Sriracha)
1/2 cup (125ml) low-sodium chicken broth
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon minced parsley
Crushed red chili pepper flakes, optional
Slices of lemon for garnishFor the chicken seasoning:
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
2 teaspoons onion powderDirections:
First, cut chicken breasts into cubes and season generously.
While the chicken is sitting, blanch asparagus in boiling water to precook them so they cook faster in the skillet.
Stir-fry the chicken bites until golden then add minced garlic and Italian seasoning and stir and cook until fragrant.
Deglaze the skillet with chicken broth, add remaining butter, lemon juice, hot sauce, parsley, then add the blanched asparagus and toss to finish cooking asparagus. Add chicken back to the skillet, reheat, season, and serve!
Tips:
Depending on the thickness of your asparagus, you might want to skip blanching.
You can enrich the sauce by adding some white wine.
Do not overcrowd the pan when cooking the chicken bites. Proceed by batches so each chicken bite has this delicious crisp golden crust! Refrain from stirring the chicken bites constantly. Let them sit in the pan, then turn from time to time, so the chicken gets that nice golden sear on every side.
Thanksgiving Letter From Grandma!
Dear Family…….Living is still important to me.
If being in my Last Will and Testament is important to you, then you might consider being with me for my favorite holiday. Dinner is at 2:00. Not 2:15. Not 2:05. Two. 2:00! Arrive late and you get what’s left over.
Last year, that moron Marshall fried a turkey in one of those contraptions and practically burned the deck off the house. This year, the only peanut oil used to make the meal will be from the secret scoop of peanut butter I add to the carrot soup.
Jonathan, your last new wife was an idiot. You don’t arrive at someone’s house on Thanksgiving needing to use the oven and the stove. Honest to God, I thought you might have learned after two wives – date them longer and save us all the agony of another divorce.
Now, the house rules are slightly different This year because I have decided that 47% of you don’t know how to take care of nice things. Paper plates and red Solo cups might be bad for the environment, but I’ll be gone soon and that will be your problem to deal with.
House Rules:
1. The University of Texas no longer plays Texas A&M. The television stays off during the meal.
2. The “no cans for kids” rule still exists. We are using 2 liter bottles because your children still open a third can before finishing the first two. Parents can fill a child’s cup when it is empty. All of the cups have names on them and I’ll be paying close attention to refills.
3. Chloe, last year we were at Trudy’s house and I looked the other way when your Jell-O salad showed up. This year, if Jell-O salad comes in the front door it will go right back out the back door with the garbage. Save yourself some time, honey. You’ve never been a good cook and you shouldn’t bring something that wiggles more than you. Buy something from the bakery.
4. Grandmothers give grandchildren cookies and candy. That is a fact of life. Your children can eat healthy at your home. At my home, they can eat whatever they like as long as they finish it.
5. I cook with bacon and bacon grease. That’s nothing new. Your being a vegetarian doesn’t change the fact that stuffing without bacon is like egg salad without eggs. Even the green bean casserole has a little bacon grease in it. That’s why it tastes so good. Not eating bacon is just not natural. And as far as being healthy… look at me. I’ve outlived almost everyone I know.
6. Salad at Thanksgiving is a waste of space.
7. I do not like cell phones. Leave them in the car.
8. I do not like video cameras. There will be 32 people here. I am sure you can capture lots of memories without the camera pointed at me.
9. Being a mother means you have to actually pay attention to the kids. I have nice things and I don’t put them away just because company is coming over. Mary, watch your kids and I’ll watch my things.
10. Rhonda, a cat that requires a shot twice a day is a cat that has lived too many lives. I think staying home to care for the cat is your way of letting me know that I have lived too many lives too. I can live with that. Can you?
11. Words mean things. I say what I mean. Let me repeat: You don’t need to bring anything means you don’t need to bring anything. And if I did tell you to bring something, bring it in the quantity I said. Really, this doesn’t have to be difficult.
12. Domino’s and cards are better than anything that requires a battery or an on/off switch. That was true when you were kids and it’s true now that you have kids.
13. Showing up for Thanksgiving guarantees presents at Christmas. Not showing up guarantees a card that may or may not be signed.Love You, Grandma
So….. USA vs Wales a good match! <3
Love my Dragon.
Yes, @SteveW Seems we are merged.
Now we can see who is online and what form of the game they are using. PC/NEXT/Mobile.
When you log in and look at list of online players there is now a new icon indicating which form of the game each avi is currently playing.
PC, NEXT or Mobile.
Monitor icon = desktop user
Mobile phone icon = mobile user
Monitor with NEXT on it = Achat Next UserI sent a message to a friend using NEXT and seemed to have been sent. Not sure if he received it as he was yellow at the time.
