Grilled Chicken Bites with Creamy Garlic Sauce
These grilled chicken bites with creamy garlic sauce can be made in only 20-minutes! Making them perfect for busy weeknights or lazy weekends. Each bite is garlicky, zesty, and savory. This recipe has become one of our favorite summer suppers. I hope it becomes one of your favorites as well! This recipe post includes a video tutorial so you can make it alongside me, step-by-step!
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In our house, we love having these chicken bites with a side of pasta. My favorite is my Hawaiian macaroni salad, but my husband’s is some good ole butter, parmesan pasta. Both pair perfectly with this chicken.
The Best Grilled Chicken Bites with Creamy Garlic Sauce
You can’t beat a quick meal that also tastes like you ordered it at a restaurant. That’s exactly what you’re getting with these grilled chicken bites with creamy garlic sauce.
They are irresistible. Not only are they good with the homemade sauce, but each piece of chicken is full of flavor. You’re going to love this recipe!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy to Make: Even a beginner home cook can make this recipe without getting overwhelmed. The steps are simple to follow.
- Made with Wholesome Ingredients: Each ingredient in this recipe is wholesome. There’s no junk added in.
- Quick Weeknight Dinner: It only takes 20 minutes to whip up this recipe, start to finish!
- Perfect for Summer: On those summer nights when it’s hot and you don’t feel like cooking, this recipe will come in handy.
Ingredients for Grilled Chicken Bites
- chicken breast boneless skinless: the best type of chicken for bites
- garlic powder: adds a lot of flavor, ensure it’s salt-free
- salt: sea salt is my favorite
- ground black pepper: adds great flavor
- avocado oil (or olive oil): adds moisture to the chicken
- lemon juice: gives the chicken a fresh zest
Ingredients for Creamy Garlic Sauce
- salted butter: this is a delicious base
- garlic cloves, minced: adds so much flavor
- salt: sea salt is my favorite
- dried parsley: adds a little extra flavor and color
- half and half: makes the sauce creamy
- parmesan cheese: freshly grated parmesan is the best
Helpful Kitchen Tools for this Recipe
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- nontoxic indoor grill (my favorite kitchen appliance!)
- tongs
- mixing bowls
How to Make Grilled Chicken Bites with Creamy Garlic Sauce
Quick Note: You can double this recipe as many times as you’d like.
Slice the chicken breast into small chunks (bite-sized).
In a mixing bowl, add chicken, garlic powder, salt, pepper, avocado oil, and lemon juice.
Optional: You can pause this recipe and let the chicken marinate, covered, in the fridge up to 6 hours. But you don’t have to do this.
Heat your grill (indoor or outdoor) to medium heat, 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once it’s hot, place the chicken onto the grill, ensure they’re not touching. Cook for 4-5 minutes.
Flip and cook another 4-5 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked. You can figure this out by cutting a piece in half or using a meat thermometer.
While the chicken is cooking whip up the creamy garlic sauce by adding the butter to a small sauce pan and warming over medium heat on the stovetop.
Once the butter is melted add in minced garlic, salt, parsley, and half and half.
Stir to combine and warm on low-medium heat for 4-5 minutes, or until warm.
Turn heat to low and whisk in grated Parmesan until melted and combined. Take off heat, and set aside until chicken is cooked.
When chicken is cooked serve it with the garlic sauce poured over top and enjoy!
Video Tutorial
How to Make this Recipe Ahead
After mixing the chicken bites in the oil, seasoning marinade you can let the chicken marinate, covered, in the fridge up to 6 hours. This is optional.
Storing Leftover Chicken Bites
In the fridge: When the bites are cooled after cooking, store them in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
In the freezer: After they’re cooled down from cooking, store them in a freezer-safe container. They’ll last up to 3 months in the freezer.
Best Way to Reheat Grilled Chicken Bites
If you stored your leftover chicken in the fridge, place it in a skillet with 1 tsp of butter or avocado oil. Heat over low-medium until warm.
If you stored your chicken in the freezer, place it frozen in a new pan with a little butter or avocado oil and warm on 400 degrees until warm.
How to Serve Grilled Chicken Bites with Creamy Garlic Sauce
These chicken bites are great served with a delicious made from scratch side! Here are a few good options:
- mashed potatoes with or without brown gravy
- baked mac and cheese
- Hawaiian macaroni salad
- sourdough garlic knots
- sourdough Texas roadhouse rolls
Molly’s Tips for Making this Recipe
- For a deeper flavor, let the chicken bites marinate in the oil, seasoning mix for 2-4 hours in the fridge before cooking.
- Cook chicken bites on lower heat. Don’t get tempted to turn up the grill so the chicken will cook faster. This will dry it out.
- For juicy chicken, don’t skip the oil. If you can’t have avocado or olive oil, please skip it. But if you can, make sure you add it in. The results are so good!
- Use clean tongs at the end. When you’ve cooked the chicken, use a clean set of tongs to remove and serve them. This prevents any raw chicken contamination on your food.
FAQs
Yes, you can! Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and bake the bites for 20-25 minutes or until fully cooked.
Yes, if they’re boneless. That way you can still cut them into bite sized pieces.
Of course! After they’re cooled down from cooking, store them in a freezer-safe container. They’ll last up to 3 months in the freezer.
In my opinion, yes! This recipe is made with simple, wholesome ingredients from scratch. But it depends on what your opinion of healthy is.
More Quick & Easy Chicken Recipes
- Oven-Baked Buttermilk Fried Chicken Tenders
- Foolproof Chicken Shawarma Sheet Pan Dinner
- Chipotle Pineapple Chicken Tacos (sheet pan recipe)
- Mexican Chicken Kabobs
- Mango Chicken Tacos (sheet pan recipe)
- Sweet Pepper Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
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Recipe
Grilled Chicken Bites with Creamy Garlic Sauce
Ingredients
Chicken Bites
- 1 large chicken breast boneless skinless
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder (salt-free)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 Tbsp avocado oil (or olive oil)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Creamy Garlic Sauce
- 2 Tbsp butter, salted
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/4 cup half and half
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Quick Note: You can double this recipe as many times as you’d like.
- Slice the chicken breast into small chunks (bite-sized).
- In a mixing bowl, add chicken, garlic powder, salt, pepper, avocado oil, and lemon juice.
- Optional: You can pause this recipe and let the chicken marinate, covered, in the fridge up to 6 hours. But you don’t have to do this.
- Heat your grill (indoor or outdoor) to medium heat, 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Once it’s hot, place the chicken onto the grill, ensure they’re not touching. Cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Flip and cook another 4-5 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked. You can figure this out by cutting a piece in half or using a meat thermometer.
- While the chicken is cooking whip up the creamy garlic sauce by adding the butter to a small sauce pan and warming over medium heat on the stovetop.
- Once the butter is melted add in minced garlic, salt, parsley, and half and half.
- Stir to combine and warm on low-medium heat for 4-5 minutes, or until warm.
- Turn heat to low and whisk in grated Parmesan until melted and combined. Take off heat, and set aside until chicken is cooked.
- When chicken is cooked serve it with the garlic sauce poured over top and enjoy!
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