Greek Rooster Bites – 10 Minute Meal

Greek hen bites are a fast and straightforward solution to make flavorful, juicy hen for any meal. This hen cooks in 10 minutes with 3 easy components. Skillet Greek hen can be utilized on salads, in wraps or pitas, with rice and veggies or with pasta. You’ll discover so some ways to make use of these excessive protein hen bites!

In the event you love this recipe, you need to attempt my Italian Rooster Bites, Taco Rooster Bites or Asian Rooster Bites. All of those recipes cook dinner up in simply 10 minutes with easy components.

Recipe highlights

• Cooks in 10 minutes
• 3 components
• Versatile
• Nice for meal prep
• Excessive protein, low carb, gluten free, dairy free
• Nice for weeknight meals

Components

• Boneless, skinless hen – use thighs, breast or tenders, all minimize into cubes
• Greek dressing – use your favourite Greek dressing or attempt my marinade (beneath)
• Salt
• Garlic powder (elective)

Methods to make skillet greek hen bites

Reduce the hen into cubes. Add to a bowl with the greek dressing, salt and elective garlic powder. Stir nicely.

Preheat a big skillet over medium to medium excessive warmth. When scorching, add hen and flatten down right into a single layer. Cook dinner 5 minutes with out transferring the hen.

After 5 minutes, stir the hen round within the pan and cook dinner an extra 3-5 minutes till cooked via and browning. Stir usually.

Serve together with your favourite greek impressed meal.

Prime ideas

• Reduce the hen with kitchen shears or use a knife and a plastic slicing board (one thing you’ll be able to put into the dishwasher to sanitize after utilizing).
• To make this as rapidly as potential, I like to recommend utilizing hen tenders. Since they’re already so small, it takes nearly no time to chop them into cubes.
• For extra taste, let the hen marinate within the greek dressing for 20-60 minutes.
• To get a golden crust on the hen, let it cook dinner for five minutes in a scorching pan earlier than transferring the hen round (as soon as it’s all in a single layer).
• In the event you don’t have greek dressing readily available, make your personal (recipe beneath)

Variations

• Spicy: Add some crushed crimson pepper flakes
• Recent herbs: After cooking, sprinkle with chopped italian parsley, mint, oregano, basil

What to serve with simple greek hen

Frequent questions

What’s the finest hen to make use of?

To make this recipe come collectively rapidly, I like to recommend utilizing hen tenders, as they’re the quickest to chop into cubes since they’re already so small. I additionally actually love this recipe with boneless, skinless hen thighs as a result of they’re so forgiving for those who barely overcook them (which may occur rapidly when they’re minimize small like this).

What for those who don’t have greek dressing?

In the event you don’t have Greek dressing readily available, you may make your personal greek marinade by combining:

• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon crimson wine vinegar
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1/2 tablespoon dijon dressing
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano

Are you able to make this for meal prep

Sure! Nonetheless, I discover that the hen actually must make contact with the new skillet to get that brown crust and overcrowding the pan could make this tough. I might suggest solely making 1- 2 kilos of hen at a time in a really giant skillet for finest outcomes.

Storing leftovers

• Fridge: Retailer leftover Greek hen bites in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days.
• Reheating: Reheat within the microwave or on a skillet over low warmth till warmed via.
• Freezer: Freeze in a freezer protected bag or container as much as 2 months. Defrost absolutely earlier than reheating.

Extra Greek hen recipes

Air Fryer Greek Rooster

Greek Rooster and Vegetable Sheet Pan