Crispy Chicken Bites
Bite-sized pieces of chicken breast soaked in yoghurt, rolled in crushed cornflakes and fried until crunchy — a favourite of Bulgarian family tables, served with a garlic and dill yoghurt dip.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 700 g chicken breast fillets, cut into 3 cm pieces
- 350 g plain yoghurt
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 150 g plain cornflakes
- 50 g plain flour
- 2 eggs
- 500 ml sunflower oil, for frying
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 0.5 bunch dill, finely chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 6192 kcal · P 246.7g · C 98.1g · F 540.3g
Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Mix 150 g of the yoghurt with the paprika, 1 tsp of the salt and the pepper, stir in the chicken and leave for 30 minutes, or overnight in the fridge — the yoghurt keeps the breast juicy.
- 2Crush the cornflakes in a bag with a rolling pin to coarse crumbs about the size of rice grains and tip them into a shallow dish. Put the flour in a second dish and beat the eggs in a third.
- 3Lift the chicken out of the marinade, letting the excess drip off, and roll each piece in flour, then egg, then cornflakes, pressing the crumbs on firmly.
- 4Heat the oil in a deep pan to 170°C — a crumb of cornflakes dropped in should sizzle steadily, not violently.
- 5Fry the bites in three batches for 4–5 minutes, turning once, until deep golden and cooked through; cornflakes darken faster than breadcrumbs, so keep the heat moderate.
- 6Drain on kitchen paper and sprinkle with the remaining salt.
- 7For the dip, mix the remaining yoghurt with the garlic and dill.
- 8Serve the bites hot with the dip.
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Questions and answers
How long does Crispy Chicken Bites take to make?
About 65 minutes: 45 min prep and 20 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Crispy Chicken Bites?
11 ingredients: chicken breast fillets, plain yoghurt, sweet paprika, salt, black pepper, plain cornflakes, plain flour, eggs, sunflower oil, garlic, dill.
How many servings does this Crispy Chicken Bites recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Crispy Chicken Bites?
About 1548 kcal, with 61.7 g protein, 24.5 g carbohydrate and 135.1 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Crispy Chicken Bites?
Crispy Chicken Bites comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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