Mexi Chicken Bites
These easy Mexi Chicken Bites are full of flavor and so versatile! You can eat them on their own, or use them in a rice bowl, a tortilla, or on a salad. Perfect for meal-prep! The easy homemade Mexican-inspired rub that coats these chicken bites uses spices you probably already have in your cabinet and comes together in minutes. The chicken cooks up quickly on the stovetop and voila! Dinner is served. Not only are these Mexi Chicken Bites easy, delicious, and versatile, each satisfying serving is just 175 calories or 1 WW Point on Weight Watchers! To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app, click here!
How to Serve
These Mexi Chicken Bites are great on their own and pair well with all types of side dishes. I love eating them with rice (the one pictured is Vigo Yellow Rice) and veggies or on a salad. They’d also be great in a taco or burrito. You can even add a dipping sauce if you like! They’d be tasty with salsa, or the Salsa-Ranch dressing I used in my Beef Taco Salad Recipe (pictured). I make chicken bites pretty often to use for lunch on salads. I love to eat a salad for lunch, and it’s great to have chicken bites prepped and ready to throw on top! You could also serve these chicken bites in a rice or grain bowl with veggies. This recipe is so versatile!
Cutting up the chicken
I often buy a big pack of boneless, skinless chicken breasts at the store and then use kitchen shears to trim them down to make 5-6 oz cutlets to use in recipes. Everything I cut off to make the cutlets gets cut into chunks to make chicken bites! It’s easy to weigh out 1 lb or 1.5 lb of chicken chunks and freeze them for later in a quart size freezer bag. That way, I always have some on hand! Buying the bulk packs of chicken breasts is cost-effective, and cutting them into cutlets and bites ensured I have what I need on hand when I go to make a recipe. I find that kitchen shears make this task go quicker and easier than using a knife, so I highly recommend using shears like these (affiliate link).
More Flavors of Chicken Bites
If you love the idea of chicken bites, but are looking for a different flavor profile, I’ve got you covered! I have a variety of different types of chicken bites on my blog, for whatever flavors you’re craving! If you want to check out my other chicken bites flavors, I’ve made them Blackened, Pickle-Brined, Chili Lime, Nashville Hot, Greek, Barbecue Rubbed, Lemon Pepper, Sticky Honey Coriander, and Everything seasoned. You’ll probably want to try them all!
Mexi Chicken Bites
Ingredients
- 1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 lb raw boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into small bite-sized pieces
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- In a small dish, stir together your seasoning mix: chili powder, paprika, sugar, cumin, onion powder, salt, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.
- Place the chicken pieces into a mixing bowl. Add the seasoning mix to the chicken pieces. Stir the contents of the bowl until the chicken pieces are coated with the spices.
- Add the oil to a large sauté pan/walled skillet and bring over med-high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the chicken pieces (don’t overcrowd the pan) and stir to break them up and coat them in the oil. Cook the chicken for 6-8 minutes, stirring every couple minutes. Once the chicken is cooked through and a bit golden on the outside, remove from heat and serve.
Notes
175 calories, 2 g carbs, 1 g sugars, 7 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 26 g protein, 1 g fiber, 82 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com) Weight Watchers Points Plus:
4 per (3.25 ounce) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info)
Could this be made in an air fryer?