Categories: One Pot Meals

Garlic Butter Chicken With Lemon Asparagus

Garlic Butter Chicken With Lemon Asparagus – so much flavor and so easy, this chicken and asparagus recipe is an all time winner for dinnertime. These chicken bites are so juicy, tender and delicious you’ll complete them hot right off the pan. And this is low carb, keto friendly one pan chicken dinner is ready under 30 minutes. Serve garlic butter chicken bites on top of cauliflower rice, if you are super hungry. It’ll be the super healthy dinner idea for everyone will love and enjoy.

Ingredients Required

For Garlic Butter Chicken Bites And Asparagus Recipe

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 bunch of asparagus, rinsed and trimmed
½ cup of butter, softened
1 tsp of olive oil
2 tsp of minced garlic
1 tsp of Italian seasoning or herbes de province
1 tbsp of hot sauce, optional
½ cup of low sodium chicken broth
Juice of ½ lemon
1 tbsp of minced parsley
Crushed red chili pepper flakes, optional
Slices of lemon for garnish

For Chicken Seasoning

1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of fresh cracked blank pepper
2 tsp of onion powder

Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe With Asparagus

Are you looking for a quick and easy 30 minutes chicken dinner, this delicious garlic butter chicken recipe will be your new family favorite.

This recipe can make in just one skillet. Diced chicken breasts are sauteed on stovetop and result is super juicy, tender, rich and some buttery with crisp asparagus on side.

How To Make Garlic Chicken Bites With Asparagus

Preparation method of this chicken bites recipe is pretty simple: first, cut chicken breasts into cubes and season generously.

During the chicken is sitting, you can blanch asparagus in boiling to precook them so they cook faster in the skillet.

Stir fry chicken bites until golden later add minced garlic and Italian seasoning, stir and cook with chicken bites until fragrant.

Now, deglaze your skillet with chicken broth, and add remaining butter, lemon juice, hot sauce, parsley. Then you can add blanched asparagus and toss to finish cooking asparagus. Later add chicken back to skillet, reheat, season and serve.

Tips For Chicken Recipe With Asparagus

This one pan garlic butter chicken bites and asparagus recipe is filled with full of rich, buttery herb flavors with both chicken and asparagus.

It’ll be made in one skillet for quick, easy prep and cleanup. This healthy chicken recipe for dinner is low in carbs, gluten free and compatible with keto diet.

Few tips to make this most delicious chicken dinner recipe as follows:

You might skip your blanching depending on the thickness of your asparagus.
You can enrich sauce by adding some white wine.
Do not overcrowd your pan when cooking chicken bites. You can proceed by batches, so each chicken bite has delicious crisp golden crust. Let them sit in pan, later turn from time to time so your chicken gets that nice golden sear on every side.
For a variant of chicken recipe, you can use whole chicken tenders instead.

FAQs

Can I Use Other Veggies Than Asparagus For This Chicken Recipe?

If you don’t like asparagus, replace them with green beans, broccoli, zucchini or cauliflower rice.

How Long Should I Cook Garlic Butter Chicken Bites?

While its a whole chicken breast, it must reach an internal temperature of 165°F, small bites with reach this temperature quickly in about 5-6 minutes, it depends on your chicken piece size.

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