Zucchini Chicken Bites
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Alright, I’ll stop rambling for paragraphs about zucchini. Look, all of our ingredients are measured and ready so I guess we can get to this. If you’ve been around these parts for the past month then you know the zucchini drill. Shred that baby in a food processor. But unlike previous weeks, we’re not going to drain the zucc of it’s watery goodness. These are lazy chicken bites.
With your meat in a large bowl, add in the onion and zucchini and mix it all together.
Like this, see? Don’t be afraid to get those fingers dirty.
Now add in the garlic, cilantro, and salt & peppa. I almost added paprika here. But didn’t. If I didn’t have fresh cilantro that needed used up, I probably would have used basil instead of cilantro in these. Moral of the story: add whatever sounds good to you. We’re all about following your taste buds around here.
Make sure it’s mixed nicely.
In a generously greased pan, spoon the zucchini chicken mixture into the pan in about 1 tablespoon size balls. I pressed mine down flat a bit so they were more like chicken fingers and less like meatballs.
Cook for about 5 minutes on each side and then they’re DONE. Rather minimal effort huh?
I made a BIG ole’ batch of these so that I could eat on them for a few days’ worth of lunches. I’d cut my recipe in half if you only want one meal.
PrintZucchini Chicken Bites
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 30 1x
Description
Zucchini Chicken Bites (makes ~30 bites)
Ingredients
- 4 cups of zucchini, shredded (about 2 medium zucchinis)
- 2 pounds of ground chicken (or turkey, or other meat)
- 1/2 cup sweet onion, diced
- 2 large cloves of garlic
- ~1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (can use more or less depending on your preference)
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- ~1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- oil for cooking
Instructions
- Thoroughly combine zucchini, onion, and ground chicken in a large bowl.
- Add in the remaining ingredients (minus oil obviously) and mix together well.
- Spoon balls about 1 tablespoon large into pan and lightly press down with fingers.
- Cook each bite for 5 minutes on EACH side.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
I served mine with a little garlic aioli and ate more of them in one sitting than I’ll admit.
Don’t forget: I made this recipe with the purpose of having leftovers for the week. Cut it in half if you only want dinner for one night.
Some more Zucchini-ness for you:
Creamy Zucchini Soup
Zucchini Crust Quiche
Zucchini Dill Fritters
Zucchini Wheat Brownies
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17 Comments on “Zucchini Chicken Bites”
I can’t believe you great Zucchini!! These look amazing :)
Tori
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Thanks girl!! I ate lunch out of this batch all week and it was delicious!
YUMMY! I’m making this tonight. I love zucchini and we don’t eat a lot of red meat in my house so this is perfect.
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I hope you made them and loved it!!
Would never have thought of doing this with zucchini they look great.
we have a random overflow of summer squash, so i might add these to the menu! what’s the sauce you’re dipping them in?
Let me know if you make them and like em!! The sauce is a garlic aioli. I plan to post my simple aioli recipe soon!
Pretty sure my kids would go crazy for these! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
What is the serving size and calorie count ? They look and sound delicious
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