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Coconut-Crusted Chicken Bites with Lime

Name: Coconut-Crusted Chicken Bites with Lime
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 700 g skinless chicken thighs, cut into varied bite-sized pieces; 2 large eggs, beaten; 80 g unsweetened desiccated coconut; 90 g raw almonds, roughly ground; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tbsp avocado or extra virgin olive oil; 1 large ripe avocado; 2 limes, zest and juice; 0.5 cup fresh coriander, roughly torn

Juicy chicken pieces in a rough coconut-almond crust with toasted edges and a sharp lime finish. Hand-cut sizes make some bites crispier and others meatier.

Prep15 mins

Cook20 mins

Serves4

DifficultyEasy

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Uneven golden coconut-crusted chicken bites with rough crumbs and lime — **TooGut pick**Flexible, practical, genuinely delicious.

A useful paleo crumb needs texture, not a coating blended into dust. Desiccated coconut and roughly ground almonds catch at different angles, creating browned peaks without refined flour.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves4

Chicken bites

700 gskinless chicken thighs, cut into varied bite-sized pieces
2 large eggs, beaten
80 gunsweetened desiccated coconut
90 graw almonds, roughly ground
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tbspavocado or extra virgin olive oil

Lime dip

1 largeripe avocado
2 limes, zest and juice
½ cupfresh coriander, roughly torn

One step at a time

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Build a rough crumb

Heat the oven to 220°C. Mix coconut, ground almonds, paprika and salt; keep some visibly larger almond pieces.

Coat in handfuls

Dip chicken in egg, then press into crumb. Place on an oiled rack over a tray, leaving irregular pieces separate.

Roast until mottled gold

Drizzle with oil and roast for 16 to 20 minutes, turning the largest pieces once, until cooked through and browned in uneven patches.

Mash the dip

Mash avocado roughly with lime zest, juice, coriander and salt. Leave small chunks rather than blending.

Serve by doneness

Move smaller finished bites to a warm plate while any larger ones get another minute. Serve with lime dip.

Per serve, estimate · Metric

Nutrition snapshot

Energy2,240 kJ

Protein42 g

Carbohydrate12 g

Fibre7 g

Approximate only. Values change with brands, portions and selected swaps.

Set yourself up

Equipment

✓ Large oven tray
✓ Wire rack
✓ Two shallow bowls