Chicken Recipes & Ideas

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Name a recipe that can’t be improved upon by adding bacon. Yeah, I’ll wait. It may be the best part of breakfast, but it’s also the perfect addition to soups, vegetable sides, salads, pasta bakes, pizza, and — wait for it — doughnuts (don’t knock ’em until you try ’em!).

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Everything tastes better in a bowl. You can get a little messy with the presentation and pile on whatever ingredients you’re in the mood for, plus you have permission to eat your dinner with a spoon cross-legged on the couch if you feel like it. That’s the the best kind of dinner.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Whether or not you’re team pineapple pizza (it’s always up for debate!), you’ll definitely want to be on team pineapple kebab, especially after making this recipe from Cafe Delites! There’s something about throwing fruit on the grill that feels summery.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Boneless skinless chicken thighs are infinitely better than boneless skinless chicken breasts. They’re much juicier, harder to overcook, and full of flavor — all things the most basic cut of chicken is not. We’ve talked about our love for chicken thighs a lot on Kitchn, including here, and here, and here.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Capers are extremely polarizing. If you like them, you love them, and if you don’t, you hate them.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. If you’re looking for a way to spice up the dinner rotation this week, we’ve got you covered with these sweet-yet-spicy firecracker chicken meatballs from Little Spice Jar.

Buffalo chicken dip seems relegated to tailgating sessions and football-watching parties, but why? This creamy, spicy dip is packed with protein and can be a vehicle for eating more vegetables if you serve it that way. This easy version of Buffalo chicken dip is perfect for a quick dinner dip or just the right size to serve a small crowd at your next get-together. My favorite part is using just one pan so that it can be served and reheated in the same dish. Ready to make dip for dinner?

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Whenever we had chicken cutlets for dinner when I was growing up, my mom would eat them so fast that she’d get the hiccups.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Since it’s no longer bearable to crank up the oven come dinnertime, so begins my hunt for an inventory of satisfying dinner salads to help beat the heat. In order to qualify as a “dinner salad,” said salad must keep all those who consume it full until breakfast.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I’ve been on a taco kick lately. I make them at home, order them in restaurants, and even buy them from food trucks or street fairs when the weather gets nice. Since tacos are so incredibly customizable, it’s a hard food group to get sick of. (Yes, I just called tacos a food group.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. It’s pretty tempting to resort to the various takeout joints in my neighborhood for a freshly prepared order of potstickers on demand, but if there’s one thing I’d love to learn, it’s the proper art of dumpling-making at home.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. This recipe is the whole enchilada. Literally. Think of it as a tamale pie-meets-enchilada lasagna. It’s one giant deconstructed enchilada that comes together in a hot skillet — and involves way less work than a typical enchilada recipe.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Important PSA: Grilled chicken does not have to be boring. Here at Kitchn, we’ve proved it time and time again — but sometimes we could all use a little reminder that the world of grilled chicken is rife with possibilities.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I’m a firm believer that the only thing better than honey barbecue chicken is honey barbecue chicken on a stick. There’s something about cooking food on skewers that can make even a regular weeknight dinner feel like a festive summer cookout.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. As much as it pains me to admit, I pretty much only ever order chicken Parmesan when I’m out to eat. Even though it ranks pretty high up on my list of all-time favorite foods, I rarely make it because it just seems like SO. MANY. STEPS.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Lemons are my biggest heroes in the kitchen. In my youth there were many days when I’d get home late and there’d be no ingredients in the house, so I’d shrug it off as a “not the right time” for cooking, and just order dinner. (Sushi if it was close to payday; pizza if it wasn’t.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. The first day back after a long weekend can be rough, so don’t make things harder on yourself by attempting a complicated, fussy recipe tonight. Enter: this garlic mushroom chicken from Cafe Delites.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Looking for something to wow at today’s BBQ? I’ve got just the thing for you. Grilled chicken and veggie kabobs are pretty standard fare at most cookouts, but these stand out from the crowd, thanks to a secret spice weapon: za’atar.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Happy Friday, friends! How are you spending the long weekend? I’m hanging out in New York and have a slew of things I want to take advantage of — one, of course, is trying to grill or picnic or just do something that involves being outside and eating.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. It might only be Wednesday, but I’m already dreaming and scheming about food and drink plans for the long weekend ahead. What kind of cocktails do I want to make? Is pasta salad in my near future? And what about grilled pizza? You get the idea.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. The best dinners come together quickly and easily, with minimal fuss. Take this garlic-herb chicken and asparagus, for instance — it cooks up in 20 minutes in a single skillet, leaving you with just enough time to quickly microwave some brown rice or make some quinoa on the stovetop. Right now — spring!

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every day as we post our favorites. I’ve seen my fair share of great vegetable substitutions for recipes. Whether you’re trying to eat low-carb, don’t eat meat, or just want more vegetables in your life, there’s bound to be some veggie swap you can try as a substitute in a traditional recipe.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Since I write about food for a living, it’s not really cool when I don’t like a common ingredient. Other people can have preferences for what they do and don’t like (as long as olives and pickles aren’t on the “no” list, I’m sorry), but I’m “supposed” to eat everything.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Looking for a low-carb lunch that you’ll actually want to eat? These chicken meatloaf muffins are the answer. Made with enchilada sauce and plenty of cheese, you don’t have to worry about these mini meatloaves being dry and flavorless.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Shorts weather is upon us, which means there’s asparagus and radishes and a whole bunch of spring produce that I should want to eat right now. We wait all winter for something that feels a little more fresh, right?

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Are you familiar with the power of ECDs? Of course you are — you’re a cook! ECDs, or easy chicken dinners, are the LBDs (ahem, little black dresses) of the cooking world. You need at least one, and you’re probably always looking for the next one that will make your dinner more delicious with less effort.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. My favorite recipes are the ones that take ingredients I use all the time and make me think about them in a different way. I love eating a vegetable-heavy dinner or lunch, but is there something other than a big green salad I should be trying?

The sheet pan is the humble hero of easy dinners and lunches. When you’re short on time and don’t want to make a huge mess in your kitchen, you can always count on the sheet pan to save the day. And this sheet pan ginger-garlic chicken and broccoli from Pinch of Yum is an easy workday lunch you can make over and over again without getting bored — the secret is in the sauce.

Sometimes a recipe seems too good to be true. Take this one, for example: It cooks in one pot, in under 30 minutes, with only a handful of ingredients. It can’t be that good, right? Wrong. This creamy chicken and rice is comforting and delicious — and it really is as easy to make as it seems. The whole really is greater than the sum of its parts here.

There’s no such thing as too many slow cooker chicken recipes. No, really! It’s a fact. Slow cooker chicken is there for us when we have screaming children and have less than five minutes to prepare anything, or when we know it’s going to be a long day at work and we just need something mind-numbingly easy for dinner. This slow cooker chicken recipe from Fit Foodie Find fits nicely into every I-don’t-want-to-cook situation. Basically, it’s a problem solver.

Is taco Thursday a thing? It totally should be, if only for an excuse to make these chicken tinga tacos. With only 10 minutes of prep and 10 minutes of cook time, these flavorful tacos can be on your table tonight. This recipe comes to us from Melissa Coleman’s (aka The Faux Martha) new cookbook, The Minimalist Kitchen, via Pinch of Yum. The key to this being a 20-minute meal is having some cooked shredded chicken already on hand.

Baked chicken and rice is one of the ultimate comfort foods, and this recipe is a one-pot wonder. With bone-in chicken thighs and long-grain rice mixed with onions, garlic, and spices, this is a flavorful meal that’s big enough for the whole family and fast enough for a weeknight. The author uses bone-in skinless chicken thighs, which saves a whole step and an extra pan, because there’s no reason to start the recipe on the stovetop to render the fat and make the skin extra crispy.

If you struggle to find dishes that are easy and quick enough for a weeknight, you’re going to love this recipe for honey balsamic chicken and Brussels sprouts. The whole meal comes together in 25 minutes, and it all cooks on one sheet pan, which means cleanup is also sure to be a breeze. Sheet pan recipes are lifesavers for weeknight dinners. The protein and vegetables bake at the same time … on the same pan!

It’s Friday, and you’re tired after a long week of work. You know you’re in for a night on the couch with some TV, a glass of wine, and a comforting dinner. You’re not up for an elaborate cooking session, but you also don’t want to spend money on takeout. The solution: this easy sweet & spicy sheet pan chicken. In order to get really great texture on the chicken, the author shares a few smart tips.

Looking for an easy dinner that really packs a punch? Kung pao chicken is your best bet. But before you place an order at your local takeout joint, consider this recipe. With only eight ingredients, this wholesome take on kung pao chicken comes together in 20 minutes. I’d say that’s a weeknight win. As with most stir-fries, the author notes that this recipe is super versatile. Don’t eat meat? Use tofu instead of chicken! Avoiding grains? Swap in cauliflower rice!

The appeal of muffins is undeniable. A delicious treat that can be eaten with one hand on the go — what more could you want? Well, sometimes you want something a little more substantial than a traditional muffin. Maybe you’re trying to eat fewer carbs in the morning, or cut back on sugar? These savory egg and cheese muffins are just the ticket.

Cashew chicken is a popular Chinese takeout order, but why call for delivery when you can make your own cashew chicken so easily at home? This recipe cooks in one skillet — rice included! — which means dinner and cleanup are both a cinch. This recipe is super versatile. For one, the author offers two cooking methods here: stovetop and Instant Pot.

Well, spring has technically arrived, but based on some of the weather in parts of the country, you wouldn’t know it. That’s fine, though, because we have easy, hearty dishes like this chicken and rice to keep us warm until the snow decides to leave for good. It’s basically comfort in a Crock-Pot. The selling point for this recipe? It only requires 10 minutes of your time to prep!

Making a big batch of pulled chicken to have on hand for the week is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. Take this sesame chicken, for instance — with just 10 minutes of prep and two hours in the slow cooker, you can have tender shredded chicken to use all week long in sandwiches, salads, and grain bowls. It really doesn’t get much easier than this recipe.

The sheet pan meal is a weeknight wonder. Your protein, veggie, and starch can all cook in harmony on one sheet pan, which means less hands-on cooking work for you and fewer dishes to clean up after. It really doesn’t get any better than that! This sheet pan meal features crispy garlic-Parmesan chicken, asparagus, and baby potatoes for a perfect late-winter/early-spring dinner.

On a recent trip to Italy, I fell in love with sun-dried tomatoes. I have to admit that before my Italian trip, I found sun-dried tomatoes to be too chewy and lacking in flavor. But then on a whim in Rome I bought a little jar of partially-dried tomatoes to bring back to the United States and I had a revelation: sun-dried tomatoes can be delicious if you get the right brand.

Quick, easy, delicious dinners: We all want them, we all need them. There are so many recipes online that promise to deliver on all three of these things, and fail to actually do so. Let me convince you why this one-pot creamy chicken lemon pasta from Spoonful of Flavor will not fail you. Go ahead and pick up the short list of ingredients for this recipe at the grocery store tonight. It’s quick and easy: This is a true one-pot recipe.

Still searching for what to make for dinner tonight? How does juicy, golden-brown chicken, nestled in perfectly fluffy couscous, all simmered in a thyme-scented cream sauce sound? Oh, and did I mention there’s bacon? Yeah, you’re gonna wanna bookmark this one.

The Instant Pot is a weeknight wonder for its ability to produce flavorful meals in lightning-fast time. The seven-in-one appliance makes it possible to get perfectly cooked, juicy chicken thighs in a Thai-inspired peanut-lime sauce on the table in under 30 minutes. It doesn’t get any better or easier than that! The key to developing the most flavor in this dish is cooking the boneless chicken thighs on the Browning/Sauté setting first.

A meal made in the slow cooker is a thing of beauty. Not only does it help you spend less time in the kitchen cooking, but it also promises a meal that’s hot and ready when you are. It’s also a great way to cook a little extra for the week ahead. This recipe is perfect for all those reasons. It combines easy ingredients, most of which you probably already have on hand, to make perfect pulled chicken with a rich glaze that will keep you coming back for more!

February is not my favorite month. While I’d like to think I’d spend time in my kitchen making long, labor-intensive dinners, like lasagna bolognese or a two-day tomato sauce, I don’t have the energy for it. Winter tends to bring me down a bit and getting dinner on the table needs to be fairly effortless. That’s why I was excited to discover this easy chicken and broccoli dinner that packs a ton of flavor and only takes 30 minutes to make in the oven.

This winter has been particularly cold in the Midwest. To help warm things up, I plan on making every spicy dish I know. This recipe brings the heat, packs a flavor punch, and, best of all, is made in the slow cooker so your hands-on cooking time is minimal. A win for everyone! This slow cooker chicken recipe is the perfect thing for those looking for some serious heat. This recipe combines chicken, buffalo sauce, and some red chili flake at the end to keep you sweating.

The Super Bowl is upon us, and it’s a mega sports season in general. Hockey and Basketball are also happening, but there’s no denying that the Super Bowl is one of the largest sporting events, if not the largest in the country. And if you’re just in it for the commercials and the food, then you’re in luck if these chicken bites are on your table. They’re baked (not fried!) and there’s no messy dredging. It’s a match made in big sports day heaven!

Chicken salad and tuna salad are tried-and-true lunch staples. I don’t think there was ever a time that I went to my grandparents’ home and opened the refrigerator and didn’t see a container of it waiting for a midday meal. But every once in a while it’s good to shake things up. This Greek version — with chicken breast, avocado, and sun-dried tomatoes — is a nice refresh on the lunch classic.

January, am I right? We all want the comfort that winter foods provide, while pretending that we’re sticking to our food resolutions. The struggle can be real when the weather feels unforgiving. Do they make blankets out of cream and carbs? Surely someone has discovered that by now. Fine, I don’t need a carb blanket, but I do need this creamy chicken soup, which, as far as I’m concerned, is the next best thing. Oh, did I mention that it doesn’t have a bit of cream in it?

Not all salads are created equal. For me to eat one for lunch, it really has to hit home; it has to fuel me, satisfy me, and make me feel alright with the fact that the girl in the cubicle next to me has just reheated the most amazing-smelling lasagna ever. That’s why I’m pretty excited about this teriyaki chicken salad from Heather Christo. I’m pretty sure this salad will be a lunchtime favorite as well as a weeknight staple!

If you’re like me and would rather wipe down your cast iron than clean a sheet pan (because parchment paper doesn’t always cut it), then this recipe is for you. Not only is this dish packed with tasty winter vegetables and chicken, but the whole thing easily cooks while you’re wrangling kids (or dogs!), or while you’re zoning out on your social media feed. When it comes to roasted vegetables, I have a personal tendency to crowd the pan.

We’re in the Thanksgiving home stretch here, and people have turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes on the brain. But as you ramp up for the big day, don’t forget that you do have to eat dinner this week — preferably something wholesome and quick like this skillet chicken with sweet potatoes. While this one-pan meal seems super basic — just chicken thighs and sweet potatoes, right? — it’s actually packed with flavor.

When you don’t have a ton of time to dedicate to cooking a main dish and sides for dinner, a one-pan meal is the perfect solution. In this case, chicken thighs, fresh veggies, and rice cook all together in a pan with a flavorful coconut curry sauce. In about 40 minutes you’ll have your protein, starch, and veggies — and only one pan to wash after dinner. It doesn’t get any better than that! There are a couple key moves that make this dish a success.

Your search for an irresistible chicken dish is over. These chicken thighs have perfectly crispy skin, thanks to the hot cast iron skillet, and are completely juicy, thanks to the rich brown butter sauce they cook in. It’s truly the best of both worlds. The real key to success here is the super-flavorful sauce for the chicken. You first brown butter in a skillet, then stir in honey, garlic, and lemon.

Spinach-artichoke dip is a classic for a reason. You can’t beat the combination of warm cheese, spinach, and artichokes — unless, of course, you add sun-dried tomatoes to the mix and stuff it inside crispy chicken thighs. These stuffed chicken thighs might look and sound impressive, but they’re actually super easy to pull together in about 30 minutes.

If you have a favorite Chinese takeout spot, you’ve probably ordered cashew chicken before. And while it’s convenient to call in an order when you really don’t have time or energy to cook, this homemade version is definitely worth a try. Why make your own? For one, it comes together in less than 30 minutes. (Your delivery order might take up to an hour on a busy night — one point for homemade!) You also save a little money.

This one-pan creamy chicken and rice really is the whole package. You’ve got your protein, starch, vegetables, and sauce all in one convenient dish. And cleanup is a breeze, since you only have the one pan to worry about. I mean, what’s not to love? This recipe, like other one-pan recipes, requires a little smart maneuvering in order to ensure everything is cooked properly.

Whether you’re hosting a Sunday football viewing party or you’ve been tasked with bringing something to a potluck, this slow cooker Buffalo chicken chili will not let you down. It turns all the flavors of the classic appetizer into a hearty, wholesome chili that’ll warm you up on cool fall days. This chili starts with cooked, shredded chicken, so the goal of making it in the slow cooker is to really build deep flavors.

Comforting cheesy chicken and broccoli casserole.

Looking to ease the dinnertime dilemma with a meal kit sent right to your door? You’re in luck, because you’ve now got more than a dozen companies to choose from — and counting. Deciding which one to choose is the hard part. They’ve all got the packaging and delivery down pat, but it’s what’s inside the box that counts. The big question is: Do the contents satisfy your cravings or leave you wishing you had ordered takeout?

The standard sheet pan meal is a weeknight lifesaver, but after a while the same old chicken and veggies with olive oil, salt, and pepper can get a little boring. Enter: this red curry chicken with sweet potatoes and crispy kale. It’ll give your sheet pan routine a much-needed jolt. The real star of the show here is the red curry marinade, which is used to coat both the chicken and the kale.

If you love chicken cacciatore but don’t love having to watch it simmer on the stove, this recipe is for you. You can prep all the ingredients, add them to the slow cooker, go about your day, and come back to a delicious meal. And with garlic, onion, bell pepper, carrot mushroom, tomatoes, kale, olives, and herbs, this slow cooker chicken cacciatore is as hearty and flavorful as the stovetop version.