Poultry
171 recipes found
Crispy Baked Tomato-Oregano Chicken
Baked in the oven and sealed with a layer of tomato paste and yogurt, this chicken — your choice: breasts or thighs — stays juicy as it cooks on top of a bed of tomatoes. The tomatoes deflate and collapse, becoming a little saucy, as the panko and Parmesan layer on top of the chicken crisps and melts. To maximize this dish’s appeal to kids and crowds alike, it doesn’t have any heat, but red-pepper flakes would be a welcome addition, as would grated garlic or chopped basil. You can serve the chicken with rice or bread, to soak up the pan juices, or bring it as is to picnics and potlucks.
Chicken Piccata Meatballs
Inspired by the flavors of piccata, these chicken meatballs are seasoned with capers, garlic and oregano and pan-roasted until golden. The pan drippings are used to create a quick and tangy lemon-butter pan sauce. The secret to these plump, tender meatballs is the panade, bread crumbs soaked in milk until softened and folded into the meat mixture. Serve the meatballs with pasta and any simply roasted vegetable, like broccoli, green beans or bell peppers.
Sheet-Pan Honey Mustard Chicken and Broccoli
When a marinade does the heavy lifting, throwing together dinner turns into a breeze. This sweet, tangy honey-Dijon blend coats freshly chopped broccoli and skinless chicken thighs. The broccoli florets and stems are separated, and the stems are peeled and sliced into thin coins, which helps them cook at the same rate as the other ingredients. To ensure perfectly tender broccoli, the sheet pan gets tightly wrapped in aluminum foil to trap in steam. Once the chicken and broccoli are partially cooked, uncover, then douse in more honey mustard. This second round of sauce gets charred, sticky and caramelized under the broiler. Since this recipe requires so few ingredients, it can be a versatile blank canvas that invites experimentation. Substitute some of the olive oil with toasted sesame oil and top with toasted sesame seeds for a nuttier flavor; replace some of the honey with hot honey; or simply top with lemon zest and juice at the end for the brightest results.
Chicken Meatballs With Yogurt Sauce
This recipe transforms ground chicken into flavorful meatballs using warm spices, like paprika, cumin and coriander, and fresh herbs, like parsley, mint and cilantro, for binding instead of bread crumbs. Like Turkish kofte, these tender meatballs pair perfectly with a simple, garlicky yogurt sauce. Serve them with salad, rice pilaf or on toasted bread for a balanced and satisfying meal.
Lemon Garlic Roast Chicken With Squash
This showstopping chicken isn’t weeknight fare, but it turns chicken thighs into something totally special. It features lemon two ways, with a fair amount of lemon juice in the marinade, and thin slices of lemon in the roasting pan as well. Garlic, leeks and rosemary also ensure robust flavor. Then, simply roasted rings of delicata squash, skin and all, lay on top, but if you can’t find it, substitute cubes of another hard squash, like butternut. And, if you’re short on time, you can always prepare it in advance — at least a few hours ahead of serving — and reheat for 15 to 12 minutes in a 400-degree oven.
Chicken Mazemen
Quick and flavorful, mazemen is a brothless ramen that was created in Japan as a quick bite that is both easy to eat and satisfying. This homemade version is simple and easy, thanks to fast-cooking ground chicken and some everyday pantry ingredients that effortlessly create a rich sauce. Swirling tahini into the noodles at the end creates the silky texture. Fresh ramen noodles give a more authentic texture to the dish, but dried ramen also works nicely. A fresh topping of bean sprouts and grated radishes wakes up the dish; chopped cucumbers would be great, too. Enjoy the mazemen warm or at room temperature.
Coconut Creamed Spinach With Chicken Thighs
In this creamed spinach skillet dinner, the nostalgic steakhouse side takes center stage. For a lighter, streamlined version, canned coconut milk replaces the rich dairy elements like cream cheese, milk or heavy cream. The sauce follows in the footsteps of a classic béchamel sauce, with some ingredient changes made along the way, like using schmaltz instead of butter for the roux and replacing the whole milk with creamy coconut milk. Enriched with shallots and garlic, and spiced with a dash of nutmeg, the sauce is then mixed with thawed frozen spinach. After simmering the seared chicken thighs in the coconut creamed spinach, they get broiled with a sprinkle of coconut flakes, which bring a boost of texture and cohesiveness to the dish. Serve with toasted bread for a comforting weeknight meal.
One-Pot Chicken With Greens and Beans
This surprisingly quick one-pot chicken braise leans on the tartness of lime juice to brighten shredded chicken thighs, well-cooked Swiss chard, white beans and parsley. While the chicken browns deeply on one side, the chopped greens, onion and beans are piled into the pot and wilt, absorbing the rising heat and bubbling fat. Everything gets stirred together with a generous squeeze of lime juice and simmers until the chicken shreds easily. With minimal prep and cleanup, this recipe is also versatile: The chard and parsley can easily be substituted with other vegetables and herbs, like spinach and dill.
One-Pot Chicken With Pearl Couscous and Preserved Lemon
Nigella Lawson has mastered the art of creating recipes that balance comfort and appeal — especially when chicken is involved. This recipe, adapted from my cookbook, “Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share With People You Love” (Random House, 2025), is a play on her essential one-pot chicken with orzo. It’s a do-it-all dish that’ll make you feel both satisfied and cared for, whether you prefer dark or white meat; the sweetness of Medjool dates or the funk, salt and acid of preserved lemon; an abundance of braising juices or the playful chewiness of pearl couscous.
Braised Lemon Pepper Chicken Legs
This bright and brothy braise makes a big impact with only a handful of pantry staples thanks to a trick borrowed from Bangladeshi cooking, where chicken is gently simmered in blended onion and garlic. The allium purée caramelizes lightly, adds body to the sauce and offers a delicate aroma which grounds the perky lemon and cracked pepper seasoning. Round out the meal with a crusty baguette and simple leafy salad.
Smashed Chicken Meatballs with Suya and Charred Corn
The earthy, robust notes of suya spice taste best when paired with a protein seared over high heat. Here, it marinates ground chicken along with fresh chile, ginger and garlic, and seasons a peanut dressing that’s drizzled over the meatballs. To keep lean chicken juicy while it cooks, miso and chopped spinach are stirred into the meat and the mixture is loosely formed into balls with a spoon. The deeply seared meatballs are smashed and give the entire dish a lovely brown hue, along with charred corn. A topping of herbs adds freshness to the hearty meal served over rice.
Roasted Chicken With Vinegared Grapes
This elegant, company-worthy roasted chicken is seasoned with nutmeg and herbs and served with grapes that have been prepared two ways. Some have been roasted with red onions alongside the chicken, caramelizing at the edges. The rest are briefly pickled in vinegar, providing a sweet-tart contrast to the buttery sauce and crisp chicken skin. Leaving the grapes in small bunches for roasting not only makes a lovely presentation, it also keeps them from rolling off the pan and people’s plates for serving: pretty and practical.
Spice-Rubbed Grilled Turkey Tenderloins
While the sweet and smoky, barbecue-esque rub of this recipe would work just as well on mild-mannered chicken, it pairs particularly well with the meatier, richer taste of turkey. Though turkey is far too often relegated to just once a year, turkey breast tenderloins cook quickly, they’re just as lean as chicken and make great sandwiches. You’ll typically find them in packs of two, so grill them both, eating one now and saving the other for later, for meal prep made simple. Throw some peppers, onions, corn or zucchini on the grill to serve alongside the turkey for an easy, one-and-done dinner.
Chicken Soup With Corn and Spinners
This recipe is a more streamlined take on a Jamaican Saturday soup, a simmered-until-tender marriage of beef or chicken and starchy vegetables. Thanks to a few strategic moves, this recipe takes only one hour but tastes like the result of an hours-long endeavor. Simmering bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs in chicken stock fortifies the soup, coaxing out gelatin from the bones and releasing fat from the skin to create a rich foundation. Instead of cutting corn kernels off the cob, the corn cobs are cut into pieces, which are less fussy to prepare, and more fun to eat — with hands, as nature intended! Handmade dumplings called spinners thicken the soup further and add a chewy bite.
Balsamic Roasted Chicken With Peaches
Boneless chicken thighs, shallots, peaches and cherry or grape tomatoes are coated in a simple balsamic marinade and roasted until crispy, sweet and juicy. After roasting, extra marinade is added to the pan to simmer with the juices, creating a thick, tangy sauce that begs to be drizzled over everything or sopped up with a crusty hunk of bread. In addition to a sprinkling of fresh basil for serving, a ball of broken burrata or crumbles of feta would also be delicious. This recipe works well with any peaches, even those that may not be perfectly ripe or sweet, and can be made with other stone fruits like nectarines or plums, as well.
Honey Lemon Chicken Meatballs
Sweet and sour meatballs, caramelized lemon slices and a sticky honey sauce come together in this irresistible one-pan dinner. The meatballs are tender, juicy and extra-lemony thanks to freshly grated lemon zest and bread crumbs soaked in lemon juice. For caramelized lemon slices that melt in your mouth, don’t use a large lemon with a very porous peel. Instead, aim for a smaller fruit with a thin skin; it should feel juicy when you give it a gentle squeeze. Serve this meal with freshly cooked rice and a glass of crisp white wine. Watch Carolina Gelen make this dish in this video.
Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Sloppy Joes
You can always count on this updated version of a school cafeteria classic to get dinner on the table during a busy week. These dump-it-and-forget-it chicken sloppy Joes make the perfect make-ahead meal to prepare in a slow cooker. They rely on canned chipotles in adobo sauce for an exciting flavor upgrade: The slightly sweet, tomato-scented beef mixture is now balanced with smoky, spicy chipotles and made lighter with ground chicken. When it comes to the spice level, these chicken sloppy Joes pack a pleasantly spicy kick, but can easily be adapted to any palate. (For a milder version, simply use less chipotle.) Enjoy over warm burger buns, sloppy but delicious.
Slow Cooker Chicken and Creamed Corn
This easy stew has all the gentle pleasures of creamed chicken and creamed corn along with the zip of maque choux, a Cajun sauté of corn and peppers that is often enriched with cream. This slow-cooker recipe combines the best of both dishes for a rich braise, good on its own or served over buttered toast or biscuits. Because it is not as thick as a roux-thickened version, this dish feels right for corn season. It’s lightly creamy and full of sweet corn flavor thanks to the cobs, which cook alongside the other ingredients. There is no need for liquid; the chicken and vegetables give up theirs, making this essentially self-saucing. Add the reserved corn kernels just before serving so that they retain their sweet pop.
Slow Cooker Chicken Vesuvio Soup
In this no-fuss recipe, chicken Vesuvio undergoes a brothy makeover: Imagine the elements and flavors of the beloved Chicago dish concentrated in a pot, with chicken, oregano, thyme, garlic, lemon, wine and more. The result is a herby, lemony and garlicky chicken soup made substantial with the addition of potatoes and sweet peas. Once the potatoes are chopped into chunks, the ingredients combine in a slow cooker. Once the chicken breast is fork-tender and easy to pull apart, frozen peas are added to the mix for an inviting sweet flavor alongside a shower of freshly chopped parsley. For the best flavor, taste before serving and season generously with salt and pepper until every spoonful is perfectly salted.
Slow-Cooker Gochujang Chicken and Tomatoes
In this straightforward slow cooker recipe inspired by dakdori tang, you’ll be rewarded with a tomato-braised chicken that’s light enough for summer but hearty enough for winter. The balance comes from the interplay of cherry tomatoes and gochujang: The tomatoes burst into a tart, light broth that’s deepened with warming heat and fermented savoriness from the chile paste. Serve the chicken with plenty of the sauce and tomatoes over rice, rice cakes, udon or ramen noodles, roasted sweet potatoes or grits. Garnish with any combination of toasted sesame seeds, lime wedges, cilantro or thinly sliced scallions or serrano chiles.
Coconut-Cilantro Chicken and Rice
The hero of chicken and rice is usually chicken — but in this recipe, it’s the rice. This creamy, almost risotto-like rice cooks in a bright, herby spinach and coconut broth, forming a vibrant bed for the warmly spiced chicken. As the chicken roasts, the rendered fat releases into the rice, adding rich flavor. The frozen peas are added at the very end to preserve their color and add a bit of freshness to balance the flavors. Feel free to adjust the amount of lime juice you stir in at the end, and garnish with as much sliced chile and torn cilantro as you like.
Dijon Chicken With Tomatoes and Scallions
A one-pot dish that guards all the delicious flavors it creates as it cooks — the crispy browned bits of seared chicken, simmering soft scallions and burst tomatoes — and transforms them into a sauce with the addition of white wine and mustard. The tomatoes pop and deflate as they soften, adding their juices to the liquid, which helps gently braise the chicken. Tip in pickled jalapeños and a bit of brine to add punch. Serve this with crusty bread or spoon it onto rice or polenta. A green salad or steamed broccoli complete the meal.
Tomato Basil Chicken Breasts
This chicken takes a cue from piccata then heads in a decidedly summery direction: A quick pan sauce of butter, shallots, tomatoes, capers and a splash of red wine vinegar turns rich, juicy, and bright — just the thing to spoon over the top. A handful of fresh basil at the end wilts gently in the heat of the sauce. No lemon here, but the vibes are still tangy, savory, and buttery. There’s plenty of sauce, so pair with bread or rice to help soak it all up.
Mississippi Chicken
In this rendition of a slow-cooker classic, chicken thighs are transformed into a zesty, pull-apart tender dinner, with plenty of herby, buttery sauce. As the sibling to Mississippi pot roast, this dish has many of that beloved recipe’s staple ingredients, like pepperoncini and butter, but here, instead of packaged ranch seasoning and au jus powder, soy sauce and a blend of fresh herbs and seasonings are used. Mashed potatoes, rice and greens are great sides that will hold up well to the tangy gravy. Consider baking some cornbread or dinner rolls as well while it cooks.