68 Excellent Chicken Recipes That I Bet You Haven't Tried Yet

The magic is in the prep work with this stir fry. Once you get all your veggies in the pan, it cooks in a flash, and it is completely delicious. Colorful veggies, juicy chicken, and noodles make this a perfect medley of flavors. Add teriyaki sauce, and you've got yourself a dynamite weeknight chicken meal. 

Recipe: Chicken Teriyaki Chow Mein 

Most bibimpap is made with beef, but swapping it out for chicken is just as delicious — it's the marinade that really packs a punch. And while the veggies are definitely adaptable to what you have in the fridge, don't skip the egg! The runny yolk really brings it all together into one cohesive dish.

Recipe: Chicken Bibimbap

Fried chicken can be intimidating — it's hard to know when the inside is done, and there's nothing worse than biting into a golden, crispy drumstick, only to get a cold, pink interior. But the buttermilk marinade on this is key — it means that you can fry at a medium temperature for quite a while, and the chicken won't dry out, which will leave you with a perfect crunch and delicious, juicy interior.

Recipe: American Buttermilk Fried Chicken 

Just in *ques* you have a party to host, this chicken sheet pan quesadilla recipe is worth trying. Not only is it delicious, filled with bacon, jalapeño peppers, sour cream, and Pepperjack cheese, but it also is super easy to make. (And easy to clean, since it's baked in a sheet pan!) If you start cooking an hour before the party, your dish should be good to go! 

Recipe: Chicken Sheet Pan Quesadilla

Bless you, cashews! This stir-fry dish is packed with flavors, like ginger, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and peanut oil. If those ingredients didn't entice you enough, you should know that it only takes 30 minutes to make. Top off your stir-fry with toasted sesame seeds for best results.

Recipe: Cashew Chicken and Broccoli

Now you can make hibachi chicken right from the comfort of your own home. Since you can cook both the fried rice and chicken at the same time, the process is fast, so you can eat your hibachi meal after just 35 minutes of cooking. 

Recipe: Hibachi Chicken With Fried Rice And Vegetables

The name of this dish is apt, as it takes less than 15 minutes to make! It really is an ideal meal to make if you are short on time, hungry, and/or don't have time to go to the store, as you are likely to already have most of the required ingredients  in your kitchen.

Recipe: Instant Pot Last Minute Chicken

It might look complicated, but this sheet pan dinner is actually deceptively simple. You can have food on the table in just 40 minutes (or even faster if you opt to use your Instant Pot instead of the oven.) Serve the ginger soy chicken over rice for best results. 

Recipe: Ginger Soy Chicken and Broccoli

It's all Greek to me! This dish is full of flavor — there's garlic, shallots, feta, tamari, tahini, onions, and avocado. Not going to lie, it requires a lot of ingredients, but this 45-minute meal is so worth it. Add some pita to level up your dinner!

Recipe: Chicken Tzatziki Bowls

This delectable dish is both sweet and savory. The strawberry balsamic complements the taste of the roasted golden-brown chicken, onions and potatoes. Even better? It's dairy-and gluten-free, so this dish is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

Recipe: Strawberry Balsamic Chicken Thighs

This creamy dish — made of parmesan cheese, olive oil, white wine, and chicken broth — takes less than an hour to make. If you love chicken piccata, but want to switch things up, chicken Francese is for you. Bon appetit!

Recipe: Creamy Chicken Francese 

This delicious soup is packed with hearty flavors that will fuel your soul. Top it off with avocado and tortilla chips for the full experience.

Recipe: Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

In just 30 minutes, you could be eating this refreshing lemon chicken dish. This recipe only requires one pan and lots of butter — what could be better?

Recipe: Lemon Pepper Chicken

If you're craving meatballs but trying to cut back on red meat, this recipe is for you. Flavors of rosemary, garlic and dijon mustard will overwhelm your senses in the best way.

Recipe: Garlic Butter Chicken Meatballs With Orzo

Get these pouches of delciousness in just 30 minutes. Just whip out some veggies and chicken and get cooking!

Recipe: Chicken Empanadas

Tasty doesn't have to mean time-consuming. This bright and tangy skillet chicken with juicy cherry tomatoes comes together in under a half hour.

Recipe: 20-Minute Skillet Florentine Butter Chicken

You can line the pan with foil or parchment paper first for much easier cleanup with this simple sheet pan recipe.

Recipe: Sheet Pan Cuban Chicken With Citrus Avocado Salsa

Transport yourself to a cozy Parisian bistro with the help of this French recipe. Loaded with chicken (drumsticks and thighs are best), onion, carrots, and mushrooms in a rich and savory red wine and chicken sauce, it tastes like the poultry version of beef bourguignon.

Recipe: Coq au Vin

The whole bird gets coated in tandoori-seasoned yogurt and then roasted until the skin is nice and crispy.

Recipe: Roasted Tandoori Chicken

Crispy chicken skin, creamy sauce, tons of veggies — I'm drooling already, TBH. And not only is this delicious, but it comes together in less than an hour, and the leftovers are fantastic over pasta. Is there anything better?

Recipe: Creamy Tuscan Chicken

You might never go back to a plain chicken-and-cheese quesadilla again after this recipe. The onions, peppers, and seasoning take it to a whole new level of scrumptiousness that you'll be dying to remake at the earliest opportunity.

Recipe: Chicken Fajita Quesadillas

Alfredo is already a top-tier comfort food, but adding that crispy cheesy crust on top really makes it *chef's kiss* perfection. And if you really want to gild the lily, throw in some bacon. You won't regret it.

Recipe: Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake

This meal is flavor-packed, all in one pan: The chicken fat flavors the honey garlic sauce, which flavors the green beans and the chicken, and it all adds up to one delicious, sumptuous, easy meal.

Recipe: One-Pan Honey Garlic Chicken 

If you're like me, this is pretty much the amount of garlic you use in every recipe. But if you're not and you're intimidated by the amount, don't be — the garlic cooks gently in the sauce and gets sweet and melty and wonderful.

Recipe: 40-Clove Garlic Chicken 

A lot of takeout favorites are simply too complicated to make at home, but butter chicken is not one of them. Just simmer chicken, tomatoes, cream, and a bunch of spices together, and you're on your way to Indian food heaven. And don't forget to have some naan on hand to mop up all that sauce!

Recipe: Easy Butter Chicken

This white wine and caper sauce is super versatile. You can serve it over pasta, but it also goes great with roasted potatoes, basically any sautéed veggie, or even a salad and a side of bread.

Recipe: Creamy Chicken Piccata 

The chicken, sausage, and creamy, spicy sauce are truly a marriage made in heaven. Do pay attention to your sausage, though — if it ends up rendering out a ton of fat, drain off a bit so the sauce ends up creamy and silky instead of just oily.

Recipe: Cajun Chicken Alfredo 

All the flavors of Fajita Night, but in yummy pasta form! I'm a big fan of shape-shifting, and this is no exception. Tortillas who?

Recipe: One-Pot Chicken Fajita Pasta 

This is one that will impress everyone at the table, whether it's guests or just your kids. The chicken itself is delicious, but serving it in the pineapple amps up the wow factor to 11.

Recipe: Pineapple Sweet & Sour Chicken 

Is there anything more comforting than chicken and biscuits? Just imagine coming home after a long day and getting to dish yourself up a bowl of this after it's been slowly cooking all day. Bliss.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken & Biscuits 

This recipe makes an easy, no-fuss, no-mess dinner that comes out spectacular. And while the final step to crisp the chicken skin is "optional," definitely don't skip it. You need that crispy skin!

Recipe: Paprika Chicken & Rice Bake 

Hasselbacking can seem complicated, but really, it's just a simpler way to stuff chicken — you don't have to fuss around with all the slicing and pounding and tying that comes with a traditional roulade. Just slice almost all the way through the chicken breast, fill it, and you're good to go.

Recipe: Hasselback Chicken 

Everybody loves chicken pot pie, I'm pretty sure. But I know I don't make it as often as I should, because of the effort and the prep. This recipe streamlines it all into one skillet and uses a premade piecrust, so you can eat chicken pot pie every day of the week if you like.

Recipe: One-Skillet Chicken Pot Pie 

This is basically one of Singapore's national dishes, and for good reason. The chicken is juicy, the rice is incredibly flavorful, and the sauces are divine. Trust me, you won't regret making this.

Recipe: Hainanese Chicken Rice 

This recipe was basically made for meal prep. You can set it and forget it while you do other things, and then use the meat in absolutely everything: over rice, in a stir-fry — heck, you can even put it in a tortilla.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Honey Teriyaki Chicken 

If you're hosting a tailgate and there isn't Buffalo chicken dip, no offense, but I don't want to come. It's all the best parts of wings without any of the mess, and there's cheese on top! I can't think of a better game-day food.

Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Dip

Roasting the chicken on the skewers might seem a little intimidating (commenters recommend splitting it onto two, for balance), but it's totally worth it. The chicken stays so juicy, and you get to dramatically slice it right off the stack, just like at a real Greek place.

Recipe: Chicken Gyros 

Take your instant ramen noodles and turn them into an exciting stir-fry with boneless chicken breasts, cashews, and whatever veggies you have on hand.

Recipe: One-Pot Cashew Chicken Ramen

This dish is baked chicken covered with caramelized onions and cheesy French onion soup, and you're going to want to make it on repeat.

Recipe: French Onion Chicken

This meal comes together in one pot and is all sorts of simple. There's a melange of potatoes and peas that gives it a Shepherd's Pie vibe, and the chicken makes it homey and comforting.

Recipe: Chicken Bacon One Pot Meal

This creamy and spicy recipe tastes like baked chicken and jalapeño poppers combined into one decadent dish.

Recipe: One Pan Keto Cheesy Jalapeño Chicken

Bookmark this avocado salsa, which is made with diced avos, tomato, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, and lime juice. It's almost like a chunky guacamole, and it instantly upgrades whatever you're cooking.

Recipe: Grilled Chicken With Avocado Salsa

Bagel-lovers, rejoice: This everything-seasoned chicken drizzled with scallion cream cheese sauce is wildly comforting.

Recipe: Everything Bagel Chicken With Scallion Cream Cheese

The filling for these taquitos is made of shredded chicken, cheese, salsa, and cream cheese. Roll the filling into tortillas and pop them into the basket of your air fryer until golden brown.

Recipe: Air Fryer Chicken Taquitos

Save yourself the busy work required by the stove-top version of this recipe, and make it in the slow cooker instead. It only requires about 10 minutes prep, and the result is absolutely worth it.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Marsala

This Moroccan spice rub made with olive oil, garlic, butter, and lots of spices turns ordinary roast chicken into something special.

Recipe: Moroccan Sheet Pan Chicken

Nachos can constitute a totally stand-alone meal, especially when topped with shredded chicken. Just layer on your favorite toppings and pop the sheet pan in the oven until the cheese is melted.

Recipe: Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos

Step away from the canned soup. This homemade version is so easy — there's no excuse not to make it from scratch.

Recipe: White Chicken Chili

This skillet dinner evokes all sorts of Julia Child. Basting chicken in copious amounts of butter and topping it with Herbes de Provence, it'll definitely make you feel like you're dining on the 'South of France.'

Recipe: Skillet Chicken with Garlic, Shallot, and Wine Sauce

Tangy, sweet, and savory, this simple tomato and soy sauce marinade would taste delicious on pretty much anything.

Recipe: Tomato, Soy, and Sesame Chicken

This North African chicken dish is an irresistible flavor burst of salty, sweet, and savory thanks to Kalamata and Castelvetrano olives, preserved lemon, cinnamon, saffron, and paprika.

Recipe: Moroccan Chicken Tagine Skillet