Our 23 quick and, quite frankly, rather-not-live-without chicken recipes. Because weeknights are already demanding enough.

Quick Chicken Chili
: Cooking Light
1/23
Exactly what you want—nay, need—when you're crave something that's satiating as heck but you need it to be quick and with some semblance of healthy.
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Pan Seared Chicken Breast
: Carl Tremblay
2/23
Shatteringly crisp skin. Tender meat. And a stovetop that isn't spattered with grease. This is gonna change your weeknight chicken game.
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North African Chicken Soup
: Martin Poole
3/23
We wish we always had a stash of this chicken soup recipe in the fridge to turn to as a soothing respite in the middle of the work day.
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Gung Bao Chicken
: William Lingwood
4/23
Er, what's the deal between Gung Bao and Kung Pao chicken? One is a centuries old tradition. The other is an Americanized riff. Guess which one this is.
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Spiced Roast Chicken
: Todd Coleman
5/23
A weeknight godsend, these spice-rubbed, oven-blasted chicken parts do dinner on the double. Er, triple.
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Thai-Inspired Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing
: Allison Day
6/23
Tangy. Salty. Sweet. And satisfying as can be. Did we also mention healthy and on the table pronto?
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Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs
: America's Test Kitchen
7/23
"Simple." "Perfect." "The moistest chicken with the crispiest skin we've ever had." That's what folks are saying about this crowd-pleasing, weeknight-friendly chicken trick.
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Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos
: Joshua Resnick
8/23
Chicken gets a little tipsy after being doused with tequila but is then given a cold shower in the form of a squeeze of lime and a cooling cilantro-chile mayo sauce.
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Chinese-Chicken Lettuce Cups
: Nate and Mary Kate
9/23
You know how sometimes you try to recreate a restaurant classic at home and it doesn't work? This isn't one of those times.
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Homemade Chicken Strips
: John Lee
10/23
"My new go-to chicken strips recipe, thanks to my kids' saying 'These are yummy!'" That's what we're hearing about this weeknight godsend.
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Spicy Sriracha Chicken Wings
: Jennifer May
11/23
These Sriracha chicken wings are super enticing despite being super spicy—or is it precisely because they're super spicy?
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Parmesan-Crusted Chicken
: Con Poulos
12/23
When it's half past when you'd wanted to eat and you're too exhausted to think, turn to this kid-friendly, adult-approved fix.
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Breaded Oven Fried Chicken Thighs
: Bec Hudson
13/23
These crumb-coated thighs come together with no fuss and can easily be adapted to whatever ingredients you happen to have on hand.
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Kung Pao Chicken With Peanuts
: somegirl
14/23
The origins of Kung Pao (aka Gong Bao) chicken are murky, but the raves we're hearing about this stir-fry of chicken, peanuts, and red chiles are unequivocally and resoundingly clear.
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Chicken Yakitori with Honey Sauce
: Meikyou
15/23
Japanese grilling at its sweetest--and simplest, with just a quick turn over the coals and a happy little sauce of soy, sake, honey, and ginger for dipping and drizzling.
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Cajun Fried Chicken
: Chris Granger
16/23
Bathed in buttermilk and spiced ever so slightly, this Cajun fried hen is memorably moist, superlatively crisp, and gosh darn perfect through and through.
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Vietnamese Chicken Rice Soup
: Ken Goodman
17/23
Vietnamese chicken rice soup is a quick and easy version of congee, a sensationally soothing southeast Asian elixir of rice, chicken broth, and ginger.
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Classic Chicken Piccata
: Stacey Tyzzer
18/23
Simple enough for a weeknight. Sophisticated enough for weekend entertaining. And it's definitely as good as you remember, too.
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Padma Lakshmi's Crispy Fried Chicken
: Ditte Isager
19/23
This blissfully crunchy, irreverently easy, crazily unconventional coating is everything we never knew we wanted in fried chicken.
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Grilled Chicken Skewers
: Weldon Owen
20/23
Magnificently easy to marinate. Quick to toss on the grill. And distinctly Thai thanks to the lilt of coconut milk, fish sauce, cilantro, and curry.
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Port-Paprika Chicken Bites
: Alexandrea Grablewski
21/23
This tipsy tapa of Portuguese descent is intended as just a single bite, though we found it impossible to stop at just one.
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Cashew Chicken
: Steven Mark Needham
22/23
One of the most beloved—and most commonly ordered—Chinese dishes in America, this quick stir-fry makes simple seem superlative.
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Brown Butter Flattened Chicken
: Donal Skehan
23/23
Looks and tastes like a restaurant-quality meal that requires a staff of sous chefs and dish washers. Yet in reality it comes together in a single skillet in just 30 minutes.
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