23 Quick Chicken Recipes

Exactly what you want—nay, need—when you're crave something that's satiating as heck but you need it to be quick as can be.

Shatteringly crisp skin. Tender meat. And a stovetop that isn't spattered with grease. This is gonna change your weeknight chicken game.

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.

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.

A weeknight godsend, these spice-rubbed, oven-blasted chicken parts do dinner on the double. Er, triple.

Tangy. Salty. Sweet. And satisfying as can be. Did we also mention healthy and on the table pronto?

"Simple." "Perfect." "The moistest chicken with the crispest skin we've ever had." That's what folks are saying about this crowd-pleasing, weeknight-friendly trick.

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.

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.

"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.

These Sriracha chicken wings are super enticing despite being super spicy—or is it precisely because they're super spicy?

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.

Sometimes less is more. Witness these crumb-coated thighs which come together with no fuss and are easily adaptable to whatever you have on hand.

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 resoundingly clear.

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.

Bathed in buttermilk and spiced ever so slightly, this Cajun fried hen is memorably moist, superlatively crisp, and gosh darn perfect through and through.

Vietnamese chicken rice soup is a quick and easy version of congee, a sensationally soothing southeast Asian elixir of rice, chicken broth, and ginger.

Quick and easy enough for a weeknight. Elegant enough for weekend entertaining.

This blissfully crunchy, irreverently easy, crazily unconventional coating is everything we never knew we wanted in fried chicken.

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.

This tipsy tapa of Portuguese descent is intended as just a single bite, though we found it impossible to stop at just one.

One of the most beloved—and most commonly ordered—Chinese dishes in America, this quick stir-fry makes simple seem superlative.

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.