Chicken

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

This flour-free fried bird is contrary to everything we know about fried chicken. Or think we know. That's exactly what makes it so darn genius.

These Spanish-inflected, heart-achingly outstanding chicken wings are our latest lazy weeknight crush.

This anything-but-boring bird borrows its Peruvian accent from a technicolor dream coat of paprika, lemon, garlic, and cumin.

Tender braised dark meat, moist roasted white meat, and skin so crisp you could weep. The best of all parts of the bird...minus the traditional hand-wringing.

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.

Sorta makes you wonder how you got this far in life without thinking to try this, eh?

These pot pies are the ultimate comfort food. Any why not? Creamy chicken and vegetable filling lies in wait beneath a thyme-infused buttery crust.

The secret to this Northern fried chicken recipe? Matzoh meal and honey. No lie.

Ever heard that little ditty, "Winner, winner, chicken dinner?" We like to think of it as "Winner, winner, chicken piccata dinner."

This turkey meatloaf is not the dry, crumbly meatloaf of your childhood. Thanks to an immodest amount of barbecue sauce, this pleasing rendition turns out moist and lovely and craveable.

An American classic. This chicken and dumplings recipe is made with chicken, creamy gravy, and buttery, feather-light dumplings.

Inspired by classic tandoori chicken, these wraps meld warming spices with a cooling mint-yogurt dip for an altogether enticing Middle Eastern-inspired creation.

The operative word in this turkey recipe is simple. Although that word doesn't convey how crisp-skinned, monstrously moist, sigh-inducingly tender, and really quite quick this turkey also is.

This roast turkey is served with roasted vegetables and gravy. Served the turkey any time—not just Thanksgiving. The turkey can be made ahead and used all week. The gravy, too.

A riff on the classic sausage and broccoli rabe pairing, this mixes it up with a little more healthfulness and the intriguing shape of cavatelli (though to be honest, any pasta will do).

Paella, the classic Spanish dish, is given the full treatment here. You don't need a paella pan to make this paella recipe, either. A Dutch oven will do.

One of the Silver Palate's most cherished recipes, this has been a mainstay in the dinner rotation of home cooks for decades. Perhaps it's time you give it a try.

Tender chicken and sausage meatballs sidle up alongside sweet leeks and a tipsy white wine cream sauce. Then the whole shebang is topped with indecently rich and flaky puff pastry in this recipe from (90s flashback alert) Jamie Oliver.

Surprisingly easy to make at home, these classic Buffalo wings take their über crispiness from a double dipping in flour and spice. (You're gonna be hooked.)