15 Chicken Recipes You Can Make Any Night of the Week

Let’s start with a fast recipe -- minimal ingredients means minimal prep. This is dinner on the table in 25 minutes -- or less. Lightly floured chicken cutlets are sauteed in butter, then the mushrooms and fresh thyme are cooked -- and the pan deglazed with a touch of white wine before the browned chicken is added and the sauce magically thickens. Also try our make-ahead breaded chicken cutlets.

Lightly battered and fried chicken is paired with an addictive chile-laced sweet-and-sour sauce in this takeout classic. It's tastier and faster than waiting for delivery, we promise!

As much as we love chicken, we adore it even more when it’s paired with bacon! We also adore using the broiler for dinner recipes, it heats up much quicker than the oven and cooks twice as fast. Its blast of direct heat seals in juices as it perfectly caramelizes the outside of not only chicken and meats, but also seafood and vegetables for delicious dinners in a flash.

So much better than takeout, this 35-minute dinner is made with skinless, boneless chicken thighs that are braised in a lively mix of coconut milk and fish sauce then topped with a spicy pineapple-scallion salsa.

Because everyone needs a soothing chicken soup recipe, and this one comes with spaetzle, that bite-sized cousin to the dumpling. In just 40 minutes you’ll be spooning this rich dill-infused broth with parsnips, carrots, and plenty of chicken.

Also try our other chicken soup and stew recipes.

A main course salad built around quick-cooking quinoa, which is packed with protein, iron, and fiber. With chicken, asparagus, and peas it makes a filling dinner.

Hearty and creamy, this 35-minute pasta is rich but not heavy. It's made with boneless chicken breast and cremini mushrooms, plus celery and parsley for crunch and color. And be sure to try our other chicken pasta recipes.

And now for something different, go en papillote tonight for dinner. It’s a scrumptious low-fat way of cooking -- the chicken breasts gently steam in the parchment packet, along with cherry tomatoes, baby bok choy, shallot and a touch of wine -- in 45 minutes.

Here's a one-pot route to a most delicious curry featuring a cut-up chicken with bonus coconut basmati rice cooked in the same Dutch oven. For more fabulous one-pot dinners, peruse this collection.

Grilled chicken isn't just a fast weeknight standby, it's a weekday treat too -- here, grilled boneless, skinless chicken breast halves are cut into strips and top grilled pitas along with hummus, cherry tomatoes, radicchio, and feta. It’s the best open-faced chicken sandwich ever!

This southern-inspired meal transforms skinless, boneless chicken thighs into a tasty one-skillet dinner (you cook the chicken in the pan, then wipe it out and use it for the creamy corn), and all in less than 30 minutes.

Hearty, homey, and satisfying, this braise is faster than most. It takes one hour to transform chicken pieces into a Mediterranean-inspired main.