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80+ quick and easy chicken recipes

Speedy chicken dishes are many of our go-to meals. We're sharing some of our favourites, perfect for a midweek meal.

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Chicken is such a versatile food - and you can make a ton of delicious recipes with it from cold salad starters, to warming chicken stews. Broaden your chicken-recipe game with 71 of our favourite tasty chicken dinner recipes.

1

Slow cooker chicken piccata

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We've transformed slow cooker chicken breasts into a gorgeous chicken piccata, an Italian dish using lemon, butter and capers.


Recipe: Slow cooker chicken piccata

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Slow cooker chicken cacciatore

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Chicken cacciatore is a gorgeous Italian dish that uses a rustic tomato sauce to enhance the flavour. This chicken dish is put in the slow cooker for added ease.


Recipe: Slow cooker chicken cacciatore

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One-pot roast chicken dinner

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An all-time favourite made easier by just using one pan, this one-pot roast chicken dinner is the perfect family meal

Recipe: One-pot roast chicken dinner

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4

Slow cooker whole roast chicken

Food, Dish, Ingredient, Cuisine, Chicken meat, Matsutake, Roasting, Produce, Recipe, Comfort food,

This easy slow cooker chicken recipe has meltingly tender meat. Make sure the chicken you buy is the correct size for your slow cooker!

Recipe: Slow cooker whole roast chicken

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5

Greek chicken salad paninis

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Produce, Staple food, Recipe, Finger food, Salad, American food,

Use shop-bought cooked chicken breasts or leftover roast chicken in this wonderfully fresh and simple dish.

Recipe: Greek chicken salad paninis

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6

Spiced chicken with garlic butter beans

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Chicken meat, Chicken breast, Produce, Recipe, Staple food, Pork chop,

This nutrituous chicken and couscous dish takes under 30 minutes to make, and leftovers can be taken to work for lunch the next day!

Recipe: Spiced chicken with garlic butter beans

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7

Chicken curry

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Yellow curry, Curry, Thai curry, Produce, Recipe, Meat,
8

Balsamic chicken pasta

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Produce, Staple food, Side dish, Recipe, Vegetarian food, Comfort food,

We love balsamic vinegar in this pasta dish for its soft caramelly sweetness, which combined with chicken and tomatoes makes a delicious quick meal.

Recipe: Balsamic chicken pasta

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10

Cream of chicken noodle soup

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Corn chowder, Soup, Produce, Avgolemono, Clam chowder, Leek soup,

Hearty and warming, this chicken soup is just the thing to whip up when you're tired and hungry!

Recipe: Cream of chicken noodle soup

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11

Creamy cider chicken

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Avgolemono, Cream of mushroom soup, Comfort food, Produce, Chowder, Recipe,

This creamy chicken dish is a perfect mid-week supper - easy to make but truly delicious.

Recipe: Creamy cider chicken

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12

Chicken ramen

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Produce, Recipe, Meat, Asian soups, Chinese food, Thai food,

They say chicken soup is good for the soul; add in some noodles and your stomach will be happy too.

Recipe: Chicken ramen

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13

Chicken tagine

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Sesame chicken, Ingredient, Produce, Meat, Recipe, Indian chinese cuisine, Meatball,

Dried apricots and raisins add a classic Moroccan sweetness to this subtly spiced tagine.

Recipe: Chicken tagine

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14

Chicken club sandwich

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15

Chicken passanda

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Cheesy chicken and vegetable cobbler

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Comfort food, Produce, Cauliflower cheese, Staple food, Italian food, Recipe,
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17

Healing chicken and ginger broth

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Noodle soup, Curry chicken noodles, Produce, Asian soups, Noodle, Comfort food,
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19

Chicken with watercress sauce and rosemary potatoes

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Produce, Fish, Recipe, Sour cream, À la carte food, Garnish,

A watercress creamy sauce adds a zing to this simple chicken breast, and it’s still low fat – we promise!

Recipe: Chicken with watercress sauce and rosemary potatoes

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20

Teriyaki chicken with noodle salad

Food, Dish, Cuisine, Ingredient, Produce, Meat, Lemon chicken, Recipe, Chicken meat, Thai food,

A healthy teriyaki chicken dish: the lively flavours like ginger, chilli and garlic mean you don’t need to use as much cream, cheese or oil.

Recipe: Teriyaki chicken with noodle salad

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An experienced and highly skilled team of food writers, stylists and digital content producers, the Good Housekeeping Cookery Team is a close-knit squad of food obsessives. Cookery Editor Emma Franklin is our resident chilli obsessive and barbecue expert, who spends an inordinate amount of time on holidays poking round the local supermarkets seeking out new and exciting foods. Senior Cookery Writer Alice Shields is a former pastry chef and baking fanatic who loves making bread and would have peanut butter with everything if she could. Her favourite carb is pasta, and our vibrant green spaghetti is her weeknight go-to. Lover of all things savoury, Senior Cookery Writer Grace Evans can be found eating crispy corn and nocellara olives at every opportunity, and will take the cheeseboard over dessert any time (though she cannot resist a slice of tres leches cake). With a wealth of professional kitchen know-how, culinary training and years of experience between them, they are all dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work (and if they don’t – we’ll have the answer for why*) every time (*90% of the time the answer is: “buy an separate oven thermometer”!). 

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