22 Chicken Recipes to Add to The Weeknight Rotation

It’s time to spice up your meals with some seriously delicious chicken recipes. Chicken is your blank canvas. Whether you’re using breasts, thighs, or a whole bird, we’ve got a recipe for you. With plenty of flavorful options to please everyone at the table, you’ll love how easy these recipes are to make. Get ready for some easy-to-make meals that are guaranteed to become regulars on your menu.

Chicken Scallopini

This chicken scallopini is breaded chicken cutlets that are cooked until golden brown, then coated in a creamy lemon and caper sauce. A classic restaurant-style dish that’s easy to make and is always a hit with both kids and adults alike.
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Chipotle Chicken Fresh Mex Bowl

Fans of Tex-Mex food looking for easy dinner ideas will love this amazing chipotle chicken fresh Mex bowl. Mexican rice paired with chicken, south-of-the-border spices, beans, avocado, and more. It’s a Chili’s copycat dish, which is literally bursting with amazing flavors. If you are a fan of a burrito or rice bowl, you will love this!
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Delicious Slow Cooker Lemonade Chicken

Slow cooker lemonade chicken is a delicious dump-and-go crockpot meal. This chicken dinner boasts a tangy, sweet, and sour sauce made with lemonade concentrate, lemon zest, and more. You can cook it on high or low so it’s ready when you get home.
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One Pot Chicken And Rice With Brussels Sprouts

Chicken and rice are staples in many easy weeknight dinner recipes. If you have these simple ingredients and you’re wondering what to make, consider this quick and simple one-pot meal with Brussels sprouts and bacon. This baked chicken rice casserole is hearty, filling, and tasty, and something the whole family will love, especially during the cooler months.
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Honey Garlic BBQ Smoked Pulled Chicken

Honey garlic BBQ smoked pulled chicken is a wonderful dish if you want to cook (and eat) al fresco. After being brined in a garlicky pickle mixture, the chicken is flavored with a sweet mustard, chili, and garlic/onion rub and then smoked to perfection with a Traeger grill or pellet smoker. A honey garlic sauce finishes off this smoked shredded chicken beautifully.
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Flavourful Slow Cooker Salsa Fresca Chicken

This easy keto chicken recipe with chicken breasts is a slow cooker dinner recipe you’ll love. Crockpot chicken is a great dish for busy weeknights when you don’t want to get home and must start cooking. You will love how easy it is to make slow-cooking salsa fresca chicken.
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Tasty Tangerine Chicken Stir Fry

This tangerine chicken stir fry pairs juicy, succulent chicken breast with a sweet, delicious Asian tangerine sauce. It’s a little spicy, a little sweet, and a little savory for the perfect flavor balance. This simple, one-pan recipe is a Chinese takeout favorite, and everything from the tangerine or orange sauce for the chicken to the moist chicken itself is a real winner.
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Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken With Snap Peas

Sweet and spicy flavors unite when you make slow cooker cashew chicken with snap peas. Although a lot of Chinese chicken recipes involve stir-frying, this one uses a crockpot or slow cooker, and that also helps intensify the wonderful flavors. You will love this slow cooker chicken recipe with cashews.
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Instant Pot Blackened Chicken Alfredo

Fans of pasta, especially chicken alfredo lovers, will enjoy this Instant Pot blackened chicken alfredo. It’s an easy Instant Pot dinner that doesn’t take long to prepare or cook. This one-pot blackened chicken pasta dinner in an Instant Pot will be a family favorite.
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Instant Pot Orange Chicken

Sweet and tender Instant Pot Orange Chicken is ready for a weeknight dinner is less than 30 minutes. The whole family will love the flavorful sauce and you’ll love how easy it is to make.
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Costco Orange Chicken Copycat

This Costo orange chicken copycat tastes just as good, if not better, than the orange chicken from Costco. It’s so good and so easy!
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Chicken Taco Spaghetti Squash

Watching your carbs? If so, you’ll love this Chicken Taco Spaghetti Squash with only four ingredients.
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Soy Glazed Chicken Thighs

Soy-Glazed Chicken Thighs have the juiciest and most tender meat under a wonderfully crispy chicken skin. This family favorite comfort food has only four basic ingredients.
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Air Fryer Chicken Kabobs

Chicken breast seasoned to perfection with olive oil, Italian seasoning, and black pepper on kabob skewers. Add the beautiful colors and sweet flavors of bell peppers and onions, then cook in the air fryer, and you’ve got yourself wonderfully delicious chicken kabobs that will have your mouth watering in less than 20 minutes!
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Ginger Chicken

This ginger chicken is pieces of chicken breast sauteed with broccoli, ginger, and garlic, all in a savory sauce. A quick and easy stir fry recipe that’s perfect for a busy night and always gets rave reviews.
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Easy Cheesy Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Parmesan has been a restaurant favorite for years. Learn how easy it is to make Chicken Parmesan at home.
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Chicken Schnitzel Recipe

When you want a crispy, flavorful meat to serve with side dishes, try this Chicken Schnitzel. The thinly-sliced chicken tastes great with its seasoned panko breading crust.
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Hawaiian Chicken

Get a taste of the tropics with this easy Hawaiian Chicken recipe. It’s a simple, delightful meal that’s packed with flavor.
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Chile Lime Chicken

In this Chile Lime Chicken, the chile lime marinade gives it an amazing flavor and you control the heat and spice. If you prefer a mild dish (like my garlic lemon chicken breasts), remove all the seeds as indicated in the recipe. Or you may choose to turn it up!
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Easy Old School Chicken And Rice Casserole

Chicken and Rice Casserole is a delicious and comforting one-dish meal with chicken, rice, and veggies in a creamy sauce.
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Broccoli Chicken Alfredo

Juicy chicken and al dente pasta are coated in a creamy Alfredo sauce that will steal the show in this easy Broccoli Chicken Alfredo recipe!
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Chicken Shawarma

Chicken Shawarma is a Middle Eastern chicken recipe that is healthy, juicy and bursting with exotic flavors that will have you drooling. The tenderizing lemon juice, a plethora of hand-picked spices and my secret ingredient all work together to create the most dynamic chicken you ever tasted.
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Chicken Tikka Masala

This rich and creamy flavoursome Chicken tikka rivals any Indian restaurant! Why go out when you can make it better at home! With aromatic golden chicken pieces swimming in an incredible curry sauce, this Chicken Tikka Masala recipe is one of the best you will try! Pair it with our buttery garlic naan breads!
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