Chicken Recipes

These recipes prove how many directions you can take a simple piece of chicken. Take full advantage of its tender meat with hot soups, cold salads, and easy oven-baked recipes.

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Winner, Winner, Sheet-Pan Chicken Dinner

The secret to this sheet pan dinner's success is in its architecture.
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Broil Your Way to Better Sheet-Pan Chicken Fajitas

Marinated chicken thighs + broiler = dinner.
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Serious Eats' Halal Cart-Style Chicken and Rice With White Sauce 

Take the Halal cart home with you.
Fried Chicken

Southern Fried Chicken

The crispiest, crunchiest, juiciest fried chicken around.
Fried Chicken

Extra-Crispy Fried Chicken With Caramelized Honey and Spice

Super-crunchy, craggy fried chicken coated in toasted honey and spice.

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Traditional French Cassoulet
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Really Good Oven-Fried Buffalo Wings

These baked wings are less messy than their iconic fried counterpart, and taste almost indistinguishable.
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Spatchcocked (Butterflied) Roast Chicken

The best way to roast chicken for evenly cooked, juicy meat.
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Easy Pressure Cooker Green Chili With Chicken

This quick green chili made with tomatillos is packed with tender chicken thighs in an umami-rich sauce that's still plenty bright.
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Slow-Cooker Sticky Thai Meatballs

These slow-cooker meatballs in a sticky Thai sauce are guaranteed to be tender and juicy.
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Indian Village Chicken Curry

An intensely spicy, flavorful, and satisfying rustic chicken curry.
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30-Minute Pressure Cooker Pho Ga (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup)
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Oyakodon (Japanese Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl)

A classic one-pot Japanese chicken dish.
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Basic Chicken Stock

A rich, flavorful, and versatile chicken stock, made with a minimal investment of time and effort.
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Cajun Gumbo With Chicken and Andouille Sausage

Thick, hearty, loaded with flavor, and entirely customizable.
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Vietnamese-Style Baked Chicken

Simple chicken with complex flavors.
Fried Chicken

The Best General Tso's Chicken

The glossy sauce that coats this take-out staple is simultaneously sweet, savory, and tart.
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Real-Deal Khao Soi Gai (Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodle Soup With Chicken)
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The Ultimate Extra-Crispy Double-Fried Confit Buffalo Wings

These crisp and tangy wings are perfectly succulent.
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For Killer Weeknight Chicken and Rice, Embrace Donburi

A rice bowl meal featuring crisp-skinned chicken, garlicky spinach, and nubs of fried garlic.
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Chicken Marsala With Mushrooms and Shallots

The flavor of the Sicilian sun, all in one pan.
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Pressure Cooker Chicken Stock

Ready. Set. Stock.
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Sous-Vide Chicken Breast
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Sous Vide Buffalo Chicken Wings

Buffalo wings that are spicy-hot on the outside and supremely tender and juicy within.
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How-Tos
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The Food Lab Video Series: The Science of Spatchcocking

Breaking down the best way to roast chicken.
The Food Lab

The Food Lab: How to Roast Spatchcock Chicken (Butterflied Chicken)

The perfect technique for a crisp and juicy bird.
Chicken

For the Crispiest Chicken (and Turkey) Skin, Grab the Baking Powder

Shatteringly crisp poultry skin is just a sprinkle away.
Cooking Techniques

Cold-Start Your Way to the Tenderest Poached Chicken
Cooking Techniques

The Food Lab's Guide to Sous Vide Chicken Breast

The ultimate guide to perfect sous vide chicken breast.
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How to Cut Chicken Breasts Into Cutlets

Learn the proper way to cut chicken breasts into cutlets, courtesy of The Food Lab.
Cooking Techniques

The Food Lab: Four Secrets to Improving Any Fried Chicken Recipe

The King of Crunch! @thefoodlab reveals four secrets to improving ANY fried chicken recipe.
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Know Your Chicken: What USDA Poultry Labels Actually Mean

Know your chicken: the real difference between organic, free-range, and naturally raised
The Food Lab

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Brining Chicken or Turkey

Nothing but the facts: a quick reference guide to dry-brining or wet-brining your holiday turkey for moister, juicier results.
Chinese

Chinese Velveting 101: An Introduction to Water-Velveting

Water velveting yields more tender, silky, and smooth stir-fried proteins.
Stir Frying

How to Slice Chicken Breast for Stir-Fries

Cutting slightly against the grain makes for perfect stir-fried chicken morsels.
Knife Skills

How to Debone a Chicken Thigh
Grilled Chicken

Grilling: Rotisserie Chicken
Cooking Techniques

How to Grill the Juiciest Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts

No more dry, chewy chicken.
Equipment

How to Buy, Use, and Care for a Meat Grinder

Grind your own meat for juicier sausages and more flavorful burgers.
Cooking Techniques

How to Break Down a Chicken

Winner winner, four- or eight-piece chicken dinner.

Culture

Chicken

Meet Warmed-Over Flavor, the Phenomenon That Turns Leftovers Funky

All about warmed-over flavor, the phenomenon that may be turning you off your leftover chicken.
Cooking Techniques

The Food Lab Video Series: The Science of Spatchcocking

Breaking down the best way to roast chicken.
Travel Diaries

The Best Fried Chicken on the Planet: An Opinionated World Tour

[email protected]'s highly opinionated tour of the very best fried chicken on the planet
Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken for a Cause: The Best of the Chick-fil-A Challenge

Money raised for great causes, and delicious fried chicken sandwiches. What's not to love?
Personal Essays

Chicago's Harold's is the Best Bad Fried Chicken on Earth

Why Chicago's Harold's is the best bad fried chicken on Earth
Food History

How Fried Chicken Lost its Bones

Where'd all the bones go? Fried chicken's journey from Southern tradition to mechanical marvel
Podcast

Special Sauce: Osayi Endolyn on the Legacy of Southern Fried Chicken

Part 2 of Ed Levine's conversation with writer Osayi Endolyn.

Product Recs

Chicken

Baking Sheets and Cooling Racks Belong in Every Kitchen

Not just for cooling cookies: wire racks have countless uses in the savory kitchen.

Equipment Reviews

The Best Poultry Shears

When you want to spatchcock a big turkey, you need the right tool.
Fried Chicken

Taste Test: The Best Fast Food Chicken Nuggets
Taste Tests

Taste Test: The Best Frozen Chicken Nuggets
Taste Tests

The Best Frozen Chicken Wings
Buying Guides

The Best Frozen Chicken Pot Pies?
Turkey

How to Buy, Use, and Care for a Meat Grinder

Grind your own meat for juicier sausages and more flavorful burgers.