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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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.
Chicken

Really Good Oven-Fried Buffalo Wings

These baked wings are less messy than their iconic fried counterpart, and taste almost indistinguishable.
Chicken

Traditional French Cassoulet
Chicken

Oyakodon (Japanese Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl)

A classic one-pot Japanese chicken dish.
Fried Chicken

Homemade Chick-Fil-A Sandwiches

Replicate the famous Chick-Fil-A fried chicken sandwich right at home.
Chicken

Spatchcocked (Butterflied) Roast Chicken

The best way to roast chicken for evenly cooked, juicy meat.
Chicken

Cajun Gumbo With Chicken and Andouille Sausage

Thick, hearty, loaded with flavor, and entirely customizable.
Fried Chicken

The Best General Tso's Chicken

The glossy sauce that coats this take-out staple is simultaneously sweet, savory, and tart.
Fried Chicken

Chicken-Fried Chicken With Cream Gravy

Extra-crunchy fried chicken, with a rich and peppery cream gravy.
Chicken

Broil Your Way to Better Sheet-Pan Chicken Fajitas

Marinated chicken thighs + broiler = dinner.
Chicken

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.
Chicken

Indian Village Chicken Curry

An intensely spicy, flavorful, and satisfying rustic chicken curry.
Chicken

Vietnamese-Style Baked Chicken

Simple chicken with complex flavors.
Chicken

30-Minute Pressure Cooker Pho Ga (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup)
Chicken Salad

The Best Chicken Salad

Your sous vide cooker is the best way to get the juiciest, tenderest, most flavor-packed chicken salad.
Grilled Chicken

Korean-Style Fire Chicken (Buldak) With Cheese

Give chicken the spicy, chargrilled, cheesy life it deserves.
Fried Chicken

The Best Korean Fried Chicken

These ultra-crisp fried chicken wings have a thin crust that crackles and crunches.
Chicken

Real-Deal Khao Soi Gai (Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodle Soup With Chicken)
Fried Chicken

Chicken Piccata (Fried Chicken Cutlets With Lemon-Butter Pan Sauce)

A rich lemon-butter sauce takes these fried cutlets beyond delicious.
Chicken

Pressure Cooker Chicken Stock

Ready. Set. Stock.
Fried Chicken

Kimchi-Brined Fried Chicken Sandwich

Kimchi brine both tenderizes and seasons the chicken in these killer fried chicken sandwiches.
Chicken

Creole-Style Red Jambalaya With Chicken, Sausage, and Shrimp

A descendant of paella, with all the global flair of New Orleans mixed in.
Chicken

Pressure Cooker Thai Green Chicken Curry With Eggplant and Kabocha Squash
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How-Tos

Japanese

7 Rules for a Better Rice Bowl

Build a better rice bowl.
Roasting

The Food Lab Video Series: The Science of Spatchcocking

Breaking down the best way to roast chicken.
Cooking Techniques

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.
Chicken

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.
Knife Skills

How to Cut Chicken Breasts Into Cutlets

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

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.
Chicken

Know Your Chicken: What USDA Poultry Labels Actually Mean

Know your chicken: the real difference between organic, free-range, and naturally raised
Cooking Techniques

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.
Cooking Techniques

Chinese Velveting 101: An Introduction to Water-Velveting

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

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
Grilling

Grilling: Rotisserie Chicken
Cooking Techniques

How to Grill the Juiciest Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts

No more dry, chewy chicken.
American

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
Cuisine Guides

Get to Know Sichuan's "Strange Flavor" With Fuchsia Dunlop

They should have called it "freaking delicious flavor"—there's nothing strange about it.
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.
Fried Chicken

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
The Food Lab

The Food Lab Video Series: The Science of Spatchcocking

Breaking down the best way to roast chicken.
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
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?
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

Meats and Poultry

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
Fried Chicken

Taste Test: The Best Frozen Chicken Nuggets
Chicken

The Best Frozen Chicken Wings
Chicken

The Best Frozen Chicken Pot Pies?
Lamb

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

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