Start with a chicken. Break it down into parts or keep it whole. These are the recipes for whole chicken that make a meal an occasion.
Bowl of brown stew chicken and rice and peas
Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken
Nigerian pepper soup in a white bowl.
Nigerian Pepper Soup Recipe
Turducken carved and ready to serve
The Ultimate Turducken Recipe
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Smoked Chicken Salad Recipe
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How to Make Chicken Paitan Ramen
Thai-style grilled chicken on a platter
Thai-Style Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang) Recipe
Platter of grilled jerk chicken
Spicy Grilled Jerk Chicken Recipe
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Hattie B's Hot Chicken From 'Fried & True'
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Pressure Cooker Chintan Shoyu Ramen
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Stovetop Chicken Chintan Stock (Clear Chicken Stock for Ramen) Recipe
A pitcher of white gravy being poured over a plate of Maryland fried chicken.
Maryland Fried Chicken With White Gravy Recipe
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Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe
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Colombian Chicken Stew With Potatoes, Tomato, and Onion Recipe
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Lavender, Lemon, and Honey Spatchcocked Roast Chicken Recipe
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Extra-Crispy Fried Chicken With Caramelized Honey and Spice Recipe
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Coq au Vin (Chicken Braised in Red Wine) Recipe
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Pressure Cooker Thai Green Chicken Curry With Eggplant and Kabocha Squash Recipe
A round white platter holding a whole grilled chicken which has been cut into individual pieces. Also in the image on the right periphery are a glass holding a carbonated beverage and a green plate with a metal utensil on it.
Grilled Butterflied Chicken Recipe
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Drunken Chicken Recipe
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Grilled Cornish Hens with Lemon and Rosemary Recipe
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
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Cornell Chicken (Grilled Chicken With White Barbecue Sauce) Recipe
30-minute pressure cooker chicken with chickpeas, tomatoes, and chorizo, served in a shallow serving bowl.
30-Minute Pressure Cooker Chicken With Chickpeas, Tomatoes, and Chorizo Recipe
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Chicken and "Slick" Dumplings Recipe
Barbecue chicken on a serving plate
The Best Barbecue Chicken Recipe
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Northern Fried Chicken Recipe | Cook the Book
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President Obama Stew (Chicken Casserole) From 'My Irish Table'
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Greek-Style Grilled Chicken With Oregano, Garlic, Lemon, and Olive Oil Recipe
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Rotisserie Chicken | Grilling
A white ceramic dish holding pan-roasted chicken and vegetables in jus.
Pan-Roasted Chicken With Vegetables and Dijon Jus Recipe
Chicken Lady Chicken
Chicken Lady Chicken From 'My Paris Kitchen'
Roast Chicken with Saffron, Hazelnuts, and Honey
Roast Chicken With Saffron, Hazelnuts, and Honey From 'Ottolenghi'
Fried chicken on a wire rack set inside a baking sheet
Lemon-Marinated Tuscan-Jewish Fried Chicken Recipe
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Thomas Keller's One-Pot Roast Chicken Recipe | Cook the Book
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Bollito Misto (Italian Feast of Mixed Boiled Meats) Recipe
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Braised Chicken with Black Bean Sauce Recipe
A whole chicken with a cola can in its cavity, roasting vertically over a grill.
Beer Cola-Can Chicken Recipe
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How to Make Perfect, Deliciously Smoky Pulled Barbecue Chicken
A rotisserie chicken rotating on a spit.
Rotisserie Chicken Recipe
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Tandoor-Style Grilled Chickens or Cornish Hens Recipe
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Spanish Roast Chicken with Romesco and Grilled Onions Recipe
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Chinese Herbal Silkie Chicken Soup Recipe
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Smoky Pulled Barbecue Chicken Recipe
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Roast Chicken With Soubise (Onion Sauce)
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Favorite Buttermilk Skillet-Fried Chicken from 'Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking
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Hellfire Jerk Chicken With Rummy Grilled Pineapple Recipe
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Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup With Lime and Ginger Recipe
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Huli Huli Chicken Recipe
Thai-style chicken soup (Yum Jin Gai)
Yum Jin Gai (Spicy Northern Thai-Style Chicken Soup) Recipe
Roast Chicken With Warm Fregola and Butternut Squash Salad Recipe
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Spanish Rice with Chicken, Olives and Chickpea Tomato Sauce Recipe
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Ferran Adrià's Roasted Chicken
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Poulet Rouge With Cabbage, Turnip, and Black Radish From 'Roberta's'
Whole Roasted Young Chicken
Andy Ricker's Kai Yaang (Whole Roasted Young Chicken), From 'Pok Pok'
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Easy Chicken and Ginger Soup With Rice Cakes, Chives, and Quick-Pickled Garlic Recipe
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Chicken Vesuvio Recipe
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Mojo-Marinated Grilled Chicken Recipe
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Lorraine Wallace's Stovetop Summer Chicken