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Apricot Chicken
Apricot Chicken
Every year about this time we are inundated with fresh apricots from our neighbor's tree. And every year I tell myself I'm going to make a chicken dish with them, but never get around to it. Instead, we'll make apricot...
Baked Chicken Parmesan
When we were kids, my mother used to make a broiled chicken dish which we called Chicken Parmesan. It was so good, we would fight over the drippings. Then my mother gave up wheat for 20 years and the recipe...
Chicken and Apples in Honey Mustard Sauce
Chicken and Apples in Honey Mustard Sauce
Updated from the recipe archive. Originally posted in 2004. We first posted this recipe years ago, it came from my dear friend Heidi H in Carlisle, Massachusetts. I think she got a version of it from the Boston Globe. With...
Chicken Bacon Roulades
Chicken Bacon Roulades
Chicken breasts, pounded thin, stuffed with bacon, shallots, and Parmesan, rolled up, browned, roasted, then served sliced, with a creamy white sauce. Yowza. This meal, a veritable feast, is dedicated to Simply Recipes frequent commenter jonathan who knows that if...
Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Sage Sauce
Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Sage Sauce
You know what the best thing is about boneless, skinless chicken breasts? They cook up in about nothing flat. Great for midweek meals when you are just rushing to get something on the table. Chicken breasts also take to sauces...
Chicken Curry in a Hurry
Chicken Curry in a Hurry
I received a review copy of Mark Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times in the mail this week and thumbing through it found this recipe for a quick chicken curry. Are you familiar with Mark Bittman...
Chicken Cutlets with Caper Sauce
Chicken Cutlets with Caper Sauce
Sometimes, especially after the holidays, all you want is a light, good meal. "Light" as in you're trying to cut back, and "good" as in, can we make it taste good even though it's light? This chicken cutlet recipe, with...
Chicken Florentine Pesto Pasta
Chicken Florentine Pesto Pasta
Dear chicken Florentine. I like you. I like your spinach and your cream sauce. But honestly? I don't love you. You're missing a little pizzaz. So, I would like to introduce you to my friend pesto pasta. You kinda need...
Chicken Marsala with Pancetta and Cream
Chicken Marsala with Pancetta and Cream
Chicken marsala is one of those Italian American dishes that seems to be a standard in many a home cook's repertoire. It consists of flour-coated thin chicken breast cutlets, cooked with a Marsala wine reduction and usually mushrooms as well...
Chicken Parmesan
Chicken Parmesan
Chicken parmesan is one dish that every busy cook should have in his or her repertoire. Once you get the hang of it, it comes together quickly; it's lip smacking good and utterly satisfying. Chicken parmesan is also one of...
Chicken Pasta with Thyme-Mint Cream Sauce
Chicken Pasta with Thyme-Mint Cream Sauce
We tried this thyme mint cream sauce from another recipe and loved it so much I decided to make it with chicken and pasta. Great flavor combination, and the kicker is that by the time the pasta water has come...
Chicken Piccata
Chicken Piccata
Sometimes it amazes me how a simple combination of basic, on-hand ingredients can yield such delightful results. Chicken piccata is nothing more than chicken breast cutlets, dredged in flour, browned, and served with a sauce of butter, lemon juice, capers...
Chicken Prosciutto
Chicken Prosciutto
The last time I visited my friends Fritz and Leigh Anna in Chicago, Leigh Anna prepared this prosciutto-wrapped, batter-dipped, fontina-broiled chicken cutlet for her family and me. So good! The recipe is from the Dean & DeLuca Cookbook and is...
Chicken with Creamy Cassis Sauce
Chicken with Creamy Cassis Sauce
It's amazing what elegant meals one can serve quickly when one has a well stocked pantry (or liquor cabinet). This is a simple sautéed chicken breast recipe, distinguished by a creamy sauce based on crème de cassis, a lovely sweet...
Chicken with Goat Cheese and Arugula
Chicken with Goat Cheese and Arugula
We have a patch of arugula in our garden that not only re-seeds itself every year, but manages to seed itself outside its raised bed as well. No one in a temperate climate should ever have to pay a dime...
Chicken, Mushrooms, and Tomatoes with Port Wine
Chicken, Mushrooms, and Tomatoes with Port Wine
This is one of my father's favorite chicken recipes. We don't make it nearly often enough.
Chipotle Grilled Chicken with Avocado Sandwich
Chipotle Grilled Chicken with Avocado Sandwich
We are a family of non-grillers. While other Americans are happily firing away during the hot summer, filling up their neighborhoods with juicy aromas, we tend to stay inside and think of what we can make for dinner that doesn't...
Classic Baked Chicken
Classic Baked Chicken
This baked chicken recipe is one of those recipes that every home cook should have in their repertoire. It uses a minimal amount of ingredients - chicken, olive oil, salt and pepper (and if you want gravy, chicken stock or...
Grilled Chicken with Tomato Tarragon Sauce
Grilled Chicken with Tomato Tarragon Sauce
My friend Heidi H prepared this grilled chicken dish for me last month when I was visiting her and family in Massachusetts. It was absolutely delicious and I couldn't wait to try it at home on our grill. The recipe...
Grilled Lime Chicken with Black Bean Sauce
Grilled Lime Chicken with Black Bean Sauce
This recipe for grilled chicken, marinated in lime juice, and served with a cilantro infused black bean sauce comes from my dear friend Steve-Anna, who, by the way, lives in Arizona, and is not afraid of using her grill in...
Kung Pao Chicken
Kung Pao Chicken
Please welcome contributor Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic as he shares one of his favorite go-to Chinese (American) dishes, Kung Pao Chicken. ~Elise Kung Pao Chicken (also known as Gong Bao or Kung Pow) is probably the dish most associated...
Mango Chicken Curry
Mango Chicken Curry
Updated and revised Jan 2012. There's something about the combination of mango and chicken that just works. We eat mango chutney with roast chicken so often that I even started making my own chutney just so we wouldn't run out...
Marc's Cashew Chicken
Marc's Cashew Chicken
This cashew chicken recipe is one of my favorites on the site, and not just because it hails from my friend Marc Canter who I don't see nearly enough. I first posted it several years ago after a raucous and...
Moroccan Spiced Grilled Chicken Breasts
Moroccan Spiced Grilled Chicken Breasts
What I love about this recipe (adapted from one found in the Sacramento Bee) is that with just the barest of preparation, you can have a tasty meal within minutes. The yogurt-based marinade is only mildly acidic, so you can...
Parmesan Chicken
Parmesan Chicken
When we were kids, my mother used to make this Parmesan chicken that was so good we would fight for drippings, every last crumb. She would use boneless, skinless chicken (after having de-boned a whole chicken and then used the...
Pasta with Chicken and Asparagus
Pasta with Chicken and Asparagus
When springtime rolls around I find almost any excuse to cook fresh asparagus we bring home from the market. This is an easy pasta dish with asparagus and chicken breasts. Goat cheese melts into the cream sauce to make it...
Poached Chicken
Poached Chicken
As fond as one may be of bacon and butter, sometimes the body just wants something light. What do you make when you want a light meal? I've taken to poaching chicken, using a pretty cool method taught to me...
Salsa Verde Chicken Bake
Salsa Verde Chicken Bake
This recipe is so easy, it's surprising how good it is. You just line a baking dish with chicken breasts, pour over plenty of salsa verde, bake, sprinkle with some cheese, bake some more, and presto wham-o you're there! Serve...
Sesame-Orange Chicken
Sesame-Orange Chicken
Here's a fun way to add a lot of flavor to breaded chicken breasts - cover them with orange marmalade, sesame oil, soy sauce and honey, and coat them with toasted sesame seeds. With all the jamming I do, we...
Stuffed Herbed Chicken with Boursin Cheese
Stuffed Herbed Chicken with Boursin Cheese
Recently my father was inspired to make chicken breasts stuffed with Boursin cheese from a recipe he found online. If you are unfamiliar with Boursin cheese, it is essentially an all natural soft cow's milk cheese dressed up with garlic...
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Please welcome guest author Jaden Hair of Steamy Kitchen who brings us another great Chinese-American classic, Sweet and Sour Chicken. ~Elise When Elise asked me to be a guest writer for Simply Recipes, we decided to take Chinese favorites and...
Teriyaki Chicken Breasts
Teriyaki Chicken Breasts
One of the benefits of having a well-stocked pantry is that it gives you so much more flexibility when you want to get a meal out quickly. Case in point, this teriyaki chicken. Classic teriyaki sauce is made with soy...