18 Favorite Chicken Recipes (Weeknight-ish)
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Winner winner 18 chicken dinners! Here is a roundup of 18 of my favorite chicken dinners. From whole roasted chicken with the crispiest skin to tarragon broiled boneless skinless breasts to sheet pan chicken and cauliflower shawarma, the recipes included here are some of the ones I turn to most frequently for their ease and reception. Who doesn’t love a chicken dinner?
Hello from Memphis! Some of you know Alexandra’s Kitchen was nominated for a Saveur Blog Award in the weeknight cooking category. It was a complete surprise and even more of a surprise to learn last night that Alexandra’s Kitchen won the Editors’ Choice Award.
Thank you all for reading and supporting this blog over the years. I feel so lucky every day to be able to cook and photograph and write about food.
Below are 18 of my favorite chicken dinners, and if you’re looking for a place to start, I highly recommend the Zuni Cafe Roast Chicken. Every time I make it, I am astonished by how beautifully it cooks, emerging with evenly golden skin and juicy meat throughout. I don’t even bother with the herbs anymore, though I do salt the chicken ahead of time—I shoot for the morning or early afternoon of the day I plan on roasting it.
And if you’re looking for an especially weeknight friendly meal, I can’t recommend the broiled tarragon chicken breasts enough. I am typically not a huge fan of white meat, but I love this recipe, and I love how quickly it comes together.
PS: 12 Favorite Vegetarian Dinners
1. Ottolenghi’s roast chicken with clementines.
2. Roast chicken with parmesan, white wine, and olive oil.
3. Sheet pan chicken legs with Brussels sprouts and balsamic.
4. Sheet pan tarragon chicken and potatoes.
5. Roast chicken with sherry and sherry vinegar.
6. Canal House chicken thighs with preserved lemon.
7. Broiled tarragon chicken breasts.
10. Chicken and cauliflower shawarma.
12. Ina Garten’s mustard roasted chicken.
13. Moroccan chicken and rice.
14. Chicken with preserved lemon and green olives.
15. Nobu’s chicken teriyaki two ways.
16. Chicken skewers with all-purpose Thai peanut sauce.
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35 Comments on “18 Favorite Chicken Recipes (Weeknight-ish)”
Congratulations, Alexandra! So happy to hear you are getting the recognition you amply deserve! It is heart-warming and wonderful :-).
I made about half of your chicken meals posted above, but my favorite was the chicken with clementines. I did not have nor did I want to invest in a whole bottle or Arak, Pernod, et al., so I went to a neighborhood liquor store, bought a tiny bottle of Vodka, and put a few star anise in a jar with the vodka, overnight. Viola, homemade kootch…lol. Thank you for the work you do!!
That is genius! Love your homemade kootch Louise! And thank you for the kind words. It really means the world 🙂
WOW, this is so wonderful Ali! You totally deserve this award, with all the time and effort you put into your recipe testing , recipe videos and blog posts. Every single recipe I have tried from you has worked beautifully. Well done, so excited for you and this recognition!
Oh Marilena, thank you. You are too, too sweet … thank you xo
Ali!! Congratulations, I’m thrilled you are getting the recognition you so deserve. Your blog is such an inspiration and education, learned so much and tried so many new things and just having lots of fun in the kitchen. Thanks neighbor!!
Awwww neighbor, thanks so much!!! You’re the best. Miss you.
Congrats! Well deserved. You offer so many great recipes.
Zuni chicken is the best.
Awww, thanks, Joyce! And right? I made it again last night. Love it so much.
Hey! I recently came across your blog and wow! Really amazing chicken dish recipes, and they all look very healthy too!
I’m starting a similar thing, but nowhere near where you are right now. Perhaps you could take a look and provide tips! https://adianosblog.wordpress.com/
My aim is to lose weight, change my lifestyle, and get fit. Perhaps I could use some of your recipes in my journey!
How exciting, Adiano! I will check it out soon. Wishing you all the best on you blogging and change-of-lifestyle journey.
Congratulations! You totally deserve an award! My family would starve without you. We live on your bread (made Cinnamon last night, one loaf is gone….) and countless other dishes. Good job and thank you!
🙂 🙂 🙂 You are funny. Thank you. So glad I have played some small role in your family’s survival. And I’m so glad you liked the cinnamon loaf, too. It’s one of my favorites.
Congratulations Alexandra! I love your blog, and your book. Recognition is well-deserved!
Thank you so much, Vickie! Always so nice to hear from you.
Yay! SO happy for you. Finding your blog a few years back while we began the kitchen renovation made me excited to finish quickly. Fate had other plans, so I shifted gears and began cooking from your site to keep myself sane with my 2 plug-in burners. I send the peasant bread to the USMC every time my son visits, too. Thank you for all you do!
Oh Cheralee, thank you 🙂 🙂 🙂 Makes me happy thinking about your son and his fellow Marines getting the peasant bread. Thank him from me for his service. And thank you for all of your kind words over the years. xo
Whoo Hoo Ali!
You had me at Canal House chicken thighs with preserved lemon. Not to mention the Easter lamb on a spit.
I’m still holding out for some rabbit, venison and other game recipes. =}
Oh Lisa, I must! My husband was just lamenting how he hadn’t been hunting in so long … I will keep you posted. When I was in Paris, I had Guinea fowl, and I have been thinking of it ever since — it was SO tasty. Wish we could get it here.
So very well deserved Alexandra! Congratulations!
Thank you so much, Mary!!
Congrats!! So very well deserved!!!
Thank you so much, Rosa!!
Sis!! CONGRATULATIONS!! and i am not surprised. you are the bomb.
xoxoxoxox
(BTW, I have been making the pre-salted Zuni style of chicken for the past 15 years, and I always salt my bird the day before. Works like a charm every time. If I cannot presalt my meat, I don’t even bother making it…)
Awww, you’re the best! Thank you. And also RIGHT? re salting chicken ahead of time. It makes all the difference in the world.
Congratulations and so well deserved!! Your blog is the best and I’ve cooked and loved so many of your recipes. Will make butternut squash lasagna for a group before Thanksgiving and your sheet pan chicken dinners are a go to. Plus, I love when you write about your area as I grew up in Albany and though we all left many years ago, it’s still my Hometown. Keep up your wonderful work!
Oh, thank you so much, Anne! How fun that you used to live near here. I discover new gems all the time … I’ll be sure to keep writing about them. And I’m so glad you will be making the butternut squash lasagna soon. Love that one this time of year. Thanks for writing in.
Ali!!!!! Congratulations! Your blog is the best, hands down! I’m so glad you won. You’re always so full of good ideas and inspiration. Sending hugs!!!
Awww Dana, thank you, you are too kind. Your support over the years has meant everything. Thank you 🙂 🙂 🙂
HUGE Congratulations! I love your blog … it is a bright spot in my life! And your book as well. Thank you!
Thank you so much, Linda!! That means the world. xoxo
Hi Ali. Huge congrats from both of us on your award. You continue to impress and inspire us, not to mention upping our game in the kitchen.
Wishing you and your beautiful family a wonderful, savory Thanksgiving.
Thank you so much, Ruth and Jay!! So great to hear from you. I think of you often because I have really taken to my stovetop pressure cooker for beans, and I still remember you telling me this was your preferred method when Aim and I visited CA in the fall of 1999… almost 20 years ago. How does this happen? Hope you are well. You must be in heaven with little Eli. He is so stunning I can’t handle it. Big hugs to you and Happy Happy Thanksgiving. xoxo
I wanted to try the recipe you recently posted which included chicken breast, heavy cream, spinach, broth and grape tomatoes and even though I thought I saved it I can’t find it. I. bought the ingredients and can you help me.
Hi Flo! I don’t have that recipe on my site … wish I could help you. Must be someone else. I google the ingredients, and this is what turned up in the search results. Hope you might be able to find it there!