38 Essential, Easy Chicken Recipes for Every Night of the Week

Skip the breading step—easily the most challenging part of making chicken parmesan—with our clever baked chicken parmesan recipe, which layers those beloved chicken parm ingredients and bakes them for a still-satisfying (but easier) dish.

Finally: A recipe for fried chicken at home that won't leave your kitchen covered in grease and you frustrated and hungry. This easy fried chicken recipe uses a basic buttermilk and flour coating for flavor and crispiness, and because it calls for frying in a Dutch oven, your kitchen and stovetop will stay a whole lot cleaner.

This easy roast chicken recipe is sure to impress a crowd—but the secret is that it's incredibly easy to make. Foolproof, juicy, and well-seasoned, this is sure to be your new go-to roast chicken dish.

This easy weeknight chicken dish can be made quickly, but speed doesn't come at the expense of flavor: With almond flour and sesame seeds for flavor and crunch on the chicken breast cutlets and a customizable salad, this is sure to become a regular in your weekly meal rotation.

This fresh take on chicken soup recipes uses chewy gnocchi, tender chicken, and Swiss chard for a balanced meal in a single bowl. (Best of all, it's easy to make—only 30 minutes of hands-on time.)

This easy chicken recipe has a salad base, but don't think that means it won't fill you up. Delicious marinated grilled chicken brings flavor and heft to the meal, and a homemade salad dressing means you can be certain this is a healthy dish.

Homemade chicken noodle soup will warm your heart and your belly with a single bowl. This chicken noodle soup recipe calls for a whole chicken, which might seem like a lot of effort, but it also makes a whopping 12 servings, so you'll be slurping down savory chicken and tasty noodles for days.

Potpie might be the pinnacle of comfort food. This chicken potpie recipe includes onions, carrots, and peas, so it's healthy, too, without sacrificing any of the rich flavor you know and love.

If you strongly believe that garlic makes everything better, this chicken wings recipe is for you. They're messy and delicious—everything wings should be—and can be cooked on the grill or in a broiler, depending on the cooking tools available for you.

Consider this chicken recipe at-home, easy fettuccine alfredo—and with an eight-serving yield, so you can enjoy an indulgent chicken and pasta dish for days to come or feed a crowd. You'll need your stovetop and broiler for this one, so it's more suited to fall and winter than summer, but it's a dish you'll love in any season.

Chicken salads don't get easier than this recipe: You'll use a rotisserie chicken—a home chef's secret weapon—to cut down on cook time and even avoid turning on the stove all together, making this the perfect summer chicken dish. Simply mix your ingredients, top with tortilla chips for crunch, and get ready to enjoy a chicken recipe that is both light and refreshing.

You don't need to know how to spatchcock chicken before you start this recipe—it's easier than you think, and you'll learn in the process. The finished product is tender with a kick, thanks to a hot sauce marinade, and when you serve it with a wax bean and celery salad on the side, it's a full chicken meal.

If you're a fan of the Instant Pot, you likely already use it for almost everything, but trying something a little new with this Instant Pot chicken recipe. It'll give you all the pho flavors you know and love, but with less hands-on time.

Is anything better than a hearty, satisfying meal of chicken parmesan? Satisfy those comfort-food cravings with this easy chicken parmesan recipe, ready in just 30 minutes.

If you love the taste of teriyaki chicken but you want a break from the classic chicken thigh or chicken breast options, try this teriyaki chicken recipes, which uses ground chicken to create savory teriyaki meatballs. Snow peas and edamame round out the meal.

It sounds fancy and intensive, but this chicken recipe is actually incredibly easy—and all it takes is one pot. It's a chicken thigh recipe that is delightfully crispy and juicy, with roasted red onion and radish on the side—and some toasted baguette to soak up any extra sauces.

For this chicken salad recipe, you'll poach chicken breasts—it's easier than you think—and mix it with dill pickles, mayonnaise, shallot, and more for a homemade chicken salad you can rely on for office lunches, picnics, and more.

With this slow-cooker recipe, your cooker takes care of the chicken. When the chicken is almost ready, all you have to do is make some easy-drop biscuits, and then combine it all in a bowl. It'll taste amazing on night one and every night afterward, if you're meal-prepping.

Make watching the game at home special with this irresistible chicken wings recipe. These wings are saucy, sweet, and sour, for a near-complete flavor palette in every bite. If you cook them on the grill, they'll even get a crispy, caramelized finish that will keep everyone coming back for more.

Baked chicken gets a fresh update with this quick, easy chicken recipe, which bakes chicken cutlets with a rich thyme-and-Swiss cheese sauce topped with prosciutto and breadcrumbs. Mouth watering yet? We've got great news: It's all ready in 30 minutes, too.

Call this a grown-up chicken nugget: This breaded and baked chicken dish has a crispy coating with a tender interior. The whole family will love this chicken recipe, and when you pair it with a sautéed veggie, it makes an easy chicken meal.

This fried chicken recipe adds a little bit of a kick to your favorite fried comfort food. You'll marinate bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces in a buttermilk and hot sauce mixture, then dip it in flour for that amazing crispy finish. Once it's all fried and done, you'll have great homemade fried chicken for four—for best results, pair with macaroni and cheese, French fries, or another tasty comfort-food side.

Entrée-sized (and actually filling) and ready quickly, especially if you cook the chicken ahead of time or purchase a rotisserie chicken, this chicken salad recipe is protein-rich and a great alternative to lackluster desk salads. Cook it for dinner or lunch (or both!) and prepare to eat well.

Chicken may not be the first topping that comes to mind when you think of pizza, but this summer chicken recipe proves that it's on the same level as mozzarella and peppers. Best of all, this recipe calls for rotisserie chicken, so you can spend more time focusing on the pizza and less cooking chicken.

Enjoy robust Middle Eastern flavors at home with this completely doable chicken thigh recipe. A delicious blend of spices brings the flavor, and the dish is served with a fresh tomato salad on the side.

This easy chicken recipe will have you serving a delicious chicken dinner in less than 30 minutes. The chicken cutlets are amazingly crispy, and the accompanying lemony dressing brings those just-right extra flavors to the meal. With fresh asparagus for the all-important vegetable, it's everything you want from a weeknight dinner.

Make your fried chicken, and then upgrade it a little with this fried chicken recipe. You'll soak the chicken breasts in buttermilk and then coat them in crispy panko bread crumbs. Once they're fried and cooled, put them in your favorite biscuits and serve with mayonnaise, arugula, pickles, and hot sauce for a perfect breakfast, lunch, or dinner chicken dish.

Dress up your classic, comforting chicken noodle soup recipe with a little miso. This recipe from Healthyish by Lindsay Maitland Hunt uses white miso paste, soy sauce, tofu, udon or soba noodles, and chicken (of course) for a soup that is savory and satisfying all at once.

All good chicken potpies are creamy, but this chicken potpie recipe might be the creamiest, thanks to the addition of corn chowder, which both introduces tasty corn and veggies to the dish and adds plenty of luscious creaminess.

For a full chicken meal, serve your teriyaki chicken with rice and bok choy; this teriyaki chicken recipe has the full guide—and it's all ready in just 10 minutes of hands-on time from you, with chicken thighs coated in delicious teriyaki sauce.

Chicken may be the main ingredient in this recipe, but the vinaigrette is the star of the show. With fish sauce, sambal oelek, and chile, it dresses up the ground chicken meatballs and rice vermicelli noodle base nicely.

A homemade enchilada sauce takes this easy chicken enchiladas recipe from good to great. Using a rotisserie chicken instead of cooking your own saves you time and effort—so you can focus on the sauce—and the four-serving yield feeds the whole family.

This classic chicken recipe is quick and easy, with all the flavors you'd expect from a chef-cooked chicken Marsala. Even better, there's a good chance you have almost all the ingredients you need at home—simply grab some cremini mushrooms and sweet Marsala wine at the store, and your homemade chicken Marsala dinner is ready to go.

Put your slow-cooker to work with this easy chicken recipe. Cumin, curry powder, and fresh ginger bring the delicious curried taste, and when you set your slow-cooker up before work, you can come home for a ready-to-eat meal that the whole family will love.

Green salsa verde and Muenster cheese (or Monterey Jack, if you prefer) offer an alternative to the classic red enchilada sauce in this chicken enchiladas recipe. Mild and tangy, these enchiladas are sure to be a crowd favorite. Plus, they have corn in them, so you can serve them on their own as a full meal or add a side salad for an even more balanced meal.

It's labeled a soup, but let's be honest: This is a real white chicken chili. It's got salsa verde for flavor and cannellini beans for weight, both main ingredients in any good white chicken chili recipe, plus cumin and green onions for extra taste.

For a full chicken meal, roast the whole chicken with veggies for a well-rounded, complete dish everyone will like. You can't go wrong with slow-roasting, and this roast chicken recipe comes out of the oven table-ready. (All you have to do is let it cool.)

Make your favorite restaurant dish at home with this teriyaki chicken recipe. All you need is chicken and some teriyaki sauce—we'll teach you the rest.