Looking for quick chicken dinner recipes? These super-quick and easy chicken recipes are perfect for a stress-free weeknight meal. This roundup includes pan-seared chicken recipes, chicken salad recipes, grilled chicken recipes, chicken stir-fry recipes, and many more! All these recipes are ready in less than 20 minutes, from start to finish. Plus, they make enough so that you can eat delicious leftovers for a couple of days. Enjoy!
Pan-Seared Chicken Breasts in Pepper Parmesan Sauce
Easy pan-seared chicken breasts cooked to perfection and simmered in a luscious roasted pepper sauce. Dinner is ready in less than 30 minutes or less!
Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Lemon Asparagus
This chicken bites and asparagus recipe is a winner for dinnertime. So much flavor and so easy to throw together!
Blackened Chicken Salad
This blackened chicken salad recipe with avocado is crisp and full of flavor - Salad with chicken is the simplest and healthiest meal you can make!
Asado Chicken Breast with Sauteed Lemon Zucchini
Delicious Asado chicken breast recipe is a winner for dinnertime! Forget dry chicken: Boneless chicken breasts are marinated then grilled and served with sauteed lemon zucchini.
Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken and Green Beans Skillet
This one-skillet Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken recipe is a snap to fix. The chicken thighs and green beans are cooked with lemon garlic butter sauce in the same pan. So addicting!
Grilled Bruschetta Chicken
This bruschetta chicken tops pan-seared chicken breasts with fresh tomatoes, basil, toasted pine nuts, and balsamic glaze for an easy 20-minute dinner.
Cowboy Butter Chicken with Zucchini Noodles (15-Minute)
Easy and delicious butter chicken recipe with zucchini noodles - You'll want to sip the sauce by the spoon!
Garlic Lime Chicken Tenders and Quinoa
This garlic lime chicken tenders is delicious, easy and perfect for busy weeknights.
Garlic Butter Chicken with Cauliflower Rice
Quick, Healthy dinner with Garlic Butter chicken and cauliflower rice — The ultimate gluten free/low carb dinner.
Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Zucchini Noodles
These delicious chicken bites recipe is so juicy and tender you'll eat them hot right off the pan!
Garlic Herb Butter Chicken Thighs with Asparagus
This garlic butter chicken thighs recipe is delicious and super nourishing. Skin-on bone-in chicken thighs are cooked in one skillet for easy prep and cleanup!
Chicken Stir Fry Noodles
These chicken stir fry noodles combine tender chicken, broccoli, carrots, and noodles in a savory ginger, soy, and hoisin sauce for an easy weeknight dinner.
Taco Chicken Tenders with Lemon Garlic Butter Zucchini Noodles
These flavorful and juicy Taco Chicken Tenders are a perfect dinner for the busiest of weeknights.
Garlic Butter Chicken with Pineapple
This pineapple chicken is so tender and juicy bursting with savory sweet flavor!
One-Pan Lemon Butter Chicken with Asparagus
A delicious, bright lemon butter chicken recipe with Asparagus for a Spring dinner.
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Tips for quick chicken dinners
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A quick chicken dinner starts with the preparation: Pound chicken breasts to get them to an even thickness so they cook quicker.
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When frying, grilling, broiling, or sautéing chicken, remove chicken pieces as they get done to avoid overcooking while finishing other pieces. White meat and smaller pieces, such as breasts and wings, will get done faster than dark meat pieces, such as legs and thighs.
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Keep in mind that uncovered chicken takes quicker to cook in the oven than covered chicken. Covering chicken foil allows cooking meat more evenly and gently. Toward the end of cooking time, remove the foil to crisp up the chicken.
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Be sure to use a sharp knife when cutting or carving meat when your chicken dinner is ready. Sharp knives will make your job a lot easier, especially when having to cut in the joint areas, and will provide neatly cut slices and pieces of chicken.
