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    Home » Recipes » Slideshows

    Best Chicken Dinner Recipes

    Published: Oct 10, 2024 by Sonila · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    These are some of our favorite family chicken dinner recipes. Some are cooked with veggies, some are baked with rice or potatoes, some are skillet dinners and others are soup with chicken. Hope you find some recipes for your dinner rotation here:). Let me know in comments if you have any questions and thank you for reading my blog!

    Braised Chicken Thighs

    Chicken thighs cooked in a Dutch Oven, with veggies, broth, herbs etc.
    Braised Chicken Thighs in the Dutch Oven – ©Sonila Zarate

    Braised chicken thighs in the Dutch Oven with veggies, stock, herbs, white wine and more seasonings make for a great family dinner. It’s so flavorful and we love to serve it over rice, potatoes or steamed veggies.

    Get Recipe: Braised Chicken Thighs in Dutch Oven

    Buffalo Chicken Sliders with Blue Cheese Slaw

    A platter with buffalo chicken sliders where one slider has been pulled out, shown next to a glass of beer.
    Buffalo Chicken Sliders with Blue Cheese Slaw – ©Sonila Zarate

    I love sliders during football season. They’re easy to put together and this specific flavor combo with buffalo chicken and blue cheese slaw is really amazing! You won’t be able to stop at just one:). Enjoy!

    Get Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Slider with Blue Cheese Slaw

    Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks

    Oven baked chicken drumsticks on a platter next to a dip and a salad. Drumsticks are garnished with fresh parsley.
    Baked Chicken Drumsticks – ©Sonila Zarate

    Chicken drumsticks are economical and if cooked properly, they taste amazing and provide lots of protein. Easiest way for me to cook chicken drumsticks, it’s to bake them in the oven after seasoning them thoroughly.

    Get Recipe: Chicken Drumsticks

    Garlic Chicken in a Dijon Mustard Sauce

    A garlic chicken dish in a stainless steel skillet, immersed on a mustard sauce. Dish is garnished with parsley.
    Creamy Garlic Chicken – ©Sonila Zarate

    Skillet chicken in a creamy sauce is a gourmet style chicken dinner inspired most often by old fashioned French recipes. One of those variations is this garlic chicken in a dijon mustard sauce, served with garlic jasmine rice!! Soooo mouthwatering!

    Get Recipe: Garlic Chicken in Mustard Sauce

    Chicken and Rice Soup

    A serving of chicken and rice soup in a bowl, shown next to fresh parsley, lemon and bread.
    Pressure Cooker Chicken and Rice Soup – ©Sonila Zarate

    This chicken and rice soup is the most comforting soup you can have on cold winter nights. I love to make this soup on the thicker side, it’s so filling and tastes really good! I crave this soup all the time when I’m not feeling good! Cooking it in the instant pot or pressure cooker, also makes this recipe so easy to make.

    Get Recipe: Chicken & Rice Soup

    Chicken Pastina Soup

    A bowl of chicken pastina soup shown with a spoon next to it. Bowl is garnished with fresh Italian parsley.
    Bowl of Chicken Pastina Soup – ©Sonila Zarate

    There’s no wonder the Italians call this chicken pastina soup a natural antibiotic. It’ll make you feel better right away:). We love soups in winter time not only because they taste so comforting and good, but they’re also easy to cook and don’t require a lot of effort.

    Get Recipe: Chicken Pastina Soup

    Chicken Cooked with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Mushrooms

    Skillet with chicken in creamy sun dried tomatoes sauce with mushrooms.
    Creamy Chicken with sun dried tomatoes and mushrooms – ©Sonila Zarate

    This skillet chicken in a sun dried tomatoes and mushrooms sauce and garnished with feta cheese and parsley is just a great dinner. I really enjoy the flavor combination of all the ingredients and love serving this dish with pasta.

    Get Recipe: Creamy Chicken cooked with sun dried tomatoes and mushrooms

    Tarragon Chicken in White Wine Sauce

    A skillet with a creamy chicken dish shown garnished with tarragon leaves.
    Tarragon Chicken in Creamy White Wine Sauce

    We really enjoy cooking chicken in a creamy sauce. We switch up the flavor profile but a special one for us is usually this tarragon chicken cooked in a white wine sauce. It’s really a gourmet meal!

    Get Recipe: Tarragon Chicken

    Baked Chicken and Rice

    A round baking dish with drumsticks and rice, garnished with parsley.
    Baked Chicken and Rice – ©Sonila Zarate

    It’s traditional in Albania to cook an entire chicken then use the stock to bake rice and chicken in the oven. Sometimes we bake the chicken with potatoes too. While baking the rice can be a bit tricky, it tastes amazing when baked with chicken stock and seasoned chicken.

    Get Recipe: Baked Chicken and Rice

    Skillet Chicken with Butternut Squash and Asparagus

    A skillet with chicken, butternut squash and asparagus
    Skillet Chicken with Butternut Squash and Asparagus – ©Sonila Zarate

    Don’t you want to use butternut squash in every recipe during Fall season? It’s so pretty when you add that orange color to any meal. Plus it makes everything seem so seasonal. I love adding butternut squash and asparagus to this skillet chicken. So perfect!

    Get Recipe: Skillet Chicken with Butternut Squash & Asparagus

    Roasted Chicken Drumsticks with Potatoes

    A casserole with baked chicken drumsticks and potatoes arranged in a circular shape.
    Roasted Chicken Drumsticks and Potatoes – ©Sonila Zarate

    Growing up in the Mediterranean, I got used to many dishes baked on a tray with a protein like lamb, chicken or tenderloin over potatoes. This brings back so many memories of Sunday get togethers with both sets of grandparents my mom cooking this dish. It’s a fairly simple dish to cook and you can cook a lot at once making lots of leftovers for the next day:).

    Get Recipe: Roasted Chicken Drumsticks with potatoes

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    About Sonila

    Mom of 2, wife, engineer, food blogger & recipe creator! Sonila was born in Albania, her heritage inspires her Mediterranean recipes while that of her husband the Latin ones. Sonila has 2 degrees in Engineering from University of Miami.

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    Mom of 2, wife, engineer, food blogger & recipe creator! Sonila was born in Albania, her heritage inspires her Mediterranean recipes while that of her husband the Latin ones. Sonila has 2 degrees in Engineering from University of Miami.

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