Best 20 Awesome Chicken Recipes

AWESOME CRISPY BAKED CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a shallow baking dish with aluminum foil and grease lightly.
• Cut tips from chicken wings and discard. Cut between the joint to separate each wing into 2 pieces.
• Combine butter and garlic in a small saucepan over low heat; heat until butter is melted and garlic is fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Mix Parmesan cheese, parsley, oregano, paprika, salt, and pepper together in a shallow bowl.
• Dip chicken wing pieces in melted butter mixture; coat with Parmesan cheese mixture in the bowl. Arrange in the prepared baking dish. Drizzle any remaining butter on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until skin is browned and juices run clear, about 1 hour.

BACON-WRAPPED CHICKEN THIGHS SMOTHERED AND STUFFED WITH AWESOME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 9-inch square pan with parchment paper.
• Trim asparagus spears to extend 1 inch past each side of the thighs.
• Place 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese into a bowl.
• Lay chicken thighs flat on a work surface. Place 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese on each thigh, followed by 3 asparagus spears. Roll thigh around stuffing; wrap 1 bacon slice around each thigh. Tie a 12-inch length of string around the bacon, ensuring bacon ends are secured. Place stuffed thighs in the lined pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 30 to 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle of a thigh should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; add jalapenos. Cook, stirring regularly, until juices have evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Add remaining butter, melt completely, about 1 minute. Stir in flour until it starts to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in warm milk, 1/3 cup at a time, mixing completely after each addition.
• Bring milk mixture to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 7 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Add remaining mozzarella cheese, stir gently to incorporate into sauce.
• Cut strings from thighs and smother with sauce.

AWESOME CHICKEN AND YELLOW RICE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• salt and pepper chicken.
• dredge chicken in flour.
• fry chicken in medium hot oil to brown and set aside (chicken will not be done).
• clean the garlic and mince about 1/4 of it leaving the rest in whole cloves.
• In a pot over high heat, replace 1/2 of water called for in the rice mix with the wine and the other half water. Put in the water/wine mixture the minced garlic, peas and pimentos.
• when it begins to boil, add the rice mix and boil for about a minute.
• put the rice mixture in the casserole or paella pan.
• Place chicken on the top, then sprinkle you peppers, onions and whole garlic cloves on top of the chicken.
• Cover and bake for about 1 1/4 hours - 1/1/2 hours.

EASY (YET AWESOME) CHICKEN EMPANADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
• Heat oil over med-high heat in a large skillet.
• Saute onions and garlic about 4 minutes, until onions are translucent.
• Add cumin, cayenne pepper, chili flakes and dried oregano. Make sure to mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add black beans, chicken and green chilies. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook for around 2 minutes until incorporated and heated through.
• Add chicken stock a little at a time, just to moisten the mixture. You may not need to use the entire 1/4 Cup. You want to make sure that the mixture is moist but not soupy. Simmer for about 5-7 minutes.
• Take mixture off burner and let cool to room temperature.
• Add cheese and mix thoroughly.
• Roll out dough onto floured surface.
• Cut 4" circles out of the dough (I like to use a medium sized cereal bowl to cut the circles, but you can make yours smaller or larger).
• Fill the middle of each circle with about 1.5 - 2 Tbl of the mixture. Don't overfill. Fold each circle in half (sealing in the mixture) and crimp the ends with a fork to close the dough.
• Brush tops with egg yolks and sprinkle with chili powder.
• Cook for 12-14 minutes at 400°F.
• Enjoy!

AWESOME CHICKEN AND YELLOW RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a Dutch oven, toss the onion, green bell pepper, and water chestnuts with olive oil to coat. Rub the chicken with salt, pepper, and seasoning salt, and place on top of the vegetables in the Dutch oven.
• Cover, and cook the chicken 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C). Remove from heat. Leaving the vegetables in the Dutch oven, remove the cooked chicken, cool, skin, debone, and shred meat.
• While the chicken is cooking, prepare the yellow rice according to package directions.
• Mix the shredded chicken and cooked rice into the Dutch oven with the vegetables. Return to the 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven, and continue cooking 15 minutes before serving.

AWESOME PRETZEL CHICKEN TENDERS WITH SPICY HONEY DIJON SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine basil, oregano, granulated garlic, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Place buttermilk and half the spice mix into a double-lined resealable plastic bag. Add chicken and massage bag until well coated. Refrigerate 6 to 12 hours. Reserve remaining spice mix.
• Place almonds in plastic bag. Break up with rolling pin or mallet (flat side) until mixture looks part rough chopped part crumbs. Remove almonds and place into shallow bowl. Put pretzels in same bag and mash with mallet or rolling pin until it looks like a mixture of large breadcrumbs and powder. Add to almonds mix to combine.
• In a large fry pan, pour canola oil until it measures about 1 1/2 -inches high in pan. Heat over high, until oil is hot, but not smoking, temperature, 350 degrees.
• Remove tenders from buttermilk and dredge in almond-pretzel mixture, pressing mixture into the tenders. Gently add tenders, in batches, to the oil. Be sure not to over crowd the pan. Fry tenders until they are dark golden brown, being careful not to burn, about 5 minutes or until cooked through. Remove and drain on a cookie sheet lined with a wire rack. Serve immediately with Spicy Honey Dijon Sauce or keep warm in a 200 degree F oven.
• In a small food processor, combine all ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to use.

AWESOME CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken and water in a large pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, skimming fat as needed, 30 minutes.
• Place the halved onion, bay leaves, peppercorns, whole celery, whole carrots and lemon grass in the pot and simmer, covered 1 hour.
• Strain broth and reserve chicken. When chicken is cool enough to handle, remove skin and cut meat into bite-size pieces.
• Return strained stock to pot over high heat, and stir in chicken base, chopped celery and chopped carrots. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes, or until carrots are tender.
• Chop celery leaves and stir into pot with the noodles. Simmer until noodles are cooked, about 10 minutes more. Stir in chicken and heat through.

TONYS AWESOME CREAMY APRICOT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook the chicken legs while on the bone.
• Then take the chicken off of the legs and cube it.
• Put it in a stove top pot (with a lid) and put the apricot nectar and french onion soup in; add all other ingredients except for the rice.
• Cook on a low to medium heat for about 20 minutes.
• Once cooked, serve it up on a bed of rice.
• Soooo yummy.
• Let me know what you think!

AWESOME AND EASY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS (REDUCED FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Divide the shredded chicken, onions and 1 cup of the cheese equally into each tortilla. (This doesn't have to be exact or perfect here!).
• Roll them each tightly and place seam-side down into a greased (cooking spray) 9x13 baking dish.
• Prepare the sauce by combining soup, sour cream and green chilis (for a hotter recipe also add 1/4 cup finely chopped jalapenos).
• The sauce should be of a thick gravy-like consistency. You may need to add a little water to thin it out (I usually add about 1/2 a can of water to reconstitute the soup).
• Pour sauce over the rolled tortillas.
• Bake for about 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and top with remaining cheese.
• Return to oven until the cheese melts.
• Ole!

AWESOME CHICKEN & PUMPKIN RISOTTO

Steps:

• Bake the pumpkin pieces in a 180C oven for 15 minutes and put aside.
• Cook the chicken breasts (barbecue, grill, fry pan, poach, oven) until just cooked through and put aside. After chicken has cooled a little, cut into 1 - 2 cm cubes depending on preference. (Alternatively, you can cut into cubes first and then stir-fry).
• While doing steps 1 and 2, put the oil in a large saucepan on medium/hot and when heated, put the onions and garlic in and cook until onions begin to get soft - about 5 minutes.
• Add the rice and stir until the grains start to swell and burst then reduce heat to low and add the cup of white wine.
• Stir over low heat until the liquid has been absorbed.
• Add, say, half a cup of the hot stock and keep stirring while the rice absorbs it.
• Keep adding stock in this way, stirring constantly.
• Just as the final liquid is being absorbed and rice is cooked (about 20 - 25 minutes), add the cooked cubed chicken and pumpkin and gently stir.
• Remove from heat, stir in grated parmesan cheese, (add freshly ground black pepper if you like) and serve.

AWESOME APRICOT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Cook onion, garlic, and curry in margarine for a couple of minutes.
• Push mixture to one side of skillet and cook chicken for five or six minutes until pink is gone.
• Stir together chicken and onion mixture.
• Add preserve, apple, raisins, cashews, and 1/3 cups water or white wine.
• Mix yoghurt and cornstarch together and stir until there are no lumps.
• Then add it to the skillet and mix everything well.
• Let it all boil slowly for at least two minutes to get rid of the starchy flavor from the cornstarch.
• Plate it up over the base of your choice.
• Traditionally the base is rice.
• But try being daring and use angel hair pasta or toasted English muffins.
• Burp.

AWESOME GOLDEN OVEN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash chicken and soak in salt water for about 20 minutes.
• I use a large bowl and 1 teaspoon of salt.
• Preheat oven to 425°.
• Place oil and butter in a shallow baking pan and set in the oven to heat and melt.
• Combine the flour and seasonings and dredge the chicken in the flour mixture.
• Remove hot pan from the oven and arrange the chicken in the pan skin side down,but do not crowd.
• Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes, turn chicken so that the skin side is up and continue baking for 20 to 30 minutes more, until nicely browned and juices run clear.
• Remove onto a platter and let cool at least 10 minutes.

AWESOME 48 HOUR MARINATED TERIYAKI CHICKEN (NORM'S TERIYAKI)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix soy sauce, water, and sugar until sugar dissolves.
• Add green onions, ginger, and garlic to bowl.
• Add chicken pieces.
• Cover and marinate 48 hours.
• Grill chicken on low 9 minutes each side or until cooked all the way through. (Make sure to grill on low or, if broiling, broil away from the heat. The high sugar content of the marinade will cause the chicken to burn if it is cooked at too high a temperature).

AWESOME FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine chicken, buttermilk and salt. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
• Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine flour, Italian dressing mix, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Remove chicken from buttermilk, and coat well with flour mixture. Let set on a plate for about 10 minutes.
• Fry in hot oil until meat is no longer pink, and breading is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

PAUL'S AWESOME LOW CARB CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Dice Onions, Celery & Chicken (dice chicken separately).
• in a 4 quart pan Sautee Onion & Celery in butter for approximately 5 minutes.
• In non stick frying pan cook 3 ounce chicken breast submerged in water until cooked (approximately 5 minutes)
• Add all ingredients (except chicken) into a the 4 quart pot. Stir ingredients & bring contents of pot to a simmer. Once Pot is at a simmer let simmer for eight minutes.
• Once soup is finished simmering remove from heat & let cool enough so that it can be placed in Blender. Blend for 1 minute. Add Chicken to soup & serve.

AWESOME CROCK-POT CHICKEN POT PIE SOUP

Steps:

• .Preheat oven according to directions on pie crust box.
• Spray a large cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
• Tear pie crusts into small pieces arranged on cookie sheet (or cut neatly if you must) and bake until golden.
• Allow to cool then seal in an air-tight bowl.
• Fill a large pot with water and frozen chicken tenders.
• Boil until done.
• Drain, allow to cool, and cube.
• While preparing chicken, combine soup, cream cheese, milk, and broth in your crock-pot on the high setting, blending well. (Add liquids slowly and gradually to control the thickness of the broth.).
• Fold in all spices, veggies and cooked, cubed chicken to mixture in crock-pot. (At this point I check my seasonings and make necessary adjustments.).
• Allow to simmer on high for an hour, or switch your crock-pot to its lowest setting and have it when you get home from work.
• When serving, sprinkle pie crust pieces on top.
• Also think of other flavor combinations -- you can do this with beef, turkey, pork or shrimp and it's still awesome. Add cheeses, other spices, other veggies, mushrooms, or even walnuts to vary.

AWESOME SPINACH STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix mayonnaise, spinach, feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, bacon and garlic. Set aside.
• Mix parmesan cheese, Italian salad dressing mix and garlic powder to make seasoning. Set aside.
• Carefully butterfly chicken breasts, making sure not to cut all the way through. Spoon spinach mixture into chicken breasts. Secure with toothpicks.
• Season with parmesan mixture. Place in shallow baking dish. Cover.
• Bake at 400°F for 25-30 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.

CHINESE CABBAGE SALAD WITH CHICKEN (AWESOME FLAVOR)

Steps:

• add cabbage, carrots, green onions to a large bowl or dish.
• add chicken.
• crunch ramen noodles over the salad. it is easiest to break them up in the bag first.
• mix together sugar and vineger till sugar is dissolved. add oils and whisk well.
• pour dressing over salad.
• top with sesame and/or sunflower seeds.
• salt and pepper to taste, you can also sprinkle a little of the oriental seasoning from the ramen noodle pack, but not too much.
• let marinade in fridge for about 2 hours before eating.
• enjoy!

BONNIE'S AWESOME CHICKEN DIANE

Steps:

• 1. I served this dish with a couple of cups of steamed rice that was seasoned with 2 teaspoons of chicken soup base and cooked in the rice cooker. I started the rice first because it takes longer cook than the chicken.
• 2. If you get your ingredients together for the sauce, and set them aside, then get the chicken cooking, steam your broccoli and get your rice cooker going with the rice, then it only takes about 7 minutes to make the sauce. You want to have everything done before you put the sauce ingredients in the skillet. Then it all comes together like magic. :) This really is a very easy recipe if you prep first.
• 3. COOK THE CHICKEN Trim the fat and remove skin from the chicken. Boneless thighs works in this recipe, but you could use bone in if you have them. I did.
• 4. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Season both sides of skinless thighs with kosher salt and coarse black pepper and place the chicken in a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of oil.
• 5. Fry seasoned thighs until golden brown on one side.
• 6. Turn the thighs, and then cover with a glass lid over the chicken. Once the underside browns, turn the heat to very low and keep the lid on.
• 7. MAKE THE SAUCE Melt 6 tablespoons butter in the medium skillet over lowest heat.
• 8. Saute the mushrooms, green onions, garlic, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, salt and parsley in the 6 tablespoons of butter in the medium skillet. Saute 7 to 10 minutes. It will thicken slightly on its own.
• 9. SERVE IMMEDIATELY! Ladle rice on the plate, place a chicken thigh on top, and spoon sauce over the cooked chicken. I served the chicken with broccoli and sliced tomatoes on the side. Here is how it looks! Enjoy!

AWESOME SESAME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut the chicken into small, approximately 1-inch cubes.
• Add the marinade ingredients and marinate the chicken for at least 20 minutes.
• While the chicken is marinating, prepare the sauce.
• Mix together all of the sauce ingredients except for the green onion.
• Pour them into a small pot and bring to a boil.
• Turn the heat down to a low and keep warm while you are deep-frying the chicken.
• Heat oil for deep-frying.
• When the oil is ready, add the marinated chicken a few pieces at a time, sliding them into oil carefully, and not to overcrowd.
• Deepfry until golden brown.
• Remove the cooked chicken pieces from the oil and drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with the remainder of the chicken.
• Just before you are finished deep-frying, bring the sauce back up to a boil.
• Mix in the green onion.
• Place the chicken on a large platter and pour sauce over.
• Sprinkle with the sesame seeds.
• Serve over rice.