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Make this simple recipe for baked chicken thighs for dinner tonight. It’s so easy to cook this 4 ingredient recipe and it’s ready to enjoy in less than an hour.
Learn how to make the best easy oven fried chicken recipe with a handful of ingredients for a healthier comfort food!
Craving the crunch of fried chicken but want something healthier? This Oven Fried Chicken is crispy, full of flavor, and so simple to make—perfect for a quick and satisfying meal.
Oven fried chicken is a lighter take on the traditional fried chicken recipe, delivering all the crunchy goodness without the need for deep frying. By baking the chicken in the oven, you can achieve that golden, crispy crust with just a drizzle of oil and a flavorful breadcrumb coating. This technique gives you all the satisfaction of fried chicken but with fewer calories and less mess.
This recipe uses panko bread crumbs for extra crunch, along with parmesan and a blend of seasonings that adds layers of flavor to each bite. By baking at a high temperature, the chicken gets perfectly crisp on the outside while staying juicy and tender inside. It’s an easy and delicious way to enjoy “fried” chicken without the extra grease!
Absolutely! However, stored leftovers may lose some of their crispiness as they sit. Pop them in the oven or air fryer to reheat.
Refrigerate any leftover chicken in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
For longer storage, freeze the breaded chicken pieces individually on a baking sheet, then transfer to a freezer bag for up to two months.
To keep the chicken crispy, use a wire rack on your baking sheet so the air circulates around each piece as it bakes. You can also do this in an oven at 200 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the chicken warm before serving.
You may wind up with soggy breading if you don’t first pat the chicken dry before breading it.
While we don’t take this step in this recipe, you can dredge the chicken in flour before breading. That can help to keep the moisture in the chicken.
Foil does not make chicken crispy. In order to get the best crispy results, the chicken should be cooked uncovered in the oven.
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Nothing is as delicious as our stuffed chicken thighs with a creamy spinach and cheese filling. Serve over mashed potatoes or rice. One of our most popular recipes is our stuffed pork chops. And then there’s our new stuffed chicken breasts. Those…
Nothing is as delicious as our stuffed chicken thighs with a creamy spinach and cheese filling. Serve over mashed potatoes or rice. One of our most popular recipes is our stuffed pork chops. And then there’s our new stuffed chicken breasts. Those are both stuffed with our homemade stuffing, but this new recipe has a…
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This hearty crock pot chicken pot pie recipe is quick to prep with mostly ready-made ingredients. Just toss the chicken in the crockpot with the other ingredients and let it slow simmer for hours. When you’re ready, top with some baked Bisquick biscuit…
This French onion chicken bake is irresistibly savory, pairing tender chicken breasts with caramelized onions and Gruyere cheese! It’s perfect…
This French onion chicken bake is irresistibly savory, pairing tender chicken breasts with caramelized onions and Gruyere cheese! It’s perfect for parties, holidays, and any time you need a showstopper dish. This one is a big winner in our family and we love it for holidays.
Imagine with us for a moment: French onion soup, but with chicken. (Insert mind exploding emoji.) Yes, Alex and I wanted to create a chicken bake with all the flavors of your favorite cozy soup—and my, does it deliver on flavor! No canned French onion soup needed.
This French onion chicken is a crowd pleasing chicken dinner: the juicy chicken is accentuated with Dijon mustard, herbs, Gruyere cheese, and mounds of tender, savory caramelized onions. It takes a bit of time to put together, but it’s absolutely worth it for holidays and dinner parties: plus we’ve got some make ahead tips for weeknights. When we served it to out-of-town family recently, they raved!
“This was fabulous! The Dijon mustard really added a wonderful taste to the chicken, I can’t quite place it, but it added warmth and depth. The onions smelled DIVINE while cooking and it felt very cozy in the kitchen while it was so cold outside. ” -Tanvee
The longest lead time item for this French onion chicken is the caramelized onions. You can’t rush this, folks! (Trust us: we’ve tried. There’s really no shortcut!) The onions will go from white to nicely browned and caramelized in about 45 minutes. Here’s what to do:
As two cookbook authors who specialize in from-scratch meals, Alex and I wanted this French onion chicken bake to be fully homemade, not using canned French onion soup like in some casserole recipes.
The caramelized onions have loads of savory flavor on their own, but the Dijon mustard really takes it over the top in this dish. It infuses a tangy, salty flavor that makes people say, “Wow! What’s in this?”
Because of the time for caramelization, this French onion chicken recipe isn’t really weeknight dinner friendly. However, you can make it in advance! Here are a few make ahead notes:
This French onion chicken bake is a celebratory meal, great for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas or dinner parties. We like to pair it with dishes that don’t use the oven (since it’s busy with this chicken!).
It’s great with mashed potatoes or horseradish mashed potatoes, or green vegetables like green beans almondine, sauteed broccoli or sauteed broccolini. It’s also ideal with a crisp salad like arugula salad, apple salad, pear salad, or apple fennel salad. Or, pair it with a simple whole grain or pasta like lemon rice, quinoa, farro, orzo or couscous.
Here are more of our favorite easy side dishes if you’re looking for more ideas!
This French onion chicken recipe stores up to 3 days refrigerated. Reheat gently on the stovetop or in a 400°F oven.
This French onion chicken recipe is gluten-free. For dairy-free, use vegan mozzarella cheese (there are now several great brands on the market; we tend to like Daiya but experiment to find a brand you love).
This French onion chicken bake is irresistibly savory, pairing tender chicken breasts with caramelized onions and Gruyere cheese! It’s perfect for parties, holidays, and any time you need a showstopper dish.
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Old-fashioned giblet gravy is just like grandma used to make! Made with the giblet bag from the turkey or chicken, it’s a great way to make use of every part of the bird.
Quick to make with a tangy, flavorful kick, these BBQ Chicken Sliders on Hawaiian rolls are perfect for tailgating, potlucks, or even a simple family dinner. Whether you’re hosting a party or looking for a hearty crowd-pleasing appetizer to bring to a …
Quick to make with a tangy, flavorful kick, these BBQ Chicken Sliders on Hawaiian rolls are perfect for tailgating, potlucks, or even a simple family dinner. Whether you’re hosting a party or looking for a hearty crowd-pleasing appetizer to bring to a gathering, sliders always hit the spot. Made with pulled or shredded BBQ chicken...
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Chicken Garlic Parmesan Pasta is ideal for a whole family weeknight dinner and impressive for date nights, when it is served with white wine. The dish is incredibly simple and tasty. Impressive, as if you were eating in the best restaurant. You absolutely have to try this perfect comfort food. How to choose the best ingredients for Chicken …
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Chicken Garlic Parmesan Pasta is ideal for a whole family weeknight dinner and impressive for date nights, when it is served with white wine.
The dish is incredibly simple and tasty. Impressive, as if you were eating in the best restaurant. You absolutely have to try this perfect comfort food.
To make an easy pasta dinner with garlic flavor, you need simple ingredients that you indeed have at home or can buy at the nearest grocery store.
Chicken Breasts: boneless and skinless. You can also use leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken for this dish. Boneless, skinless chicken thighs will also work in this delicious recipe.
Pasta: you can choose the pasta you like. I chose spaghetti, but penne pasta, farfalle, fusilli or linguine will also work.
Garlic Powder: is suitable for breading because it enriches the dish even more with the taste of garlic.
Grated Parmesan Cheese: the best will be grana padano because its nutty flavor complements the taste of chicken and garlic.
Paprika Powder – adds color to the breading and slightly enhances the flavor.
Chicken Stock: If you don’t have chicken broth, you can use vegetable stock, although the former is richer in flavor. You can also use vegetable stock if you have it or make it from my recipe. If you don’t have time, you can make chicken stock from cubes.
Heavy Cream: goes well with melted parmesan to create a perfectly creamy parmesan sauce.
Italian Seasoning – you can use a ready-made mixture or mix thyme and basil.
Butter: If you have unsalted butter, swap it for salted butter. Butter is ideal, but you can use good olive oil if you don’t.
Cloves Garlic: here in this recipe, nothing can replace fresh garlic. The taste is given by these caramelized slices that blend with the cheese sauce.
Chopped Fresh Parsley for garnish. Refrain from overdoing it because it can dominate the dish’s taste and overshadow the taste of parmesan and garlic. The amount in the recipe is optimal to enrich the taste while still giving the dish a bit of spiciness. You can use frozen parsley if you have it. Only dried parsley is not suitable because it has an entirely different taste.
Oliva oil is a good quality olive oil that will work perfectly. We can’t fry everything in butter because butter has a short smoking period.
Salt and fresh ground black pepper for taste: You use to taste here. I know people who don’t use pepper at all or replace it with white pepper.
Chili flakes: The pinch in the recipe gives it a little spiciness but does not dominate the flavor. However, if you do not like spicy food, you can safely skip it or use red pepper flakes instead.
This Easy Chicken Pasta Recipe is a delicious dish that you can prepare in just 20 minutes. It’s perfect for busy weeknights, which is practically for all of us.
Step 1: Prepare all the ingredients, slice the garlic, finely chop the parsley
Cut the chicken breast lengthwise into three slices.
Step 2: Mix all the ingredients for the breading on a plate, i.e., flour, granulated garlic, parmesan, and paprika.
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil well in a pan over medium-high heat. Coat the chicken pieces in the breading and fry for about 2 minutes on each side until golden brown. Remove from the pan.
Step 3: In this step, we will make the tastiest part of this dish, in my opinion: caramelizing the garlic. Don’t be scared by the amount of garlic; it won’t give the dish too much of a spicy taste; it will only diversify it. In this version, even my children love garlic preppers like that. Add a tablespoon of butter to the olive oil heated in the pan, reduce to medium heat, melt the butter, and add the sliced garlic.
Step 4: Once the garlic is ready, the whole kitchen will smell a nice garlic flavor, and it will be soft but not brown in color. Add the chicken stock and put the pasta—in my case, spaghetti—cover the pan and wait about 10 minutes. During this time, the pasta will cook until it is al dente.
Step 5: In the next step, mix spices such as Italian seasoning, chili flakes, and carmelized garlic. If the pasta has absorbed the chicken stock, you can add a little bit of water.
Step 6: Next, we will thicken the pasta sauce by adding heavy cream and parmesan, mixing thoroughly so that the parmesan dissolves and creates a thick, aromatic sauce.
Step 7: Sprinkle everything with parsley, mix, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 8: Cut the chicken breasts into strips and place them in the pan.
Mix everything, sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley, and enjoy!
This dish is full-bodied and does not need any additional ingredients.
Chicken Garlic Parmesan pasta is a dish; you can make it a one-pot dish or use leftover pasta or chicken from the previous day. You can enrich this incredibly simple and tasty dish with blanched broccoli, green asparagus, green beans, or fresh spinach. The best thing about this tasty recipe is that you can have everything from the previous day, and the dish will still taste like it was from the best restaurant. This is another recipe from the zero-waste idea series. Instead of adding vegetables to the dish, you can serve it with a side salad. I recommend my Salad with Roasted Seeds.
This delicious dish can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
This dish can’t be frozen because it already contains pasta and chicken. While the chicken will retain its properties after defrosting, it won’t have such a crispy coating. However, it will still be tasty, almost as if you made the dish with leftover chicken. The pasta, however, may completely lose its properties.
Chicken Alfredo Linguine – Another suggestion for a creamy pasta sauce combining parmesan and garlic differently.
Chicken Fricassee is a classic chicken stew in which you swap a few ingredients further to enhance the flavor of this unusual and easy-to-make dish.
Chicken Ala King – This is another chicken stew that is easy, healthy, and incredibly tasty.
Old Delhi – Style Curry Chicken – This proposal may be a bit different from the classic, but it is definitely worth considering if you like warming dishes.
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Skip the restaurant, and make this easy baked chicken parmesan recipe at home in just over 30 minutes instead!
Get ready for a cozy Italian-inspired dinner with this Baked Chicken Parmesan! Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and loaded with gooey melted cheese, it’s a crowd-pleaser that’s so easy to make at home.
Baked chicken parmesan is a lighter take on the traditional Italian-American classic, often called “chicken parm.” Instead of frying, this recipe calls for baking the breaded chicken, giving it that crunchy coating without all the extra oil. It’s a great way to enjoy the hearty flavors of a classic chicken parmesan but with a simpler and slightly healthier approach.
With layers of flavor and texture, this dish has it all: tender chicken breast, a seasoned breadcrumb coating, rich marinara, and creamy mozzarella. As the cheese melts and bubbles over the sauce, it creates an irresistible combination. It’s perfect for a family dinner or when you’re craving a restaurant-quality dish right from your own kitchen.
Yes! But the breading might lose a bit of its crunch if stored. You can reheat it in the oven or air fryer to crisp it back up.
For short-term storage, refrigerate the chicken in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
To freeze, place the chicken in a freezer-safe container and keep it frozen for up to 2 months.
If you handle the chicken breasts too much once they are breaded, the breading may come off. Too much moisture can also interfere with the breading sticking to the chicken — be sure to pat the chicken dry before breading it.
Chicken parmesan is not a dish from Italy, but instead is an Italian-inspired dish that’s found in many Italian restaurants in the United States.
There are lots of alternatives to bread crumbs for chicken parmesan. Try cornflakes, potato chips, almonds, crackers, or even rolled oats.
Drizzle a bit of olive oil over the breaded chicken before baking, and avoid adding sauce too early to keep the breading nice and crisp.
If you love this protein as much as we do, check out some of our other recipes that make chicken the star of the show!
Chicken Ala King is another easy recipe that can be made in only 15 minutes. While it may not be a French dish, its roots trace back to 1890 in New Brighton Beach Hotel, and you can see the influence of French cuisine on it. The use of wine and butter as key ingredients is a hallmark of French …
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Chicken Ala King is another easy recipe that can be made in only 15 minutes. While it may not be a French dish, its roots trace back to 1890 in New Brighton Beach Hotel, and you can see the influence of French cuisine on it. The use of wine and butter as key ingredients is a hallmark of French cooking. This dish transforms simple ingredients into an exquisite meal for your table. Both adults and children will enjoy this delightful recipe, so be sure to try it!
Some voices say it is an English dish, but I maintain that it does not matter whether its origins are in New York or England; its inspiration certainly comes from France.
While the original recipe is undeniably delicious, I couldn’t resist adding my twist. Instead of dry sherry, I opted for cherry liquor, which elevates the dish’s flavor profile. The sweet vodka enhances the chicken’s taste and complements the marinated peppers beautifully. Dry red wine is also a perfect match for those who prefer a different twist. This versatility allows you to experiment and find your unique flavor.
Chicken breasts can also include tender chicken breast and leftovers from baked or boiled or rotisserie chicken.
Frozen green peas: I like baby peas because they are sweet and quickly become soft after cooking, which means they are not floury in taste.
Pimento peppers are such peppers in the original recipe, but any peppers in marinade work well. You can add bell peppers, but if you have the option of having one in the marinade, I sincerely recommend it. The flavor of the pickled peppers gives even more expressiveness to this delicious recipe.
Mushrooms: Baby Bella mushrooms will be the best, but any or walnuts will also be suitable
Chicken stock: chicken broth or vegetable version will also be suitable.
Full-fat milk: you can partially replace it with heavy cream if you don’t have full-fat milk.
Dry Sherry Wine from white wine (I use it instead of red wine, which is also fine). This is in the original recipe, created in the year when only white wine was added to the chicken. Nowadays, people experiment more often in the kitchen, and that is why I suggest adding red wine, or it will be ideal if you add cherry liquid, which gives
White or brown onion will be perfect. I do not recommend red onion because it disrupts the color of the dish.
All-purpose flour, the most ordinary flour you have for baking, the flour helps thicken the sauce.
Fresh thyme leaves: If you do not have fresh ones, you can use dried ones; however, I like to have fresh herbs on the windowsill, and thyme is also among them. Thyme is ideal for chicken.
Salt and black pepper: Both spices are essential as they enhance the depth of flavor.
Unsalted butter is ideal; salted will also work; just add less salt to taste. If you do not eat butter, add a vegetarian substitute or use olive oil for the whole thing.
Chicken Ala King is the next creamy chicken dish in the blog. My family loves this another easy dinner recipe. And I love it because it is a great leftover recipe for my no-waste idea.
Step 1: Preparing your ingredients in advance is crucial to streamlining your cooking process. This will allow you to focus on the cooking itself. For instance, chicken ala King is a quick dish because you can add .pre-cooked chicken.
Wash the mushrooms under running water so they don’t soak up the liquid unnecessarily. Cut the onion into very thin slices, as this will later affect the consistency of the sauce. The thin onion will not be noticeable, but blend into the creamy sauce.
You can cut the mushrooms into thicker slices because they will be halved.
Step 2: Melt the butter over medium heat and caramelize the onions, stirring constantly to not burn. When the onion is soft and golden brown, add the sliced mushrooms.
Step 3: In the meantime, while you are cutting and washing, you can prepare the chicken breasts to cook, bake in the oven, or air fry.
Step 4: When the onion and mushrooms are ready, dice the chicken and add it to the pot. Sprinkle with fresh thyme to enhance the flavor and aroma of the dish.
Step 5: In the next step, add chopped and drained Piedmont peppers.
Step 6: Pour the chicken stock over it all and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Step 7: Then add the frozen peas and pour in the cherry liqueur.
Step 8: In a small pot or bowl, combine the milk and flour until smooth. If you’re unsure about the consistency, consider using a sieve to ensure no flour lumps in the dish.
Step 9: Pour the milk and flour into the pot with the stew and mix well with a spatula. When the dish boils, the sauce will thicken thanks to the flour, and that will be it.
I suggest serving Chicken ala king with rice, orzo rice, bulgur, pasta, or, as it used to be most often served, warm biscuits or toast made of ciabatta or French baguette. My family and I personally prefer this dish with rice or toast.
Chicken ala king was originally served with warm biscuits but is now served with rice and groats; the ideal would be bulgur or pilaf with orzo rice. You can also serve it with toasted ciabatta or French bread. There are as many options as imagination. I like the version with rice, orzo rice, or, ideally, when toasted ciabatta is roasted with garlic. Such crispy versions taste doubly good when dipped.
Chicken ala king is the perfect main dish because it is quick to make and so tasty that all fans of creamy chicken dishes will love it. It is, therefore, ideal for family dinners on busy weeknights or on Sunday afternoons when everyone celebrates time with the whole family. Guests will love it if you serve it for special occasions because a hint of butter and a shot of alcohol add exquisiteness to this dish. This also makes chicken ala king, perfect for a date night recipe.
Puff pastry shells work well too. Check them out and pick your favorite option. You might enjoy your own version! Please let me know in the comments.
Chicken Ala King can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. When reheating in a pot, it is best to add 1-2 tablespoons of water to the bottom so the dish does not burn, as the sauce is already thickened with flour. You can also freeze the dish in freezer bags and store it for 1-2 months.
Chicken Alfredo Linguine: This is another comfort food. You can make it for only 15 minutes!
Creamy Mushrooms Pasta is an easy dish with chicken and creamy sauce.
Shrimp and Chicken Fried Rice – one from Chinese recipes that uses leftover chicken.
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