Our 10 Most Saved Chicken Dinner Recipes

These meals are guaranteed to make you a winner.

an overhead view of a beautifully roast chicken in a roasting pan.
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Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

Chicken dinners are a thing of beauty. The juices, the smells, the sight of a golden brown, crispy chicken all help make the day better. Here you'll find our most saved chicken dinner recipes of all time, and each one is worth your consideration. From chicken pot pie to stir fry, these are all easy to prepare and easier to enjoy.

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Chicken Stir-Fry

a top down view of colorful chicken stir fry in a stainless steel skillet
Rita

There is little as classic as a stir fry. Sweet and savory, with a little spice, add chicken into the mix and you have a hearty, nutritious dinner. This makes a great leftover meal too.

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Baked Chicken Schnitzel

a breaded chicken breast on a dinner plate garnished with a twisted lemon slice and chopped parsley

Kim's Cooking Now

To whom do we owe our thanks for creating chicken schnitzel—because home cooks agree: it is amazing. This recipe is a baked version, so it's a breeze to make in the oven and has less cleanup but tons of flavor. It does not disappoint.

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Garlic-Brown Sugar Chicken Thighs

overhead view of garlic brown sugar chicken thighs served in a skillet

DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS 

Want something sweet? These garlic-brown sugar chicken thighs are just the thing. The verdict is still out on which part of the chicken has the best meat, so do some testing of your own with this recipe.

"It's a great dinner party main course because it is seared and then finished in the oven, leaving time for preparing the sides and setting the table," shares home cook Suzy. "I used legs and wings as well."

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Chicken Marsala

Close up image of chicken marsala with mushrooms and sauce in a metal pan

DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS

Combine sweet Marsala wine and mushroom sauce to cook up an easy and sophisticated weeknight dinner featuring thinly sliced chicken breast. This Italian-style recipe never gets old.

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Lemon Chicken Piccata

Lemon Chicken Piccata
MamaLeah

If you want a zesty pop in your weeknight dinner, try out this lemon chicken piccata. Butter, capers, chicken stock, and parsley round out the sauce, and this recipe only requires one pan to produce.

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Honey-Garlic Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs

Honey Garlic Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs

If there is an easiest way to cook chicken, it might be in a slow cooker. This recipe uses common pantry staples to make a wonderful chicken dinner. Soy sauce, ketchup, honey, garlic, and dried basil. Just like our home cooks, don't knock it until you try it.

Allrecipes Member

This recipe was absolutely spot on! I doubled the recipe in order to take it to a potluck and it was a huge hit!

— Allrecipes Member
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Chicken Pot Pie

a high angle view of a golden-brown chicken pot pie sliced into

Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

A chicken pot pie is such a comforting dinner. Baked to golden brown perfection and bubbling from the filling, this meal is an Allrecipes favorite. You won't be hungry after a slice or two of this savory pie.

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Juicy Roasted Chicken

an overhead view of a beautifully roast chicken in a roasting pan.

Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

Sometimes, a whole roast bird is the way to go, and the home cooks at Allrecipes agree. This is the third most saved chicken dinner, and it's no surprise. This recipe is juicy, tender, and grandma-approved.

Recipe Tip

The most important thing to know here, according to culinary producer Nicole McLaughlin (aka NicoleMcMom) is "Dry skin is crispy skin." Make sure you get the skin nice and dry with a paper towel before you season the chicken.

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Perfect Chicken

Looking into a skillet of perfect chicken, covered in a mushroom cream sauce, capers, and onions.
Meredith Food Studios

Is this chicken actually perfect? Yes, it is. Pan-fried, then roasted in the oven with an irresistible sauce made from chicken stock, wine, onions, garlic, mushroom, cream, butter, herbs, lemon, and capers.

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Chicken Parmesan

5 chicken parmesan breasts served with fresh basil on a bright blue platter.

Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

This recipe was named our best chicken recipe of 2023, and the fact that it is also our most saved chicken dinner recipe of all time makes this meal a showstopper, a no-brainer, and an automatic yes. Over 4,000 five-star reviews agree.

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