Christmas chicken recipes

Fancy a break from turkey? Try one of our delicious Christmas chicken recipes instead.

Whether you’re planning a small celebration, or trying to cut down on costs this Christmas, chicken makes a brilliant budget alternative to pricey turkey, goose or beef. After all, what is Christmas dinner but a super-sized Sunday roast?

These festive recipes include our popular Christmas roast chicken, birds stuffed with traditional flavours or simmered with cranberries. For an intimate celebration try our special chicken supremes or poussins. Serve your Christmas chicken with the family’s favourite trimmings and no-one will miss the turkey. Happy holidays.

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Roast chicken with garlic, sherry and almond

Roast chicken with garlic, sherry and almond

Clare Thomson’s chicken with garlic, sherry and an almond crumb...

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Chicken cosmopolitan

Chicken cosmopolitan

Could this be our easiest chicken traybake recipe yet? Our...

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Lemon thyme roast chicken and bread sauce stuffed onions

Lemon thyme roast chicken and bread sauce stuffed...

This lemon thyme roast chicken with stuffed onions is a...

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Roast chicken with lemon, garlic and thyme

Roast chicken with lemon, garlic and thyme

Thomasina Miers‘ cooks up her favourite family recipe: a classic...

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Roast stuffed chicken with mustard fruits and green sauce

Roast stuffed chicken with mustard fruits and green...

A main-event showstopper, follow this recipe for a roast stuffed...

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Pomegranate and za’atar roast chicken

Pomegranate and za’atar roast chicken

A chicken roasted in za’atar and pomegranate juice – served...

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Paprika-roast chicken with potatoes and peppers

Paprika-roast chicken with potatoes and peppers

You can’t go wrong with roast chicken, but when it...

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Chestnut and leek stuffed chicken supremes

Chestnut and leek stuffed chicken supremes

We’ve used whole chestnuts and chestnut purée to really hero...

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Roast chicken, sage and onion traybake

Roast chicken, sage and onion traybake

Soft and caramelised chunks of pumpkin are roasted with onions,...

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Roast chicken with buttery stuffing balls

Roast chicken with buttery stuffing balls

Serve up this succulent roast chicken with buttery stuffing, by...

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Christmas roast chicken

Christmas roast chicken

Instead of turkey this year, try our Christmas chicken recipe....

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Roast chicken with bread stuffing

Roast chicken with bread stuffing

Chef, food writer and cookery teacher Alan Rosenthal is known...

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Pan-fried chicken supremes in mustard, cream and prune sauce

Pan-fried chicken supremes in mustard, cream and prune...

If you can’t find chicken supremes, you can use skin-on...

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Roast chicken with squash and sourdough stuffing

Roast chicken with squash and sourdough stuffing

Sourdough bread, squash, sherry and fresh thyme make the stuffing...

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Mushroom and thyme-stuffed poussins with madeira sauce

Mushroom and thyme-stuffed poussins with madeira sauce

Treating a loved one to a homemade Valentine’s dinner? These...

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Sage and pancetta-stuffed roast chicken

Sage and pancetta-stuffed roast chicken

Take your Sunday roast to the next level, double-stuff your...

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