Healthy chicken recipes
Rustle up a good-for-you dish that’s jam-packed full of flavour with one of our easy and healthy chicken recipes, including stir-fries, soups, noodle salads and juicy chicken skewers.
You can take a scroll through all our chicken recipes, too. Or take a look at our delicious chicken thigh recipes.
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Chicken with peas, tenderstem broccoli and peach dressing
This healthy chicken recipe is packed with fresh, summery ingredients like juicy peaches and crushed peas. It’s ideal for a weeknight dinner.
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Chicken thigh recipes
Olive-brined chicken with dried apricots and garlic
Olive-brined chicken is a minimal-effort dish but the marinating is key – give the chicken enough time to marinate for maximum flavour.
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Green chicken and lentils
Whizzed up watercress, spinach and dill provide a verdant green sauce for crispy skin chicken thighs, nutty lentils and charred asparagus.
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One-pot chicken recipes
Braised chicken with kefir, orzo and dried limes
An easy chicken dinner with big flavour. Tender braised chicken and toothsome orzo mingle in a tangy kefir sauce in this elegant one-pot.
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Chicken traybake recipes
Chimichurri chicken with roast squash
Chicken thighs and drumsticks get a flavour boost with Argentinian chimichurri sauce in this vibrant one-pan chicken traybake recipe.
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Chicken with peanuts, chilli and coconut
Claire Thomson's peanut chicken recipe takes the flavours of satay chicken and turns them into a zesty midweek chicken traybake.
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Spatchcock saffron chicken (joojeh kabab)
This spatchcocked saffron chicken is a modern twist on a Persian classic – the joojeh kabab. Make it your go-to dish for summer entertaining.
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30-minute meal recipes
Crispy chicken salad with tenderstem and apricots
This quick chicken salad is inspired by the full-on flavours of a tagine. Serve crispy chicken with apricots, harissa and preserved lemon.
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Dak kkochi (Korean chicken skewers)
Learn how to make authentic Korean chicken skewers. Juicy chicken, a sticky sweet-savoury glaze and moreish salty chicken crumbs. Delicious!
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Apricot-glazed chicken with cauliflower cous cous
Baste chicken thighs with tangy apricot glaze. Sat on a big bed of whizzed and lightly cooked cauliflower, it’s a filling yet healthy dinner.
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Chicken and prawn kofta
These juicy prawn and chicken kofta are easy to make, shape and grill. Delicious served in pitta or flatbreads with a spicy mango salad.
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Homemade chicken stock
This base recipe for brown chicken stock is endlessly versatile. Freeze, or use immediately to add bags of flavour to sauces, stews and soup.
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Chicken soup recipes
Chicken, lemon and orzo soup
This six-ingredient chicken soup is inspired by avgolemono, a Greek dish that sees eggs and lemon juice whisked up to thicken chicken broth.
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Roast chicken recipes
Pressure cooker pot-roast chicken with freekeh and greens
Pot-roast chicken in a pressure cooker in next to no time. Pressure cooker expert Catherine Phipps shares an easy recipe, with variations.
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Slow cook recipes
Slow-cooker chicken curry
Our slow-cooker chicken curry is packed with flavour. Chicken, coconut, ginger and spices simmer in the slow cooker for delicious results.
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Chicken soup recipes
Spring chicken minestrone soup
Stretch one chicken breast to feed 4 in this budget-friendly chicken soup recipe. Our spring chicken minestrone is packed with pasta and veg.
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