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What to cook with chicken for dinner

Sixty-five chicken dinners with a price per serving: breast in 20 minutes, thighs and drumsticks in the oven, an Asian skillet, healthy without breading, kids' cutlets and nuggets. Ready weeks: 30 minutes, oven, budget, healthy, Asian, for kids.

65recipes
$0.87–$3.36per portion
20 min – 1 h 40 minto cook
339–961kcal per portion

Plan a week from this collection

The chicken is bought and the only idea is cutlets again. Here are sixty-five chicken dinners, each with time, calories and a price per serving at your store's prices. Breast, which dries out easily, goes into 20-minute dishes: cheese-topped cutlets, creamy mushroom pasta, teriyaki with rice, homemade shawarma. Thighs and drumsticks, which forgive mistakes, go into the oven: honey mustard, with potatoes, under cheese, with pumpkin.

Below are six ready weeks of five dinners each. "30 minutes" for weekdays, "Oven" for those who put in a tray and walk away, "Budget" is the cheapest set here, "Healthy" has no breading and little oil, "Asian" is for a wok, and "For kids" has cutlets, nuggets and a pasta bake. The button "Build a week from the collection" opens the quiz, and the planner builds a week from the dishes here to match your answers, fills the rest from the catalog and counts the shopping list in whole packs. Any of the weeks below can be repeated exactly: swap the dishes in the plan for the ones on its list.

Ready menus

Lunch 13

Chicken with Braised Cabbage Lunch1 h473 kcal≈ $1.43

Chicken Pilaf Lunch55 min750 kcal≈ $1.11

Garlic-Lemon Yogurt Chicken with Broccoli and Brown Rice Lunch55 min535 kcal≈ $2.74

Baked Macaroni with Chicken and Cheese Lunch45 min782 kcal≈ $2.31

Buckwheat with chicken and mushrooms in sour cream Lunch35 min543 kcal≈ $2.44

Spaghetti with Pesto and Chicken Lunch20 min670 kcal≈ $1.66

Chicken Couscous with Zucchini and Peppers Lunch25 min567 kcal≈ $2.88

Creamy Garlic Chicken with Spinach and Bulgur Lunch30 min604 kcal≈ $2.66

Honey-Soy Chicken & Rice Bowl Lunch30 min605 kcal≈ $1.99

Chicken Curry with Rice Lunch35 min713 kcal≈ $2.15

One-Pan Chicken Thighs with Vegetables Lunch45 min643 kcal≈ $1.86

Chicken in Sour Cream Sauce with Pasta Lunch40 min774 kcal≈ $1.51

Chakokhbili (Georgian Chicken Stew) Lunch1 h487 kcal≈ $1.92

Dinner 52

Chicken Cutlets with Cheese and Fresh Salad Dinner20 min553 kcal≈ $3.30

Chicken Breast with Mushrooms, Cream, and Pasta Dinner20 min672 kcal≈ $3.04

Stir-Fried Chicken with Soy Sauce Dinner25 min582 kcal≈ $2.44

Teriyaki Chicken with Rice Dinner25 min693 kcal≈ $1.17

Homemade Chicken Shawarma Dinner25 min648 kcal≈ $2.45

Honey-Mustard Glazed Chicken Thighs with Brussels Sprouts Dinner55 min571 kcal≈ $1.74

Oven-baked chicken thighs with potatoes Dinner1 h643 kcal≈ $1.44

Cheesy Baked Chicken and Potato Gratin Dinner1 h 10 min776 kcal≈ $2.13

Roasted Chicken with Squash Dinner45 min476 kcal≈ $1.50

Chicken and Mushroom Bake with Cream Sauce Dinner40 min664 kcal≈ $3.36

Garlic & Paprika Roast Chicken with Potatoes Dinner1 h 30 min663 kcal≈ $1.60

Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Dinner35 min344 kcal≈ $1.16

Honey-Soy Glazed Chicken Drumsticks with Rice and Cucumber Dinner1 h 5 min695 kcal≈ $1.19

Cauliflower Rice with Chicken Dinner25 min404 kcal≈ $2.86

Grilled chicken fillet with vegetables Dinner30 min339 kcal≈ $2.51

Roasted Chicken with Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts Dinner45 min365 kcal≈ $2.70

Chicken Breast Patties with Oat Bran and Steamed Broccoli Dinner35 min458 kcal≈ $2.75

Coconut Milk Chicken Curry with Rice Dinner40 min779 kcal≈ $2.32

Pad Thai with Chicken Dinner30 min746 kcal≈ $2.78

Korean-Style Spicy-Sweet Chicken Dinner35 min753 kcal≈ $1.15

Chicken Katsu with Cabbage and Rice Dinner40 min768 kcal≈ $1.72

Honey-Soy Chicken with Broccoli and Rice Dinner20 min678 kcal≈ $1.82

Chicken Cutlets with Mashed Potatoes Dinner45 min718 kcal≈ $2.10

Baked Chicken & Cheese Lavash Rolls Dinner35 min712 kcal≈ $3.15

Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla Triangles Dinner25 min431 kcal≈ $1.82

Chicken and Cheese Quesadilla Dinner20 min661 kcal≈ $2.94

Asian-Style Chicken and Vegetable Noodles Dinner20 min676 kcal≈ $2.82

Chicken and Veggie Tortilla Roll Dinner20 min544 kcal≈ $3.35

Club-Style Chicken Sandwich Dinner25 min733 kcal≈ $2.32

Creamy Chicken & Mushroom Pasta Dinner25 min711 kcal≈ $2.49

Homemade Air Fryer Nuggets Dinner25 min472 kcal≈ $2.23

Lavash Chicken Rolls with Yogurt Sauce Dinner25 min494 kcal≈ $3.11

Shawarma Bowl Dinner25 min630 kcal≈ $2.26

Stir-Fried Noodles with Chicken Dinner25 min654 kcal≈ $2.74

Chicken Tacos Dinner25 min729 kcal≈ $2.47

Kung Pao Chicken with Peanuts and Rice Dinner30 min749 kcal≈ $2.70

Chicken and Vegetable Funchoza Dinner25 min573 kcal≈ $2.86

Crispy Garlic Skin-On Chicken Thighs in an Air Fryer Dinner45 min508 kcal≈ $1.18

Honey-Soy Glazed Chicken Drumsticks Dinner45 min554 kcal≈ $1.01

Crispy Pan-Fried Chicken Cutlets with Cheese Crust and Cool Cucumber-Pekin Cabbage Salad Dinner30 min612 kcal≈ $2.72

Baked Chicken and Cauliflower Casserole Dinner40 min489 kcal≈ $2.78

Creamy Mushroom Chicken with Roasted Potatoes Dinner45 min656 kcal≈ $2.09

Shkmeruli in Milk and Garlic Sauce Dinner50 min619 kcal≈ $1.42

Honey-Soy Glazed Chicken Thighs Dinner1 h 5 min433 kcal≈ $0.87

Honey-Rosemary Chicken with Oranges and Rice Dinner55 min641 kcal≈ $1.81

Whole Roast Chicken with Potatoes Dinner1 h 40 min961 kcal≈ $2.16

BBQ Chicken Thighs with Roasted Potatoes Dinner1 h 5 min832 kcal≈ $1.19

Buffalo Wings (Oven-Baked) Dinner50 min740 kcal≈ $2.34

Chicken Roulade with Ham and Cheese Dinner1 h351 kcal≈ $2.22

Chicken with Potatoes in a Multicooker Dinner1 h671 kcal≈ $1.64

Green Curry with Chicken and Rice Dinner35 min783 kcal≈ $2.98

Teriyaki Chicken Bowl with Rice and Broccoli Dinner35 min780 kcal≈ $2.24

How to use it

Press "Build a week from the collection": the planner puts chicken dinners on weekdays, adds breakfasts and lunches to match your answers and builds a shopping list in whole packs. A whole chicken or two kilos of thighs gets spread over several dishes, so you buy once. Any dinner can be swapped for another from the collection right in the plan.

Do not keep breast in the pan longer than four minutes a side or it turns dry; thighs and drumsticks, on the contrary, like the oven and 40 minutes. Half of the dishes can be cooked for two days: cutlets, plov, chicken with cabbage and the pasta bake are better the next day.

Plan a week from this collection

Questions

What can I cook with chicken for dinner quickly?

Cheese-topped cutlets, creamy mushroom pasta, soy stir-fry with vegetables or teriyaki with rice: all of them take 20 to 25 minutes including chopping. The 30-minute week above is built only from such dishes.

How do I cook chicken breast so it is not dry?

Pound it, fry four minutes a side and cover with cheese right away, or simmer it in cream with mushrooms, or dice it and stir-fry fast with vegetables in soy sauce. Do not roast breast for long; for the oven take thighs.

What can I cook with chicken thighs and drumsticks?

Roast them in honey mustard or honey soy sauce, with potatoes on one tray, in barbecue sauce, with rice, or in an air fryer with garlic. Thighs forgive an extra ten minutes in the oven and stay juicy.

What are the cheapest chicken dinners?

Chicken with potatoes in the oven, chicken with stewed cabbage, plov, nuggets and drumsticks with rice: the Budget week is made of these five. The cheapest parts of the bird are leg quarters, drumsticks and a whole chicken.

What chicken dinner can I cook for a child?

Cutlets with mash, oven nuggets, lavash rolls with cheese, a pasta bake, quesadilla triangles. The week for kids has nothing spicy or deep-fried, and portions are sized by age if you give it in the answers.