Chicken salan is a delicious Pakistani homestyle curry; my version uses bone-in leg pieces braised in a generously spiced, onion-heavy gravy.
Chicken Recipes
Chicken recipes are great at doing a lot of heavy lifting in the kitchen.
This is because of its versatility. You can roast off a chicken and it is magic, but you can stick it in a sarnie, a curry, a stew, pasta... I could go on and on!
And I do go on and on, there are around 200 recipes in this section, and they are all "bangers"!
This section doesn't only celebrate the chicken, but also other bird recipes like duck, pigeon, pheasant and partridge.
Sesame chicken is the archetypal non-Chinese, Chinese takeaway dish, crispy fried chicken in a sweet sauce topped with loads of sesame seeds.
Sweet chilli sauce chicken noodles, the perfect quick & easy stir fried dinner, loaded with peppers & bamboo shoots in a spicy sweet sauce.
Soy sauce braised chicken is a delicious and simple slow-cooked Chinese dish that results in incredibly tender meat in a fantastic broth.
Curry chicken pasta may sound unusual, but simply curried thighs in a tomato sauce with mango chutney makes for a delicious and simple meal.
Mango chutney chicken breast cooked in ghee, fenugreek and curry powder before being baked is a fab sweet & savoury main course centrepiece.
Chicken liver pasta with mushrooms and a buttery sauce flavoured with sage and balsamic vinegar is a fantastically tasty and frugal dinner.
Chicken breast wrapped in Parma ham stuffed with a mixture of ricotta cheese, spinach and lemon zest before being roasted to perfection.
Thai yellow chicken curry with potatoes and shallots is a relatively mild coconut milk based recipe that balances sweetness with lime juice.
Teriyaki sauce chicken wings with classic sweet, sticky and salty Japanese flavours that can be oven-baked or cooked in an air fryer.
Chicken xacuti is a delicious and heavily spiced Goan curry that combines coconut, tamarind, dried Kashmiri chillies and white poppy seeds.
Chicken (galinha) cafreal is a Goan recipe with Portuguese origins that features bone in chicken legs in a delicious spicy coriander marinade.
BBQ chicken and bacon pasta finished with cheddar cheese is an easy & delicious recipe that embraces the flavours of British hunters chicken.
Shanghai chicken is a quick and easy stir fry featuring Chinese five spice and loads of garlic and ginger in a spicy, sweet and salty sauce.
Chicken in a creamy peppercorn sauce featuring perfectly roasted breast on the crown served with creamy brandy sauce and fresh ground pepper.
Teriyaki chicken noodles, my take on a quick stir fry embracing Japanese flavours and a few veggies is the perfect & quick midweek dinner.
Somerset chicken legs in a creamy, cheesy, cider, apple and mustard sauce is a hearty stew guaranteed to fill bellies and raise smiles.
Dijon chicken aka poulet Gaston Gerard is a French chicken dish from Burgundy that features a wonderful creamy Comte cheese & mustard sauce.
Joojeh kabob are skewers of chicken that have been marinated in saffron, onion and yoghurt before being quickly cooked on a hot griddle pan.
Chicken Milanese are bashed-out chicken breasts (cutlets) that are coated in parmesan cheese & breadcrumbs before being fried until golden.