Chicken Tikka Masala
Charred yogurt-marinated chicken folded into a silky, gently spiced tomato-cream sauce — the most ordered curry in…
Roasts, curries, braises and fried chicken from every kitchen on the site. 554 recipes on the site call for chicken.
Whole birds, breasts, thighs and wings behave differently, and each recipe names the cut it was written for. A probe thermometer takes the guessing out of when it is done, and many of the methods give the temperature to cook to.
Chicken is in 554 recipes from 63 cuisines, among them 426 dinners, 51 lunches, 40 appetisers and small plates and 19 quick meals. The cuisines that use it most here are American (165), Chinese (45), Indian (45) and Italian (37). Of these, 87 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Chicken and Avocado Wrap (10 min), Chicken Mayo Sandwich (10 min) and Roast Chicken Sandwich (10 min). For 163, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 353 easy, 182 medium and 19 hard.
As written, 216 are gluten-free and 256 dairy-free. Another 14 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Charred yogurt-marinated chicken folded into a silky, gently spiced tomato-cream sauce — the most ordered curry in…
Delhi's murgh makhani: tandoori chicken finished in a sauce of tomatoes, butter and cream, balanced with a whisper…
Hyderabadi dum biryani, where marinated chicken and part-cooked rice are layered raw and sealed to steam in their…
The Anchor Bar original, baked rather than fried using a baking powder trick that makes the skin crackle like it…
Buttermilk-brined chicken in a craggy, well-seasoned crust, fried in a cast-iron skillet. The double dredge and a…
Double-fried until the crust is glassy and stays crisp under the sauce, then glazed in sticky sweet-hot gochujang…
The most ordered dish in American Chinese restaurants: craggy fried chicken tossed in a bright, sticky sauce built…
All the flavour of a shawarma spit from an oven tray: thighs marinated in warm spices and yogurt, roasted hard, then…
Japan's favourite comfort food: a panko-crusted chicken cutlet sliced over rice and flooded with a thick, gently…
Japan's definitive fried chicken: thigh meat marinated in soy, sake and ginger, dusted in potato starch and fried…
Rice cooked in a reduced pepper and tomato base until the grains are stained deep orange and a smoky crust forms at…
Sichuan's most travelled dish, done properly: velveted chicken, blistered dried chillies, the numbing buzz of…
Built from a whole chicken so the broth carries real body, with the noodles cooked separately so they never turn to…
The Valencian original, with chicken, rabbit and beans rather than seafood, cooked flat in a wide pan until a…
Shatteringly crisp breaded cutlets under a thin blanket of sauce and mozzarella, grilled just long enough to melt…
Cracking the coconut cream until the oil separates, then frying the paste in it, is the step that turns a flat curry…
Chicken and vegetables in a velvety sauce under an all-butter pastry lid that shatters when you break through it…
Corn tortillas rolled around shredded chicken, blanketed in a red chilli sauce made from whole dried chillies rather…
The mildest of the great Mughlai curries and the most technically demanding: chicken in a pale, fragrant sauce built…
Shredded chicken, cream cheese, ranch and hot sauce baked until bubbling. Invented in Buffalo, adopted by every…
Chicken marinated in turmeric and lemongrass, threaded onto skewers, grilled over charcoal, and served with a peanut…
The Chinese-American classic: crackling battered chicken in a sticky, tangy, faintly sweet sauce with a lick of…
Real teriyaki is a technique, not a bottled sauce: chicken pan-fried until the skin crackles, then glazed in a…
Chicken and vegetables in a coconut curry built by cracking the cream, frying the paste in the separated oil, and…
Corn tortillas dipped in a charred tomatillo salsa, rolled around shredded chicken and baked under more salsa, crema…
Lemon, oregano and olive oil is all a good souvlaki marinade needs. Grill it hard so the edges char, then pile into…
Chicken braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and bay until the sauce reduces to a dark glaze. The Philippines'…
Orange chicken's darker, nuttier sibling: the same shattering fried crust in a soy and honey glaze thickened with…
A double marinade — first in lemon and salt, then in spiced yogurt — gets flavour deep into the meat before it hits…
A crackling baguette filled with pâté, mayonnaise, cold cuts or grilled pork, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber…
Chicken marinated overnight in scotch bonnet, allspice and thyme, then cooked slowly over indirect heat until the…
Louisiana rice cooked in one pot with the holy trinity, andouille sausage, chicken and prawns. The Creole version…
Spatchcocked chicken marinated in a fiery bird's eye chilli, garlic and vinegar sauce, grilled hard and basted…
Indonesian fried rice built on kecap manis and terasi, topped with a fried egg and prawn crackers. Every household…
Soft egg noodles tossed rather than fried, coated in a glossy soy and oyster sauce with chicken and crisp…
Chicken braised with preserved lemon, olives and warm spices until it falls off the bone, in a sauce reduced to a…
A whole chicken poached gently and plunged into ice, with rice cooked in the poaching stock and rendered chicken…
Springy egg noodles tossed with chicken and vegetables in a savoury brown sauce, with a few noodles crisped against…
Marinated chicken chunks coated in sweet potato starch, fried twice, and tossed with salt, white pepper and fried…
Buttermilk-brined fried chicken on a yeasted waffle, with hot sauce and maple syrup poured over both. Sweet, salt…
Everything in gumbo rests on the roux: flour and fat cooked patiently to the colour of milk chocolate, then built…
Chicken and egg over rice — the name means "parent and child" — simmered together in a sweet-savoury dashi until the…
A chicken breast wrapped around a core of garlic and herb butter, breadcrumbed and fried so the butter is still…
Chicken cubes marinated in yoghurt, garlic and lemon with a little tomato purée, grilled hard and served with toum…
Wide rice noodles charred in a screaming wok with dark soy, egg and Chinese broccoli. The dish is defined by wok…
Northern Thailand's coconut curry noodle soup, with soft egg noodles beneath and a nest of crisp fried ones on top…
Chicken braised in a sauce of onions and a great deal of sweet Hungarian paprika, finished with soured cream and…
Griddled corn cakes made from pre-cooked maize flour, split open and stuffed. Venezuelans and Colombians both claim…