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Hearty Chicken Appetizers

Updated November 30, 2009
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Appetizers often serve as dinner during the hectic holidays, so make your dinner worthwhile with these satisfying chicken starters.

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Honey-Sesame Grilled Chicken Wings

Credit: Leo Gong; Styling: Dan Becker

Honey-Sesame Grilled Chicken Wings Recipe

Cover your grilled wings in a sweet Asian-style sauce instead of a hot and spicy sauce and watch them disappear. They're great for appetizers as well as a casual dinner.

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Roast Chicken-Chipotle Nachos with Cilantro-Avocado Crema

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Roast Chicken-Chipotle Nachos with Cilantro-Avocado Crema Recipe

Nachos are always popular, and this recipe is great for parties because it has several make-ahead steps. Using rotisserie chicken makes it even more convenient.

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Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut-Miso Sauce

Credit: Randy Mayor; Mary Catherine Muir

Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut-Miso Sauce Recipe

Wrap strips of cooked chicken, bean sprouts, carrot and cucumber in lettuce leaves instead of rice paper wrappers for a colorful Asian-style first course. The peanut sauce will rival that of your favorite Thai restaurant.

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Honey-Ginger Chicken Bites

Credit: Lee Harrelson; Styling: Jan Gautro, Laura Zapalowski

Honey-Ginger Chicken Bites Recipe

These sweet and tangy bite-size chicken pieces are sure to be gobbled up quickly when you put them out on a holiday appetizer buffet. This glazy chicken is also great served over rice for a hearty main dish.

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Haitian Chicken Pâté Puffs

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Haitian Chicken Pâté Puffs Recipe

Rather than a more traditional pâté, a chicken picadillo is first made and then whirred up for a filling in these little first-course puff-pastry packets.

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Bean and Chicken Taquitos

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Bean and Chicken Taquitos Recipe

A taquito is basically a “little taco" and consists of small rolled up tortilla filled with beef or chicken and beans and then fried. Serve these tasty tortilla bites with salsa and guacamole for a party appetizer a light dinner.

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Chicken Potpie Empanadas

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Chicken Potpie Empanadas Recipe

Transform basic chicken pot pie ingredients—chicken, veggies, pastry crust—into savory Spanish-style turnovers that are great for parties or a light dinner.

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Chicken and Lemon Pot Stickers with Soy-Scallion Dipping Sauce

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Chicken and Lemon Pot Stickers with Soy-Scallion Dipping Sauce Recipe

Use ground chicken, bok choy and shiitake mushrooms for the savory Asian-flavored filling, and serve the pot stickers with the tangy sauce.

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Grilled Herbed Chicken Drumettes With White Barbecue Sauce

Credit: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Melanie Clarke

Grilled Herbed Chicken Drumettes With White Barbecue Sauce Recipe

If it's a little too chilly for grilling in your part of the country, you can broil these drumettes in the oven. The tangy white sauce is what makes this recipe distinctive, so don't shortchange yourself by using a bottled barbecue sauce.

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Country Chicken Pâté

Country Chicken Pâté Recipe

Pâté is a classic appetizer that's typically fairly high in fat, but this one is lighter because of the skinless chicken, low-fat sour cream and fat-free cream cheese. Serve with baguette slices or sturdy crackers.

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Baked Hoisin Chicken Buns

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Baked Hoisin Chicken Buns Recipe

This shortcut version of the steamed buns you often see at Chinese dim sum restaurants features frozen bread dough instead of a homemade dough and is baked instead of steamed.

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Saffron-Marinated Chicken Skewers (Kesari Malai Tikka)

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Saffron-Marinated Chicken Skewers (Kesari Malai Tikka) Recipe

Marinating the chicken pieces in a saffron-scented yogurt mixture gives this Indian-style chicken an exotic flavor, yet it's super-easy to make.

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Honey Chicken Wings

Honey Chicken Wings Recipe

Start with a jar of salsa for this 4-ingredient appetizer wing recipe. Simply adding honey and ginger to store-bought salsa turns it into a super-flavorful coating.

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Chicken-Artichoke-Cheese Spread Gift Box Recipe

Bring the retro appetizer that everyone at the party's talking about. Chill a chicken-cream cheese spread in a loaf pan, then make it into the shape of a box by cutting the loaf in half crosswise and placing one half on top of the other.

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Fancy Crescent Chicken

Fancy Crescent Chicken Recipe

These easy chicken appetizers feature crescent dough rectangles filled with a creamy canned chicken mixture and topped with butter. They're great pick-up appetizers for parties or to serve with salad or soup at dinner.

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1 of 15 Honey-Sesame Grilled Chicken Wings
2 of 15 Roast Chicken-Chipotle Nachos with Cilantro-Avocado Crema
3 of 15 Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Peanut-Miso Sauce
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8 of 15 Chicken and Lemon Pot Stickers with Soy-Scallion Dipping Sauce
9 of 15 Grilled Herbed Chicken Drumettes With White Barbecue Sauce
10 of 15 Country Chicken Pâté
11 of 15 Baked Hoisin Chicken Buns
12 of 15 Saffron-Marinated Chicken Skewers (Kesari Malai Tikka)
13 of 15 Honey Chicken Wings
14 of 15 Chicken-Artichoke-Cheese Spread Gift Box
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