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Chicken Tonight

June 01, 2010
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Get dinner on the table in no time with a weekly collection of chicken recipes that are quick, easy, and guaranteed to please your family.
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Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich

Credit: Randy Mayor

Our online reviewers rave about this recipe, claiming it "tastes like something you would order at a restaurant, but only takes a few minute to make." After you brown the chicken in a skillet, place it on ciabatta bread coated with a pesto mayonnaise. Top with basil and mozzarella and run it under the broiler to melt the cheese and get the bread crispy. Roasted red pepper and tomato are the finishing touches.


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Kansas City Barbecued Chicken

Credit: Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross

Get the most from grilled chicken when you use spice rub before grilling, and then baste with a ketchup-based sauce perked up with vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, and chili powder.


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Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches

Credit: Photo: Yunhee Kim

When there's no time for barbecuing and basting chicken on the grill, enjoy this quick barbecue sandwich starring rotisserie chicken and your favorite bottled sauce. Pickled jalapeños are optional, but do add an extra hit of heat. Serve with potato chips and coleslaw, and you've got a meal in about 10 minutes.


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Grilled Fusion Chicken

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Accent grilled chicken breasts with Southwestern flavors like lime, hot sauce, chipotle chiles, and tequila.


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Grilled Herbed Chicken

Credit: Photography: Randy Mayor; Styling: Lydia DeGaris-Pursell

In addition to providing great flavor with no fat, fresh herbs are also a source of heart-healthy antioxidants that may help fight heart disease.


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Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

These chicken-filled lettuce leaves are popular as appetizers in Asian-style bistro restaurants, but two wraps make a satisfying main dish.


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Mexican Bow-tie Pasta with Chicken

Credit: Lee Harrelson

You can use any shape of pasta you have on hand for this creamy pasta recipe. All you need to give it Mexican flavor is a jar of salsa, and the creaminess comes from a block of cream cheese.


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Chicken Kebabs with Couscous

Credit: Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Dan Becker

Kebabs are a light, easy way to prepare chicken, especially when served atop a bed of homemade couscous.


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Chicken-Farfalle Salad with Pesto

Credit: Lee Harrelson

Making the pesto with walnuts instead of the more traditional pine nuts adds a rich, toasty flavor to the sauce used in the pasta salad.


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Open-Faced Chicken and Muenster Sandwiches

Credit: Photo: Beau Gustafson; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross

A hot open-faced sandwich is often called a "knife-and-fork sandwich." We call it dinner. This bistro-style recipe features on-hand ingredients such as jarred preserves, prechopped onion, bagged spinach, and rotisserie chicken. All you have to do is pile the ingredients on the bread, stick the sandwiches under the broiler, and dinner is served.


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Grilled Chicken with Sriracha Glaze

Credit: Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Cindy Barr

Instead of the usual barbecue sauce, brush bone-in chicken leg quarters with a sweet and spicy glaze made with hot chile sauce and mango jam.


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Caesar Chicken-Pasta Salad

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Have your (pasta) salad and eat it too! This recipe combines the best flavors of Caesar and pasta salad.


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Chicken Mole

Credit: Lee Harrelson

Chocolate adds a deep, rich accent rather than sweetness to this tomato sauce and gives it a more authentic Mexican flavor.


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Quickest Chicken Noodle Soup

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Make this soup your "go-to" recipe for super-easy dinners. It has only six ingredients, and instead of chopping fresh veggies, you can use frozen.


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Chicken Cooked Under a Brick

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The weight of foil-covered bricks helps the chicken cook evenly, leaving the breast moist and tender.


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Grilled Chicken and Lemon Salad

Marinate the chicken for one hour in a heart-healthy marinade of olive oil and fresh lemon juice, grill, and then serve with veggies such as snow peas and bell peppers.


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Grilled Chicken Tostadas

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This dish gives a Southwestern accent to the American summertime classic, grilled chicken.


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Garlic Chicken

Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Melanie J. Clarke

A great way to decrease your salt intake is to start cooking with aromatic and flavorful ingredients such as garlic, black pepper, cardamom, cumin, cinnamon, and nutmeg.


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Easy Chicken Fajitas

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If you've got picky eaters in your family, set out bowls of the toppings so that each person can assemble their own fajita.


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Chicken Panini with Fig Jam

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Panini sandwiches are all the rage, but if you don't have a panini maker, you can press the sandwich with the bottom of a cast-iron skillet. The sweet and savory blend of fig preserves and blue cheese that tops the sliced chicken has online reviewers cheering. If you don't care for arugula, you can substitute baby spinach.


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Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar  Sauce

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Using only 1 tablespoon of butter adds to the richness of the balsamic-honey sauce and creates a notable flavor.


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Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Arugula Salad

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This colorful salad is packed with garden-fresh zucchini and tomatoes. Grill the bread slices along with the tomatoes so everything is ready at the same time.


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Spring Chicken Soup

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Liven up traditional chicken soup by adding green beans, asparagus, beefsteak tomato, and turnips.


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Indian-Spiced Chicken Burgers

Credit: Photo: Beau Gustafson; Styling: Jan Gautro

Take a break from beef and use ground chicken for your burgers. Because the chicken is mild-flavored, it can handle the Indian spice blend garam masala. Carry out the theme and top the patties with yogurt, mango chutney, and chopped fresh mint instead of the usual condiments.


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Grilled Chicken with White Barbecue Sauce

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For a flavorful twist on traditional barbecue chicken, serve spiced chicken breasts with a creamy, six-ingredient white sauce.


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Chicken Sandwiches with Melted Cheese

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These one-dish-meal grilled cheese sandwiches feature slices of tart Granny Smith apple, sharp blue cheese, and super-quick rotisserie chicken. If you're not a blue cheese fan, cheddar is a tasty option.


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Beer-Can Chicken with Cola Barbecue Sauce

Credit: Photography: Randy Mayor; Styling: Lydia DeGaris-Pursell

Cooking chicken with beer and spices inside infuses the bird with a hint of spice and plenty of moisture.


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Sweet Barbecue Chicken

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Combine six basic ingredients for a sweet-and-spicy sauce that cooks in minutes.


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Grilled Chicken with Rustic Mustard Cream

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The pronounced lemon-pine character of rosemary goes well with olive oil and Dijon mustard, giving this grilled chicken a rustic Mediterranean flair.


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Grilled Chicken with Plum Salsa

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Add a tangy fresh plum salsa to perk up low-fat grilled chicken.


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1 of 30 Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich
2 of 30 Kansas City Barbecued Chicken
3 of 30 Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches
4 of 30 Grilled Fusion Chicken
5 of 30 Grilled Herbed Chicken
6 of 30 Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
7 of 30 Mexican Bow-tie Pasta with Chicken
8 of 30 Chicken Kebabs with Couscous
9 of 30 Chicken-Farfalle Salad with Pesto
10 of 30 Open-Faced Chicken and Muenster Sandwiches
11 of 30 Grilled Chicken with Sriracha Glaze
12 of 30 Caesar Chicken-Pasta Salad
13 of 30 Chicken Mole
14 of 30 Quickest Chicken Noodle Soup
15 of 30 Chicken Cooked Under a Brick
16 of 30 Grilled Chicken and Lemon Salad
17 of 30 Grilled Chicken Tostadas
18 of 30 Garlic Chicken
19 of 30 Easy Chicken Fajitas
20 of 30 Chicken Panini with Fig Jam
21 of 30 Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar  Sauce
22 of 30 Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Arugula Salad
23 of 30 Spring Chicken Soup
24 of 30 Indian-Spiced Chicken Burgers
25 of 30 Grilled Chicken with White Barbecue Sauce
26 of 30 Chicken Sandwiches with Melted Cheese
27 of 30 Beer-Can Chicken with Cola Barbecue Sauce
28 of 30 Sweet Barbecue Chicken
29 of 30 Grilled Chicken with Rustic Mustard Cream
30 of 30 Grilled Chicken with Plum Salsa

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