Chicken recipes

Recipes that use chicken as the main ingredient
 

Chicken and spinach enchiladas recipe 

This is another version of the famous Mexican enchilada dish, using chicken, spinach, sour cream and milk as main ingredients. Like all enchilada dishes, this one is topped with cheese and baked in the oven.
 
Tags: chicken, onion, spinach, sour cream, milk 

Chicken enchiladas Verde (Enchiladas with green sauce) recipe 

A typical Mexican dish, chicken enchiladas with Salsa Verde (green sauce) is a favorite. This is a traditional Mexican recipe using flour tortillas, a green salsa (made with tomatillos and jalapenos), chicken and cheese. Once you prepare all the ingredients, the enchilada assembly process is quite easy.
 
Tags: chicken breast, garlic cloves, salsa verde, flour tortillas, sour cream 

Chicken enchiladas with roasted tomato sauce recipe 

This is a variation of the chicken enchiladas verde that uses over roasted tomato sauce instead of the tomatillo (Verde) sauce. This traditional Mexican recipe using flour tortillas, first fried in vegetable oil, then stuffed with cooked chicken, oven roasted tomato sauce and chili tomato sauce, rolled up, topped with more tomato sauce and cheese and baked for a few minutes in the oven. The roasted tomato sauce (recipe included) takes 6 to 8 hours to prepare but the result is worth the effort. You can make extra tomato sauce and refrigerate it.
 
Tags: chicken breast, garlic cloves, oven roasted tomato sauce, flour tortillas, chili tomato salsa 
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Chicken and sour cream enchiladas recipe 

Chicken enchiladas are flour tortillas filled with a chicken based mixture, topped with salsa and grated cheese and baked in the oven. This recipe uses chicken together with sour cream, salsa and spices as a filling. The enchiladas are baked in two stages, first topped with the salsa, then with the grated cheese. Serve with fried rice and condiments for a complete meal.
 
Tags: chicken, sour cream, cheese, cilantro, cumin 

Marinaded grilled chicken breast recipe 

A simple, quick and healthy chicken recipe that can be prepared a day ahead and cooked in under 15 minutes. Chicken breasts are marinaded in olive oil, lime juice, soy sauce and oregano, then grilled and served with steamed vegetables.
 
Tags: chicken breasts, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, oregano 

Fast chicken cacciatore (Pollo cacciatore) recipe 

A simple, delicious and fast Italian dish, chicken or pollo cacciatore is chicken breasts, browned in vegetable oil, then stewed for 30 minutes with white sliced mushrooms, garlic and tomatoes. Serve with freshly made garlic bread or pasta for a quick and easy classic Italian dish.
 
Tags: chicken breasts, mushrooms, garlic, tomatoes, basil 
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Chicken boscaiola recipe 

A simple yet delicious Italian pasta dish that can be ready in under 15 minutes. Slices of boneless chicken breast are cooked with onion, garlic and mushrooms in a creamy sauce together with fried Prosciutto. The chicken sauce is served with penne pasta.
 
Tags: prosciutto, chicken breast, mushrooms, spring onions, penne 

Chicken enchilada lasagna recipe 

Enchilada lasagna is Mexican dish that looks like Italian lasagna. Instead of the pasta (that is used in Italian lasagna), corn tortillas are used in this dish. The filling is made of chicken, bell peppers and spring onions, flavored with typical Mexican spices such as cumin, paprica and oregano. The ingredients are topped with shredded cheese and a cheese bechamel (a flour based sauce flavored with cheese). The layer of ingredients is repeated once more and the dish is cooked in the oven for about an hour. The resulting dish is delicious. It has the look of Italian lasagna but tastes like enchiladas. Serve with sour cream and salsa for a complete dish.
 
Tags: chicken, milk, jack cheese, corn tortillas, bell peppers 

Orange chicken recipe 

Orange chicken is a very popular chicken recipe, especially in the Asian cuisine. There are a lot of variations for this recipe, depending mostly on the ingredients used. In this recipe, boneless chicken pieces are coated first in a seasoned egg mixture, then in flour and cornstarch, deep fried and then stir-fried and cooked in an orange flavored sauce. The chicken can be cooked in a wok or a deep frying pan.
 
Tags: chicken breast, orange zest, light soy sauce, sesame oil, orange juice 
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Italian lemon chicken and pasta recipe 

Chicken pieces cooked in a lemon flavoured sauce and served with pasta. A delicious, easy to make chicken recipe that is great as a main dish.
 
Tags: chicken, cinammon, garlic, lemon juice and zest, oregano 
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