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Easy Chicken and Turkey Recipes

Chicken and turkey recipes are a healthy and easy way to get dinner on the table fast. Easy weeknight dinner recipes, like this sheet pan chicken thighs dinner or our easy baked chicken tenders. 

Of course chicken can be fun and fancy too – for a party, try making buffalo chicken bombs or buffalo chicken wonton cups for a tasty appetizer. 

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Oven Baked Chicken Tenders

Make healthy baked chicken tenders in the oven or air fryer with this easy chicken tenderloin recipe! Add green beans, bell pepper, broccoli, potatoes, or asparagus to make this an easy one-pan dinner. Get Recipe

two plates with baked chicken tenders with asparagus, and two plates of baked potatoes.
a collage of images, a bowl of white beans, a sheet pan dinner, plates of chicken strips, and a cast iron skillet of tater tot casserole.

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buffalo chicken wonton cups placed in a wooden serving tray and white serving plate.

Buffalo Chicken Wonton Cups
chicken tenders lined in a parchment paper placed in a baking sheet with a basting brush in it, and a bowl of potatoes and asparagus on the side.

What is a Chicken Tenderloin?
a green bowl of instant pot creamy chicken tortilla soup with an instant pot, white and yellow napkin, and gold spoon.

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup
A close up photo of a golden spoon scooping the Balsamic chicken marinade in a glass jar with its lid and a salt cellar in the background.

Balsamic Chicken Marinade
Oven baked marinated chicken tenders with a fork poking it and baked asparagus and potatoes beside it.

Oven Baked Marinated Chicken Tenders
Turkey Tater Tot Casserole in a cast iron skillet with a hand holding a spoon scooping the turkey tater tots and a red striped cloth, and a jar of shredded cheese in the background.

Tater Tot Turkey Casserole
a white plate with Instant Pot Pesto Chicken with two bowls or rice and Instant Pot in the background.

Instant Pot Pesto Chicken
chicken and asparagus bake with rice garnished with parsley and a slice of lemon on top while placed in a white plate with sheet pan chicken with asparagus and slice of lemon in the background.

Chicken and Asparagus Bake
a baking sheet with sweet chili meatballs garnished with cilantro and sesame seeds and bowl of chili sauce and a slice of lime on its side with a gray cloth, bowl of green onions slices in the background.

Sweet Chili Meatballs
a white bowl of pasta with a chicken breast and roasted cherry tomatoes and basil on top with a white bowl of cherry tomatoes in the background.

Caprese Chicken Skillet Dinner
Shake and Bake Chicken Tenders on a parchment paper on top of a wood plate with vegetables on a bowl and yellow cloth in the background.

How To Make Shake And Bake Chicken

Easy Chicken Recipes

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