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Easy Chicken Recipes with Few Ingredients

These easy chicken recipes with few ingredients include some great healthy lunch and dinner options, all made with 5 or fewer ingredients!

These are great options when you haven't been to the store in a while, need to be a little more budget conscious or just feel like keeping it simple while shopping and while cooking.

Here are some of our favorites:

  • Close up of a baked chicken breast in a white rectangular casserole dish with parsley to the side for garnish.
    Easy Baked Lemon Chicken
  • A wooden spoon scooping up some fajita chicken and peppers from a skillet, with bowls of toppings in the background
    Easy Chicken Fajitas
  • Close up of cheesy pesto baked chicken strips in a casserole dish.
    Easy Baked Pesto Chicken
  • A hand dipping a spicy chicken patty into a creamy mustard mixture in a white bowl set on a white plate full of patties.
    Spicy Chicken Patties {Paleo, Whole30}

Having some simple recipes in your back pocket is a great way to avoid having to spend money ordering in or going out to eat.

Hope you find some new go-to recipes you can whip up any time!

  • Close up of seasoned, cooked Air Fryer chicken bites in a bowl with a bowl of ketchup for dipping nearby.
    Air Fryer Chicken Bites
  • Close up of roasted bacon wrapped chicken breasts on a wire rack set on a baking pan with parsley sprinkled on top before being served.
    Bacon Wrapped Chicken
  • A collage of 4 easy vacation meals photos.
    Easy Vacation Meals (45+)
  • Close up of six roasted chicken breasts with different seasonings on a white platter.
    Baked Split Chicken Breasts (3 ways)
  • Close up of slow cooker cranberry dijon chicken served with mashed potatoes and green peas.
    Slow Cooker Cranberry Dijon Chicken
  • Close up of a serving spoon scooping up chicken divan from a white casserole dish.
    Mom’s Chicken Divan
  • Close up of a serving spoon scooping up a cream cheese crack chicken with bacon and green onions from a slow cooker.
    Crock Pot Crack Chicken
  • A collage of six different stuffed chicken recipes with a text overlay on the collage
    11 Stuffed Chicken Recipes
  • A hand holding up a cheesy chicken quesadilla piece with lettuce and Greek yogurt
    Chicken Quesadillas (+ 9 variations)
  • A whole roast chicken in a crock pot insert.
    Crock Pot Whole Chicken
  • A collage of 4 different recipes that use cooked shredded chicken.
    12 Ways to Use Cooked, Shredded Chicken
  • A collage of 6 photos of grilled chicken with marinades or rubs
    10 Easy Grilled Chicken Recipes
  • Grilled chicken breasts basted with adobo sauce and served on a white plate with parsley to the side
    Adobo Grilled Chicken
  • Close up of fiesta grilled chicken with melted cheese on top and avocado, salsa, jalapeño slices and cilantro as toppings.
    Cheesy Fiesta Grilled Chicken
  • Shredded cooked chicken served in a large white bowl
    Crockpot Shredded Chicken
  • A blue bowl with shredded honey garlic chicken topped with sliced green onions
    Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
  • A crispy chicken tender being dipped in a small white bowl of honey mustard
    Air Fryer Chicken Tenders (+ video)
  • A large white bowl full of shredded chicken
    Instant Pot Shredded Chicken (+ video)
  • A large blue and white bowl with penne pasta, chicken and broccoli coated in marinara and Parmesan cheese
    Chicken penne pasta with broccoli
  • Sliced, cooked chicken thighs with Dijon mustard served on a white plate with rice
    Dijon Air Fryer Chicken Thighs (+ video)
  • Grilled chicken breasts on a white serving platter with parsley and lemon as garnishes
    Grilled Lemon Chicken (+ video)
  • Close up of a golden brown Parmesan crusted chicken breast on a foil lined baking sheet.
    Crunchy Parmesan Crusted Chicken
  • Close up of browned and crispy baked chicken thighs served in a white bowl with parsley for garnish.
    Easy Baked Chicken Thighs
  • A large white serving platter piled with fajita chicken and peppers and onions, plus garnishes and bowls of toppings nearby
    Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas
  • Close up of cooked chicken pieces in a copper skillet with a lemony sauce.
    15-Minute Skillet Lemon Chicken
  • Chicken and bell pepper fajitas in a white serving bowl with lime wedges and a bowl of rice in the background
    Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas
  • Roasted fajita chicken with bell peppers and onions and nearby bowls of toppings
    Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
  • A serving bowl full of harvest chicken salad with apples, pecans, dried cranberries and spinach
    Harvest chicken salad
  • Classic chicken salad served in a bowl with a spoonful being taken and crackers and grapes
    Healthy Chicken Salad
  • Close up of a wooden spoon scooping some cooked cubed turmeric chicken pieces from a large skillet.
    Easy Turmeric Chicken {15 minutes}
  • A white bowl with brown rice, honey garlic chicken and steamed broccoli arranged with green onions and peanuts sprinkled on top.
    Honey garlic chicken rice bowls
  • Close up of honey garlic chicken served in a blue and white bowl with sliced green onions on top.
    Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
  • Close up of a bowl of slow cooker salsa chicken with sprigs of cilantro to the side for garnish.
    Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Chicken {3 ingredients}
  • A spatula holding up a pesto chicken slider from a tray of browned baked sliders.
    Baked pesto chicken sliders {5 ingredients}
  • A large skillet with chicken breasts topped with melted mozzarella cheese surrounded by sliced peaches, all topped with basil.
    Summer skillet chicken with peaches, mozzarella and basil
  • A chicken spinach burger patty served on a bun with lettuce and tomato underneath and melted cheese and pesto on top.
    Chicken Spinach Burgers
  • Close up of a fork with a cut piece of honey butter chicken on top of a baking dish with the chicken and sauce.
    Honey Butter Chicken
  • Close up of a wooden spoon resting in a large skillet of a mixture of chicken, field peas and spinach with shredded cheese on top.
    One-Pot Wonder with Chicken
  • Healthy slow cooker buffalo chicken sliders being served
    Healthy Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken
  • Close up of a dark skillet with a saucy honey garlic chicken dish with sesame seeds and sliced green onions sprinkled on top.
    15-Minute Honey Garlic Chicken
  • A cut stuffed homemade hot pocket on a plate alongside a full one with dipping sauces to the side.
    Homemade hot pockets {3 ways}
  • Close up of a cheesy chicken burger on a bun with lettuce and tomato and a creamy sauce dripping off the side.
    Cheddar Chicken Burgers

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Hi there! I’m Kathryn Doherty, a cookbook author, mom of two, and devoted food and home cooking nut. I’ve got lots of easy recipes to help you get delicious food on the table for your family!

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