112 chicken pata recipes

A super quick and easy one-pan meal is ideal for busy weekday dinner. Feel free to add a bit freshly chopped garlic or onions when cooking chicken. Simply delicious!

Wine-poached chicken tossed with rigatoni, fresh basil, sweet red peppers, and olives in a bright garlic-lemon dressing. A chilled Italian pasta salad built for hot summer nights.

Asian chicken pita: cold chicken salad with pineapple, water chestnuts, and peanut-teriyaki dressing tucked into pita pockets with sprouts. Crunchy lunch ready in 15 minutes.

Curry chicken pitas with sautéed chicken breast, onions, and an Indian-spice blend of curry powder, cinnamon, coriander, and cayenne, piled onto warm pitas. A 20-minute weeknight dinner with takeout-style flavor.

So easy to make, and the dish came out super tasty. Instead of green bell pepper, I used sweet red bell peppers, didn't have mint, so used fresh basil leaves instead. Yum.

Leek and zucchini pasta tosses rotini with a tarragon-scented sour cream sauce of sautéed leeks, mushrooms, julienned zucchini, and tomato. A creamy white-wine vegetable pasta in under 30 minutes.

Fettuccine tossed in a rich shiitake mushroom cream sauce with bacon, chicken breast, and Parmesan. Dried and fresh mushrooms build layers of deep, earthy umami in every bite.

This sauce has an intensely rich, woodsy flavor that works well on pasta, chicken, and pork.

Tender bay scallops in a light thyme-nutmeg cream sauce tossed with pasta shells and finished with fresh parsley and lemon zest. Elegant enough for date night, easy enough for a weeknight.

A scrumptious recipe where jumbo pasta shells are stuffed with a a low-fat chicken mix.

Blackened chicken sliced over creamy linguine with a buttery cayenne sauce, fresh tomato, and green onion. A Cajun-style pasta plate with serious smoke and spice.

Lemon orzo pilaf is a five-ingredient one-pot side of rice-shaped pasta simmered in chicken broth with basil and lemon zest. Ready in 30 minutes. Bright, simple weeknight starch.

Tuna lemon pasta, a light pantry dinner of shells and flaked tuna tossed in a bright lemon, wine, and broth sauce with scallions. A quick, fresh weeknight meal that skips the heavy cream.

Poached chicken and spinach spaghetti baked together in a casserole until hot and bubbly. A simple, crowd-friendly Tex-Mex pasta bake that comes together with minimal effort.

Lemon-pepper chicken stir-fry with bell peppers, onions, and capers in a bright lemon-pan sauce. Served over angel-hair pasta for a 40-minute weeknight main.

Baked orzo with crumbled feta, kasseri cheese, fresh dill, heavy cream, and olive oil. A rich Greek-style pasta side dish that can be assembled a day ahead and baked before serving.