Chicken Recipes
Easy Chicken Recipes for Busy Families
Chicken is one of the most dependable proteins for weeknight dinners. It’s versatile, affordable, and easy to pair with pantry staples — making it ideal for feeding a family.
Here you’ll find creamy chicken casseroles, hearty pasta dishes, slow cooker meals, comforting soups, and simple baked chicken recipes. These dinners are designed to be practical, flavorful, and family-approved.
Many of these recipes can be made ahead, adapted with homemade seasoning blends, or paired with simple sides for a complete meal.
Whether you need something quick for a busy evening or a comforting dish for Sunday dinner, these chicken recipes are built to work in a real kitchen.
-
Creamy Salsa Verde White Chicken Enchiladas
Creamy salsa verde white chicken enchiladas made with tender chicken, green chiles, tortillas, and a rich creamy sauce. This easy enchilada recipe is perfect for busy weeknight dinners and family meals.
-
Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sliders
These Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sliders are made with shredded buffalo chicken, ranch dressing, melted cheese, and Hawaiian rolls, then baked until golden and buttery. An easy dinner, party food, or game day recipe everyone loves.
-
Buffalo Chicken Bacon Ranch Street Tacos
These buffalo chicken bacon ranch street tacos are packed with bold flavor from buttery buffalo chicken, creamy ranch slaw, and crispy bacon. A quick and easy 20-minute dinner your whole family will love.
-
Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken
This Instant Pot buffalo chicken is tender, juicy, and packed with bold flavor. An easy shredded chicken recipe perfect for sliders, tacos, wraps, or meal prep.
-
Classic Chicken Salad
This classic chicken salad is creamy, flavorful, and easy to make using shredded chicken, celery, and a simple homemade dressing. Perfect for sandwiches, croissants, crackers, or quick lunches.
-
Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Breast
Learn how to cook frozen chicken breast in the Instant Pot with this simple no-thaw method. Perfect for shredding, meal prep, soups, sandwiches, and easy weeknight meals.
-
Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup
This creamy chicken and rice soup is rich, comforting, and easy to make in one pot. Tender chicken, rice, and vegetables simmer in a creamy broth for the perfect cozy dinner.
-
Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken
This slow cooker pineapple chicken is sweet, savory, and incredibly easy. Tender shredded chicken cooks in a tangy pineapple sauce and is perfect served over rice.
-
Creamy Chicken Alfredo Pasta with Broccoli
Creamy Chicken Alfredo Pasta with Broccoli made completely from scratch using homemade Alfredo sauce, juicy garlic herb chicken, and fresh pasta. A comforting family dinner built from your OGK kitchen basics.
-
Cajun Chicken Pasta (Creamy Cajun Alfredo)
Creamy Cajun chicken pasta made with seasoned chicken, fettuccine, and bold homemade Cajun Alfredo sauce. A rich, flavorful weeknight dinner the whole family will love.