42 Super Easy Healthy Chicken Recipes
These satisfying recipes are full of flavor and easy to make!
Chicken is an excellent ingredient when you're trying to eat healthy. Leaner, and far lower in things like saturated fats than pork or beef, both white meat and dark meat are excellent additions to a healthy diet. But if you're interested in weight loss, trying to eat lighter, or simply want to add more healthy recipes to your weekly roundup, you'll want healthy chicken recipes that taste great, and aren't too difficult to make. Here are our favorites!
Ginger Garlic Chicken Ramen
Forget the packaged stuff and whip up this ramen noodle recipe from scratch.
White Chicken Chili
This lighter take on standard chili is full of flavor—and a great way to use ground chicken!
Best Chicken Quesadillas
With bell pepper, mushrooms, and breast meat, this snackable meal packs a lot of nutrition.
Roast Chicken with Tarragon-Braised Fennel
Roasted over a bed of hearty veggies, this chicken dish is a one-pan dinner!
Get the recipe for Roast Chicken with Tarragon-Braised Fennel.
Chicken Marsala
This elegant chicken breast recipe is good enough to impress on date night, easy enough to make on a weeknight, and tasty enough the family might lick their plates. You can switch out the heavy cream for milk or even Greek yogurt, but in small amounts, we think the sauce is still worth it.
Ground Chicken Pad Thai
Doesn't Thai food for dinner sound great?
Crispy Chicken Thighs with Garlic and Rosemary
Thighs are not only healthy, but they're delicious and a lot easier to make than breasts! Give this a try and the family will be asking you to make it again and again.
Chicken and Black Bean Nachos
Fire up the grill to make this veggie-filled foil pack recipe. Not only can you eat it just about anywhere, but there's also no dish-washing needed for this dinner. Now that's a winner!
Tex-Mex Chicken Meatballs
Craving meatballs? These flavorful, hatch-chile-spiced meatballs are perfect for a light dinner.
Swedish Meatballs with Chicken
We've remade this classic crowd-pleaser into a healthy dinner that gets to the table in less than half an hour!
Spiced Chicken Flatbreads
What could be finer than a warm flatbread filled with delicious chicken, hummus, pomegranate, and feta? Not much.
Cornflake-Crusted Baked Chicken
This baked version of the fried comfort food classic offers all the crunch you want thanks to flaky cereal. But it's so tasty that it's sure to become a new family favorite!
Gingery Slow Cooker Chicken with Cabbage Slaw
This "set it and forget it" slow cooker chicken dinner is bathed in a sweet and savory sauce for plenty of flavor. A fresh cabbage slaw adds a nice crunch.
Ground Chicken Tacos
Ground chicken turns taco night into a healthier meal, without losing flavor!
Updated Chicken Salad
So long, bland chicken salad. Loads of fresh herbs and briny dill pickles make for a classic chicken bursting with flavor.
Thai-Style Chicken Salad
Want to skip the mayo but still have a flavorful chicken salad? The combination of savory fish sauce, bright lime juice, sweet honey, and spicy radishes makes this version a real standout.
Sweet-and-Sour Chicken Meatballs
This tasty, 25-minute meal is like your favorite takeout dish, but in meatball form.
Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
This hearty soup is a Mexican-inspired favorite, made easy.
Chicken Meatloaf
This lighter take on the dinner classic is absolutely full of flavor!
Chicken Thighs with White Beans and Escarole
Looking for a healthy dinner that's also yummy and easy to make? This one-pan dinner has it all. Put it in your regular recipe rotation.
Get the recipe for Chicken Thighs with White Beans and Escarole.
Hearty Vegetable Soup with Parsley Gremolata
Haricots Verts with Almonds and Vermouth
Chocolate-Dipped Figs with Sea Salt
Glazed Shrimp-and-Fig Skewers