These Easy Chicken Breast Recipes area variety of healthy chicken breast recipes made on the stove top, slow cooker, grill and oven. Something for every night of the week!
Chicken breasts are a staple around here—they’re easy to cook, lean, and packed with protein. We love stocking up for quick weeknight dinners, especially during busy times.
I’ve gathered some favorite chicken breast recipes from The Recipe Rebel and friends to keep things fresh and fun this fall. Whether you want something creamy, cheesy, or simply topped with veggies, there’s a dish for everyone!
Baked Tuscan Chicken Breast
This Baked Tuscan Chicken Breast is an easy meal ready in 30 minutes or less! With a creamy sauce that's perfect over pasta.
This Mango Salsa Chicken and Rice is a flavorful meal made with 6 ingredients in ONE pot and is packed with flavor! Just dump and simmer — ready in just over 30 minutes.
This Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo is made in one pan with just a few simple ingredients! Ready in 30 minutes, it really doesn't get easier or more flavorful than this.
This One Pan Tuscan Chicken and Potato Skillet is an easy dinner idea that is loaded with flavor! With tomatoes, spinach, potatoes and a light Parmesan cream sauce, it’s perfect one pot comfort food. Includes step by step recipe video.
This Instant Pot Shredded Chicken is perfectly moist, seasoned, and it freezes well for your weekly meal prep! The easy way to pressure cook chicken breast for shredding, from fresh or frozen! It's a healthy addition to soups, salads, pastas or sandwiches throughout the week
This Chicken Caprese Skillet is a spin off of a classic Italian dish. Juicy chicken breasts topped with fresh tomato and a simple pesto balsamic glaze, then finished with melty mozzarella cheese.
This One Pot BBQ Chicken Pasta is full of smoky and savory flavors, with tender chicken breast, crispy bacon, and your favorite BBQ sauce – it's an easy one-pan meal the whole family will love!
This Easy Orange Chicken recipe is so easy to make at home in less than 30 minutes! Seasoned chicken breast is sautéed until golden and smothered in the very BEST homemade orange sauce!
This Baked Monterey Chicken Recipe is so flavorful, with a combination of juicy baked chicken breasts, fresh tomatoes, Monterey Jack cheese, sweet and tangy BBQ sauce, and crispy smoky bacon.
This Crispy Sriracha Buttermilk Oven Fried Chicken has all the flavors and textures of deep fried chicken without the excess oil. It's moist, juicy, golden, and crispy with just the right amount of spice!
One Pan Teriyaki Chicken and Rice with Vegetables is an easy, family-friendly meal that's ready in just 30 minutes or less! It's healthy, hearty, and just the perfect recipe for busy weeknights.
Chicken breasts are quickly marinated then grilled to perfection. This Lemon Rosemary Grilled Chicken is a healthy dinner that uses minimal ingredients!
This Oven-Fried Chicken has all the crispy, golden crunch of traditional fried chicken but is baked instead of fried! With a seasoned panko coating and juicy, tender chicken, it's a family favorite that's easy to make.
This Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings recipe is a slow cooker version of a classic comfort food! Tender chicken, loads of veggies, and fluffy homemade dumplings are simmered in a thick and flavorful gravy.
This Apricot Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner is an easy, healthy dinner recipe that requires just a few minutes prep and one pan! Loaded with potatoes and vegetables and topped with a simple apricot glaze. Includes step by step recipe video.
Parmesan Crusted Chicken is simple yet so very impressive! Tender, juicy chicken breasts are coated in the best parmesan crust and pan seared to perfection. Easy to make in less than 30 minutes and so satisfying!
Tender chicken breasts stuffed with ham and cheese, seared to golden perfection, and finished in a lemon butter sauce. A quick and comforting weeknight dinner.
Crockpot Creamy Garlic Chicken features golden pan seared chicken breasts that get slow cooked to perfection in a garlicky cream sauce. It's an easy recipe that's great for those busier weeknights at home!
Cheesy Buffalo Stuffed Chicken Breast – Tender and juicy chicken breasts are stuffed with a mouthwatering mixture of mozzarella cheese and bacon! This stuffed chicken is cooked with buffalo sauce for an easy and tasty dinner!
This easy Creamy Tuscan Chicken Recipe features tender chicken breasts, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, garlic and more all in the best parmesan cream sauce! It's a flavorful chicken breast recipe that comes together in one pan!
As you can see from the collection here, there are lots of different ways to cook chicken breasts. Here are some general tips for my favorite methods:
Slow cooker chicken breasts:
Chicken breasts can cook easily and relatively quickly in the slow cooker — often just 2-4 hours. See my Slow Cooker Chicken Breast recipe for more detailed instructions!
The important thing to remember when cooking chicken breasts in the slow cooker or crock pot is that you can’t really leave them all day. After 8+ hours in the slow cooker, chicken breasts will be dry and unappetizing, so remember to always keep the cook time in mind when preparing the slow cooker.
Once again, remember that chicken breasts in the Instant Pot really don’t need a long cook time. 6-8 minutes for fresh is oven enough, so be wary of any recipes asking for a 20-30 minute cook time (plus, who wants to wait that long for dinner?!).
Grilled chicken breasts:
Since the temperature of an outdoor grill can be hard to regulate, chicken breasts can become overcooked if you’re not careful and don’t have a thermometer handy.
When grilling chicken breasts, I recommend marinating (even for a short time!) to add flavor and moisture.
Baking chicken breasts is an easy, mostly hands off way to get dinner on the table on a busy weeknight. Many baked chicken recipes can be prepped and ready in the pan in advance, and you can just pop it in the oven when you arrive home.
This is my favorite way to get flavorful baked chicken breasts that work with a variety of recipes.
My name is Ashley Fehr and I love creating easy meals my family loves. I also like to do things my way, which means improvising and breaking the rules when necessary. Here you will find creative twists on old favorites and some of my favorite family recipes, passed down from generations!
You had a lot of recipes for the hot pot chicken dishes, but didn’t see any for the slow cooker which I’m interested in,
Why not? Your recipes look good may try a couple of the ones but would definitely try them if they were for a slow cooker.
I have lots of Instant Pot recipes and lots of slow cooker recipes. If you look at the categories at the top of the web site, you can click on either Instant Pot or slow cooker and get lots of different options!
Paul Dralle says
So many enticing recipes. I am noting several to make this month.
Willa Miller says
You had a lot of recipes for the hot pot chicken dishes, but didn’t see any for the slow cooker which I’m interested in,
Why not? Your recipes look good may try a couple of the ones but would definitely try them if they were for a slow cooker.
Ashley Fehr says
I have lots of Instant Pot recipes and lots of slow cooker recipes. If you look at the categories at the top of the web site, you can click on either Instant Pot or slow cooker and get lots of different options!