20 Affordable Chicken Dinners That Don’t Taste Cheap

Turn cheap chicken into gourmet gold with 20 recipes that stretch your dollar and serve serious flavor.

Grilled Lemon Chicken Wrapped in Pancetta

This grilled lemon chicken wrapped in pancetta is bursting with fresh citrus flavor and is super juicy. Ready in 30 minutes.

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Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas

Layers of melted cheese, grilled chicken, crispy bacon and ranch cream cheese make these chicken bacon ranch quesadillas irresistible.

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Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Burrata Cheese, Sweet Peppers

Looking for a grilled chicken sandwich that is totally cravable? Look no further. This is topped with burrata cheese and sweet grilled peppers

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Smoked Chicken Tortellini Pasta Bake

Looking for a quick weeknight meal? Try this smoked pasta bake recipe with leftover smoked chicken, fresh pasta and lots of cheese.

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Grilled Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs

Grilled boneless skinless chicken thighs made easy. Just 4 ingredients and ready in minutes using a simple dry rub and butter baste.

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Grilled Chick-Fil-A Nuggets

Find out the two (no longer) secret ingredients that make these grilled Chick-Fil-A nuggets as good as the fried version.

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Grilled Pad Thai

Take your favorite take out dish outside by making grilled Pad Thai. Grilling the chicken makes it extra delicious.

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Grilled Chicken Margherita

Grilled Chicken Margherita is one of those dishes that looks super elegant but can be made in just 30 minutes on your outdoor griddle.

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Grilled Chicken Piccata

Amplify your grilled chicken in less than 30 minutes with this luxurious lemon caper sauce.

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Grilled Chicken Adobo

With the addition of charred chicken and smoky pork, this Grilled Chicken Adobo (Filipino stew) is even better than the original, traditional recipe.

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Grilled Nashville Hot Chicken

I’ve created a grilled variety of Nashville Hot Chicken. Its flavor punch is going to change the way you crave hot wings.

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Guinness Smoked Beer Can Chicken

Smoked beer can chicken is even better when stuffed with fresh herbs to flavor the bird from the inside out.

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Grilled Sticky Tennessee Honey Wings

Grab some napkins. You’re gonna need them for these sticky Tennessee Honey Wings made with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey whiskey and hot sauce.

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Cast Iron Grilled Chicken with Rainbow Potatoes

With the Lodge Cast Iron Cook-It-All, you can grill and roast chicken over a campfire, creating crispy skin with juicy meat and a side of flavor-infused rainbow potatoes.

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Grilled Chicken with Blood Orange Chimichurri

Grilled chicken never has to be boring again. All you have to do is add a vibrant herb-citrus sauce and a kiss of smoke from the grill.

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Asian Sticky Chicken with Skillet Charred Bok Choy

If you want chicken that is truly finger-licking good, grill up some Asian sticky chicken legs dunked in sweet and spicy barbecue sauce.

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5 Ingredient Southwest Chicken Chili

Next time cold weather hits, make this one-pot meal of Southwest chicken chili. It only takes five ingredients.

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Grilled Cornish Hens

Grilled Cornish hens is one of those easy recipes I make when I want to make an amazing main dish without a lot of effort.

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Grilled Chicken Lumpia Tacos

Filipino-meets-taco night with a crispy twist. Bold, budget-friendly fusion done right.

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Filipino BBQ Chicken

Sweet, smoky, and made to party. These skewers stretch meat while still bringing the flavor.

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