Chicken recipes

There is quite possibly no other meat so marvellously versatile as chicken. In fact, there are perhaps as many chicken recipes out there as there are jokes about why it crossed the road — and infinitely better ones at that. From chicken breast to bones, legs to livers and thighs to tenderloins, every part of the bird can be used to roast, steam, grill, barbeque, fry or cook in any number of inventive ways. No wonder the first thing a foreign taste or flavour is most often compared with is chicken.

Of all chicken recipes, the roast chicken is the one that remains closest to the epicurean bosom. For most of us, the roast chicken may evoke the fondest food memories of sitting around the family table on Sunday, or even take you back to your first perfectly juicy thigh on a bed of seasonal vegetables at a restaurant.

Cooking the textbook roast chicken recipe may take a fair amount of practise, but simple tricks and tips can wow your friends and family and significantly boost your culinary kudos. Techniques such as always remembering to cover the chicken with foil and letting it rest for at least 15 minutes out of the oven, will ensure that the meat reabsorbs all the juices evenly, and in turn reward you with consistently tender and succulent roasts.

When it comes to chicken recipes, chicken soup is known as comfort food, while a simple chicken breast and salad is known as diet food, and it seems that there is a type of traditional chicken curry covering every corner of the globe. So carve into the thousands of chicken recipes on our site, and pluck a few to add to your very own repertoire of chicken recipes.