T wenty best easy chicken recipes! Five words to fill you with joy. From Claire Thomson’s Thai-inspired chicken soup to Gill Meller’s roast bird, we have rooted through some of our most treasured cookery books to bring you the finest meals we can find. Presenting Khanh Ong’s bang bang Sichuan chicken, Sri Owen’s adobo with rice, and Kitty Coles’ unbeatable bun.
Featuring our favourite recipes from some of our favourite food writers: Joe Trivelli, Georgia Levy, Rachel Roddy, and OFM’s own Nigel Slater. Twenty simple-to-make meals that will taste simply brilliant. Scaloppine di pollo al marsala and prosciutto crudo recipe by Tessa Kiros A simple sauteed chicken dish with marsala for an unctuous, syrupy finishing touch View image in fullscreen Scaloppine di pollo al marsala and prosciutto crudo.
Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer Roasted lemongrass and turmeric chicken steaks recipe by Karen Martini A rich, Vietnamese-style marinade gives roasted chicken a deeply spicy flavour View image in fullscreen Roasted lemongrass and turmeric chicken steaks. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer Gill Meller’s recipe for roast chicken with anchovy, rosemary, chilli and garlic butter Laden with flavour, this butter can be used in many ways, but adding it to chicken is when the real magic happens View image in fullscreen Roast chicken with anchovy, rosemary, chilli and garlic butter. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer One-pot chicken mujadara recipe by Molly Baz Forget.