When it’s your turn to host, these impressive poultry dishes are at the top of the pecking order. Choose from sensational show-stoppers featuring whole chicken, easy pies, one-pot mains and impressive roasts that will have your guests coming back for seconds (and thirds).
This decadent pie is so delicious and easy, it’s destined to become your signature dish. Baking the pie with the pastry on top gives it liberty to puff up higher than you ever dared dream. Crispy, creamy, cheesy… it’s comfort food at its best.
Angling for a proposal tonight? Cook up a delicious pot of our 'marry me chicken', and you'll have them on their knees, begging for your hand. Tender, juicy chicken thigh fillets braised with fragrant herbs and sundried tomatoes in a creamy, cheesy sauce, all stirred through perfectly al dente pasta. We can hear wedding bells already…
Cooking the pasta in the mushroom stock with the chicken doesn’t just mean one less pan to wash - it also brings so much more flavour to the final dish. This dish can become your go-to for pasta night: swap the chicken for chorizo, add some capsicum and chilli instead of mushrooms and swap out some stock for crushed tomatoes and you’ll have a whole new one-pot wonder. Recipe note: You’ll need a 35cm x 25cm flameproof baking dish.
"There's nothing more comforting than a golden, bubbling pot pie fresh from the oven." – Dominic Smith
Phoebe Wood's chicken with creamy mustard and sage sauce recipe is great for whipping up for unexpected weekend guests.
This summer, pick Australian grown corn with grassy green husks for a fresh addition to your BBQ.
“Musallam means full, complete or entire. This recipe is for a murg (chicken) musallam, although other poultry can be used. It is a celebratory dish and one of the most famous from Awadhi cuisine, which comes from Awadh – present-day north Uttar Pradesh – where the cuisine was heavily influenced by Persian cooking. Whole birds were stuffed with minced lamb and chicken, rice and nuts. The cuisines of this region are fragrant, and the flavours delicate.” - Helly Raichura
This simple air fryer recipe (which can also be cooked in the oven or on the barbie) can be prepared in advance, boasts lots of protein and healing spice, and comes with cooling yoghurt, shredded iceberg and a fresh coriander chutney. You’ll need 8 short wooden or metal skewers for an air fryer or 8 long wooden or metal skewers for the barbecue/oven. If using wooden skewers, soak in water for 30 minutes beforehand.
Bring citrus and rosemary to the dining table this week, with this Italian chicken dinner.
"Who would have thought curdled yoghurt could be so delicious? Also the way the golden slopes of the chicken thighs rise up from the pan reminds me of Gibraltar, the rock island actually named after the general." – Matt Preston
Chicken mince becomes a Middle Eastern showstopper in this Matt Moran recipe. Bake fresh for weekend dinner and enjoy the leftovers for a workday lunch.
“Comfort doesn’t come easier than this,” says Colin Fassnidge.
This recipe is one that’s directly drawn from chef Brendan King’s own childhood. “My grandpa used to make marinated tandoori chicken, and Mum would pick me up from school with it wrapped in foil,” he says. “She’d bring it home and make a butter chicken sauce.” King’s version of his family-favourite dish showcases the delicious. Harvey Norman Produce Award-winning Grassland Poultry Sommerlad chicken, the quality of which King says has real wow factor. “I had it and was like, ‘OK, this is actually chicken’.”
“Use a good-quality chicken stock – it will make all the difference to the sauce." – Dominic Smith
This pickled jalapeno, herb and mustard mayo is the perfect pairing to this crumbed chicken schnitzel.
These Thai-flavoured chicken wings are a little bit nutty and a little bit spicy – perfect for easy entertaining.
