24 idyllic Italian chicken recipes

We’ve all fantasized about sitting in an Italian piazza and dining on, arguably, the finest cuisine in the world. Sip that fresh, crisp glass of white wine and pop another crostini in your mouth.

While we may not be able to take you to Italy, we can certainly help bring Italy to your kitchen!

These 24 Italian chicken recipes give you a little taste of Rome, Milan and Venice, of the northern lakes. So try one of these dishes and pretend you’re looking out over Lake Garda…

The Whole Cook created his own recipe for Italian dressing to marinate his chicken in. Only the purest ingredients make the cut—olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, onion, and chili flakes. The chicken is best the longer it is marinated (up to 12 hours in any case), but one hour is perfectly fine. The meat is then grilled to a sauté and served with a side of salad.

This recipe from Nourish and Fete is similar but uses a bottle of Italian dressing, bakes the chicken, and then tops it with parmesan. Which one sounds better? This is served with a side of salad, bread or potatoes.

Aka Marry Me Chicken. The downshift login gives us a recipe for this classic Italian chicken dish, a creamy sauce packed with Parmesan, sun-dried tomatoes, onions, emerald and spinach. If you want to reduce the fat, try using cashew cream instead of heavy cream, or if you’re vegan try coconut cream. This dish is very heavy, so a perfect side is something lighter like a salad.

With every bite of this meal, you’ll conjure up the image of an old Italian grandmother cooking in the kitchen. Well Plated shares its recipe for this traditional dish, which includes a wine and tomato base. A splash of balsamic vinegar is added to the sauce, which deepens the flavor beautifully.

White wine, lemon and butter, this recipe from The Cozy Cook has everything you could possibly want in a sauce. It’s also a great dish to prepare if you have any pent-up anger, as the chicken requires some pounding. They reveal their secret of adding a little cold butter at the end to create the velvetiest, smoothest chicken piccata you’ll ever try.

Life In The Lofthouse brings us a classic roasted chicken, with Italian herbs. So simple, so good. It’s the perfect weekday dinner because it only takes 40 minutes to prepare and cook, so those hungry mouths won’t get angry waiting for food. This recipe states not to pound your chicken, leaving it to plump up giving you a nice juicy piece of meat.

Salt and lavender pound the chicken thinly for this delicious lemon butter scallopini. It’s another super quick meal that comes together in just 30 minutes. The chicken’s crispness is created by rolling it in flour and frying.

Shugary Sweets reveals its secret of soaking the chicken in lemon and milk in the fridge to help it soften. It is coated with flour and seasoning, then fried and then baked. The sauce is made from a delicious mixture of broth, tomatoes, cheese, cream and cornstarch to thicken. Oh, and an abundance of Italian herbs too!

What is chicken arrabiata? Directly translated, it means “angry chicken”. Vikalinka assures its readers that it doesn’t taste angry, it tastes heavenly! The main ingredient is canned tomatoes, she stresses the importance of getting the highest quality you can or you’ll sacrifice flavor.

What are the three magic ingredients? Well, of course you have the chicken, then the remaining two are brown sugar and dry Italian seasoning. The sauce is formed from the juices that seep out of the chicken, mixed with dry rub. The Midnight Baker suggests adding some vegetables like mushrooms and green beans to finish off the meal.

This recipe from Easy Chicken Recipes goes a little beyond the three ingredients above, it also uses chicken and dry Italian seasoning, but you can also throw in cream of chicken soup, cream cheese, and chicken broth. It’s a real place and forget that crockpot meal too, no browning the chicken or anything like that. It is just placed and turned on.

This creamy sauced chicken from Carlsbad Cravings can be eaten over pasta or potatoes. Spinach is the signature vegetable of this dish, but it’s quite versatile so you can add whatever you have on hand or prefer, zucchini or mushrooms perhaps.

Crispy, fried, stuffed and sprinkled with cheese. Flawless Food strikes a chord with us with this delicious chicken dish. Pasta, potatoes, chips or salad go beautifully with this cheesy dish.

Small Town Woman bakes and roasts the chicken to perfection. Then serve it with arugula and sliced ​​red onion on top, so we can all feel good about eating said fried chicken. If you like your chicken extra crispy, pounding it is recommended.

Drink Milk encourages you to get your dairy fix with this recipe with an abundance of ricotta. Mixed together with spinach and chicken, then stuffed into cannelloni tubes will make your tummy very happy. The creamy tomato sauce covering the dish finishes it off beautifully.

Spoonful of Flavor offers a similar idea but the spinach and ricotta are stuffed inside the chicken breast and then baked. It keeps the chicken nice and moist and only takes 15 minutes to prepare. A salad is a perfect accompaniment.

Serve Dumplings values ​​people’s time, which is why they shared this amazing chicken meal. A pot means minimal cleaning, and who doesn’t appreciate that? The flavors of garlic, mozzarella and tomato go really well with the chicken, and the flavors aren’t too bold, making it an ideal dinner if you have young children.

JZ Eats throws out a simple basil pesto chicken recipe that works great for dinner or lunch. You can try it with different kinds of pesto too, but we all know basil is the best! It’s such a simple recipe too, all you need is chicken, pesto and the secret ingredient, dijon mustard.

This creamy recipe from Diethood lets you make a basic pesto chicken, but then a more elaborate sauce to pour over it. With evaporated milk to create the creamy texture, the flour thickens it nicely and fresh shredded basil adds the savory flavor that only fresh herbs can provide.

A third and final pesto recipe, because pesto goes so well with chicken. Skinny Spatula combines the chicken with pasta to make it even more Italian! Fresh cherry tomatoes and pine nuts add even more flavor to this delicious combination.

We’ve all heard of ham or bacon carbonara, but did you know you can also use chicken? Not only is it yummy, it also contains a lot more protein. A pinch of healthy makes it even better by including bacon and chicken, because when you think about it, you should never take the bacon out of anything! Eggs, hard cheese and cream form the basis of this classic Italian sauce.

Speaking of cured pork, pancetta is another classic Italian ingredient. Tried and True Recipe combines it with chicken and beans to produce an incredibly filling soup. 12 cloves of garlic give this dish a kick to remember!

Fresh tarragon and white wine make this sauce from Salt and Lavender absolutely flawless. The heavy cream makes it indulgent and satisfying, and the sauce is poured perfectly on top of the mashed potatoes. A meat thermometer is recommended so that you can cook the meat so that it is perfectly juicy.

This Weight Watchers-approved recipe lets you devour chicken parmesan without the guilt. The seasoning of the breadcrumbs is the key to the flavor, and the homemade tomato sauce helps you skimp on the preservatives and increase the vegetable content. Served with a side of rice, pasta or vegetables, it’s comfort food at its best.