This list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022 includes our most searched-for and most-read chicken recipes in 2022, from comforting retro classics such as chicken schnitzel, chicken Stroganoff, chicken Kiev and chicken parma to our shredded chicken salads, chicken curries, chicken noodle soups, and chilaquiles.
We were going to leave our 2022 reviews with our 22 most popular recipes of 2022 and our 22 most popular breakfast egg recipes of 2022 from our Weekend Eggs series, especially seeing it’s now 2023. But then our chicken cacciatore recipe went viral and everyone seems to be searching the site for the best chicken recipes right now.
So we thought we’d end our 2022 reviews with a final round up of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022. Although I probably should have called it a compilation of chicken recipe posts as there are a few chicken recipe collections in there. The more the merrier!
This collection of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022 includes a real mix of new dishes from last year and old recipes from around the world, some dating as far back to the year we launched Grantourismo in 2010 with our year-long global grand tour focused on slow, local and experiential travel.
If you’re arriving here for the first time, on that trip we settled into places for two weeks at a time to get an insight into how locals lived, and in each place that we stayed we explored the local food, engaged with local cooks and chefs, and learnt to cook local specialties. Some of those recipes remain our most popular.
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22 Most Popular Chicken Recipes of 2022 – Chicken Schnitzel, Chicken Stroganoff, Chicken Soup and More
Our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022 included an array of delicious dishes from around the world.
Crunchy Chicken Schnitzel Recipe
Our chicken schnitzel recipe topped the list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022. It makes moist, tender chicken fillets with a super crunchy panko breadcrumb coating elevated with lemon zest and parmesan.
These old-fashioned Australian style chicken schnitties will take you right back to the 1970s. For a complete nostalgia trip, squeeze some lemon wedges over the schnitzels and serve with it with my warm potato salad recipe with anchovies, capers, chives and celery leaves.
I recommend making extra chicken schnitzel fillets so you can make Terence’s chicken schnitzel burger the next day, topped with bacon, cabbage and tomato between soft burger buns, and served with our homemade dill pickles.
Chicken Schnitzel Recipe with Crunchy Panko Breadcrumb Coating with Parmesan and Lemon Zest
Classic Chicken Cacciatore Recipe with Luscious Sauce
We only published this classic chicken cacciatore recipe a little less than a week ago, but then it went viral and as a result it topped the list of our 10 most popular recipes of December 2022 and would have become one of our 22 most popular recipes of 2022 if we’d published that list a few days later.
Our recipe makes a traditional Italian chicken stew with an incredibly luscious tomato sauce. Called pollo alla cacciatora in Italian, which translates to ‘hunter’s chicken’ – ‘pollo’ is ‘chicken’ and ‘cacciatore’ means ‘hunter’ – it’s a rustic old Italian dish traditionally eaten by itself as a second course with crusty bread to mop up the rich sauce.
I personally think a panzanella – the Italian bread and tomato salad from Tuscany – is perfect with this dish. If I was feeding a group of family and friends, I’d also be inclined to serve roast potatoes as a side, such as these hasselback potatoes or, in winter, creamy mashed potatoes. Just don’t tell your Italian friends that came from me!
Chicken Cacciatore Recipe for a Traditional Italian Chicken Stew with Luscious Tomato Sauce
Richly Spiced Cape Malay Chicken Curry Recipe
This Cape Malay chicken curry recipe makes a richly spiced curry from Cape Town and it’s next on the list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022. Our recipe was inspired by the fragrant chicken curry we learnt to make in a Cape Malay cooking class in colourful Bo-Kaap, the heart of Cape Malay culture.
The gently spiced chicken curry is a cousin of the classic Cape Town tomato bredie, above. They’re dishes that locals here in Southeast Asia would describe as ‘same same but different’, sharing a lot of similar spices.
Eaten with aromatic Cape Malay yellow rice, buttery roti, and simple tomato, onion and cucumber sambals, it’s an incredibly delicious curry that you’ll be sorry to finish. Our advice: make double the amount, as it tastes even better as leftovers the next day.
Cape Malay Chicken Curry Recipe for a Richly Spiced Curry from Cape Town, South Africa
Succulent Chicken Kiev Recipe
An iconic Russian dish of chicken breasts stuffed with parsley butter, coated in egg and bread crumbs and fried, chicken Kiev was a dish that featured on my Russian-Ukrainian grandparents’ dining table for holiday meals, so I was delighted to see it land on this list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
Our chicken Kiev recipe makes an incredibly succulent and extra crunchy version of the crumbed chicken breast fillets. Firstly, because we brine the chicken before cooking it. The salt, sugar and garlic add flavour and the chicken breasts stay super moist even if you accidentally overcook the breasts a little.
While most recipes call for breadcrumbs, we use Japanese panko breadcrumbs because they are super dry and add extra texture and crunch. Just don’t tell your baboushka! We serve our chicken Kiev with creamy mashed potato and vegetables such as Brussels sprouts sautéed in crispy bacon.
Chicken Kiev Recipe for a Retro Russian Classic Cooked For Russia’s Tsars
Chicken Parmigiana Recipe for a Classic Chicken Parma
Our endearingly old-fashioned chicken parmigiana recipe makes a delicious chicken parma in the Italian Australian style that appeared in Australia in the 1950s and became a popular mid-week pub counter meal special in the 1980s and it was next on our list 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
With our homemade parmy, succulent chicken breast fillets with a crunchy breadcrumb coating are topped with my rich Italian tomato sauce recipe and melted parmesan cheese and mozzarella. It’s even better than your favourite Aussie pub style parmy.
it’s a good fresh garden salad and crunchy potato fries or wedges that distinguish an Italian Australian chicken parmigiana from its cousins in the USA, which are typically served with spaghetti or another pasta.
Chicken Parmigiana Recipe for a Classic Chicken Parma in the Italian Australian Style
Creamy Chicken Stroganoff Recipe
One of my best Stroganoff recipes, my chicken Stroganoff recipe, like my beef Stroganoff and mushroom Stroganoff, makes a dish that looks and tastes like a rich slow-cooked stew, but it actually doesn’t take long to cook at all. I was so delighted to see it land on this list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
Inspired by what I imagine an old Shanghai-style of Stroganoff might have tasted like, it’s incredibly rich, and redolent of spices. It’s also delightfully tangy due to Worcestershire sauce, which was probably added to the classic beef Stroganoff in the Russian restaurants in Shanghai and Harbin in China in the early 20th century.
I like to serve it with this classic garden salad, perhaps my baboushka’s borscht to start, and perhap some cabbage rolls. For dessert, it has to be pancakes.
Chicken Stroganoff Recipe for a Rich, Spicy, Tangy Old Shanghai Style Stroganoff
Mediterranean Style Braised Chicken with Olives and Capers Recipe
Our braised chicken with olives and capers recipe makes incredibly succulent chicken legs in a Mediterranean style with a couple of surprising Asian ingredients, so it was very cool to see it was one of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
Adapted from a recipe by Australian chef Martin Benn, it’s a foolproof set-and-forget chicken recipe that no matter how long you leave it or reheat it the chicken remains juicy.
Serve it with creamy mashed potatoes or these crunchy Hassleback potatoes made with baby potatoes (also called new potatoes, which cook faster than standard potatoes), and this radish cucumber salad with feta, rucola and fresh herbs.
Braised Chicken with Olives and Capers Recipe for Juicy Mediterranean Style Chicken
Chicken Schnitzel Burger Recipe with Pickle Mayo
This chicken schnitzel burger recipe will make you our crunchy chicken schnitzel with panko breadcrumbs, parmesan and lemon zest, spread with creamy pickle mayo and topped with bacon, cabbage and tomato between soft burger buns.
I remember when Terence was testing the recipe, he made it a couple of times, using both shallow and deep frying. Crispy on the outside and moist and flavourful to bite into, those chicken shnitties were so good.
I think it was the fact we had a couple of extras that inspired this the chicken schnitzel burger recipe. Served with hand-cut spicy potato wedges (and homemade sweet chilli sauce to go with those), it’s home-cooked fast food at its finest and it was so cool to see it make this list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
Chicken Schnitzel Burger Recipe with Creamy Pickle Mayo and Bacon, Cabbage and Tomato
Cambodian Chicken Rice Porridge Recipe
This Cambodian chicken rice porridge recipe for borbor sach moan, also known as Cambodian congee, was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022, and it’s no surprise. It makes a super comforting dish that’s so easy to make.
Traditionally eaten for breakfast, during our ten years in Cambodia we’ve observed Cambodians tuck into big bowls of borbor for brunch, lunch, an afternoon snack, dinner, and a late night supper (i.e. hangover cure).
Fish sauce is an essential condiment and while we like to use local Cambodian fish sauces for Cambodian dishes, you’re unlikely to find those outside the country. We love the Thai fish sauce brand Megachef, although some of our American readers recommend the American-Vietnamese brand Red Boat.
Cambodian Chicken Rice Porridge Recipe for Borbor Sach Moan, Cambodia’s Congee
Classic Cambodian Banana Flower Salad Recipe
This recipe for a banana flower salad – also called a banana blossom salad – makes the Cambodian banana flower salad called gnoam trayong chek in Khmer, and it was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
A fragrant and crunchy salad that is all about the texture and aromas, our banana flower salad includes poached chicken. It’s easy recipe to make, you just need to work fast so your banana flower doesn’t brown.
Like the Cambodian green papaya salad recipe, this banana blossom salad also has cousins in Thailand and Vietnam, which vary slightly. We shared this as part of our series on Cambodia’s wonderful salads that we were recipe testing for our Cambodian cookbook.
Classic Banana Flower Salad Recipe for Cambodia’s Gnoam Trayong Chek
Chicken and Potato Soup Recipe for a Comforting Soup
This easy chicken and potato soup recipe makes a homemade potato and chicken soup from scratch that is comforting and healing, and it was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
It’s a simple, hearty soup that’s subtly seasoned but given texture at the end with crunchy croutons and crispy fried onions, and is enlivened by fresh fragrant dill – or any aromatic herb of your choosing, as it’s also incredibly versatile.
The base of this warming winter soup is the easiest chicken stock you’ll ever make, made from perfectly poached chicken breasts, which you then pull apart and add to the broth near the end. It was a new recipe for 2022 so it was a delight to see it make a couple of our lists.
Chicken and Potato Soup Recipe for a Comforting Soup that Starts with an Easy Stock
Spicy Bang Bang Chicken Salad Recipe
Terence’s bang bang chicken salad recipe is based on one of our all-time favourite Chinese dishes, the classic Sichuan bang bang chicken (棒棒鸡) typically served as one of an array of starters at Sichuanese restaurants, and it’s next on the list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022
It was while testing other poached chicken breast recipes that the idea of transforming the delightfully tongue-tingling, spice-laden bang bang chicken into a lighter yet still filling salad came to Terence.
Crisp lettuce, crunchy cucumbers and fresh coriander really lighten it up, turning it into a salad as addictively delicious as its mother dish. You can easily eat this on its own as a filling lunch or dinner.
Bang Bang Chicken Salad Recipe for a Fresh Light Take on the Spicy Sichuan Speciality
Soy Ginger Chicken Recipe
This fantastic soy ginger chicken recipe was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022. It will make you sticky, flavourful and succulent chicken thighs that we love to serve with Chinese greens or an Asian slaw.
The chicken can be marinated for up to 24 hours before cooking, which ensures it’s packed with flavour, then it can be cooked on a barbecue, grill or in a pan.
It’s a light dish, too, that’s just as satisfying served simply with a salad or steamed rice. It’s amazing how such flavourful juicy chicken thighs come from such a quick and easy recipe.
Soy Ginger Chicken Recipe for Sticky, Flavourful and Succulent Chicken Thighs
Mexican Chilaquiles with Shredded Chicken Recipe
This easy Mexican chilaquiles recipe with fried eggs, shredded chicken and green salsa makes chilaquiles verdes, and it was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
A pre-Hispanic Aztec dish, chilaquiles has long been a popular Mexican breakfast dish, but one that is eaten at any time of day.
Filling and comforting, it makes for a fantastic lunch or dinner. My Mexican friends used to tuck into late-night bowls after an evening spent bar-hopping and clubbing, swearing it was the best hangover cure.
Mexican Chilaquiles Recipe with Fried Eggs, Shredded Chicken and Green Salsa for Chilaquiles Verdes
Burmese Chicken Curry Recipe
This classic Burmese chicken curry recipe makes a fragrant gently-spiced curry that is perfumed with turmeric, ginger, garlic, chilli, and lemongrass. Very straightforward, it was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
A rich curry with a moreish tomato-based gravy and a layer of aromatic oil that’s quickly soaked up by coconut rice, it can be eaten on its own or served with a salad, such as this Shan tomato salad.
I’ve adapted this curry from my favourite Burmese cookbook, Mi Mi Khaing’s Cook and Entertain the Burmese Way, dating to 1978.
Classic Burmese Chicken Curry Recipe for an Aromatic Tomato Based Curry
Comforting Cambodian Chicken Curry Recipe
This Cambodian chicken curry recipe makes one of Southeast Asia’s most comforting chicken curries and it’s next on the list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
It has a depth of flavour that comes from dried spices and fresh aromatic ingredients, a richness thanks to a liberal use of coconut cream and milk, and a gentleness due to the mild red chillies.
You’ll also need this recipe for a red kroeung, the herb and spice paste that is the basis of so many Cambodian recipes.
Cambodian Chicken Curry Recipe for a Gentle Comforting Southeast Asian Curry
Chicken Curry Pie Recipe Made
This chicken curry pie recipe uses the classic Cambodian chicken curry to make a flavourful spicy chicken pie and it was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
Unlike the classic curried chicken pie which uses curry powder to flavour the chicken filling, this recipe uses the Cambodian red curry paste. The classic Cambodian chicken curry has potatoes, long beans and Asian eggplants, which we’ve included to create a really hearty chicken pie.
If you enjoy this also try our recipes for a curry beef pie made with Cambodian Saraman curry based on Cambodia’s Saraman curry, a spicy pork minced pie filled with prahok k’tis, our Saraman curry sausage rolls and sausage rolls with eggplant and pork.
Homemade Chicken Curry Pie Recipe Made with Cambodian Chicken Curry
Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashews Recipe
This stir-fried chicken with cashews recipe makes the Cambodian dish called cha moan krop svay chanti, and it’s another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
A Cambodian-Chinese dish, which has its origins in China, it’s incredibly delicious. A relative of this dish is the Sichuanese favourite kung pao chicken.
Most Cantonese and Thai stir-fried chicken with cashews recipes use chicken breasts, however, Cambodians use chicken thighs, as they love brown meat. The marinade adds a depth of flavour that you don’t find in the other dishes.
Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashews Recipe for Cambodia’s Take on Cashew Chicken
Russian Barley Chicken and Pickle Soup for Rassolnik
Next on the list of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022 is this Russian barley pickle soup recipe for rassolnik made with chicken thighs and vegetables.
It makes a healthy, hearty Russian soup or stew, depending on how dense you like your broths. The soup could be made with beef, veal, lamb, pork, or offal, but my family’s preference was always chicken for rassolnik and borscht made with beef.
Whatever you use, pearl barley is essential. Rassolnik is pickle soup for many and it’s true that pickles are a key ingredient, but for me it’s always been about the pickles and pearl barley.
Russian Barley Pickle Soup Recipe for Rassolnik with Chicken and Vegetables
Burmese Chicken Coconut Soup Recipe
This ohn no khao swe recipe for Myanmar’s Burmese chicken coconut noodle soup is another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022
Our ohn no khao swe recipe will make you one of Myanmar’s most-loved soups alongside mohinga. Terence’s rendition combines the best of the many bowls we slurped on our travels, starting with the first ohn no khao swe we savoured at Yangon’s grand old hotel, The Strand.
Ohn no khao swe consists of egg noodles in an aromatic chicken soup with a coconut milk base, and chicken drumsticks, although we use poached chicken breasts.Garnish with crunchy fried noodles, boiled eggs, shallots, fried garlic, dried chilli, lime, and coriander (cilantro).
Ohn No Khao Swe Recipe for Burmese Chicken Coconut Noodle Soup
Vietnamese Chicken Salad Recipe
This classic Vietnamese chicken salad recipe will make you a fantastic year-round salad and it was another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
It’s fresh, fragrant, textured, and flavourful, not only courtesy of the ingredients, but that quintessential Southeast Asian salad dressing of fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, garlic, and chilli. We make it with pulled poached chicken but you could use rotisserie chicken pieces.
In summer, you can eat it just as it is, as a one-bowl meal or with other salads, and maybe slices of crusty baguette. In winter, you can serve it with warm chicken alongside a warm Vietnamese rice porridge or hot Vietnamese soup.
Vietnamese Chicken Salad Recipe with Crunchy Cabbage and Crispy Fried Shallots
Shredded Chicken Salad Recipe
My shredded chicken salad recipe with cucumber, carrot, daikon, and sesame chilli oil makes a deliciously light yet filling salad that’s perfect for a casual dinner.
Like so many of our original dishes, this shredded chicken salad recipe was the result of an experiment with leftovers, so we’re chuffed it’s another of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022.
We had a little Sichuan sesame sauce left over from a bang bang chicken salad we’d had for dinner the previous night, plus loads of grated carrot and daikon from the char siu pork burger recipe with Asian slaw.
Shredded Chicken Salad Recipe with Cucumber, Carrot, Daikon, and Sesame Chilli Oil
Thai Chicken Satay Skewers Recipe
Our Thai chicken satay skewers recipe will make you sate gai in the Southern Thai style of the kind that you’ll find at street food stalls in Thailand and it’s #22 of the 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022 on Grantourismo.
These Thai street food satay skewers are different to the satay skewers you typically see in cookbooks, magazines and blogs, with big chunky pieces of chicken meat.Thai chicken satay skewers are generally small skewers and the strips of chicken are thin.
Why? Because street food is generally snack food rather than a full meal for Thais. But if Thais wanted to eat a full meal of street food, they wouldn’t only eat chicken skewers, they’d order an array of different dishes and rice, which is how we recommend you eat these too.
Thai Chicken Satay Skewers Recipe for Sate Gai in the Southern Thai Street Food Style
Please do let us know in the comments below if you make any of our 22 most popular chicken recipes of 2022 as we’d love to know how they turn out for you.
