Inexpensive and easy to cook, chicken is perfect on our summer plates. Here are 23 recipes to try it in every way.
How to make a summer chicken recipe?
Long live the marinade
Marinating chicken is a breeze. Wings, skewers, fillets, crispy or more tender, all marinades are suitable. If you decide to cook your chicken on the barbecue grill, opt for a rather liquid marinade based on olive oil. To do this, make a marinade using olive oil and then add the ingredients of your choice to flavor it: lemon, garlic, spices, aromatic herbs. You will amaze your guests if you opt for a fruit marinade which will go very well with chicken on skewers combined with peach, the star fruit of summer. We leave the chicken to marinate for 24 hours and that’s it. On the other hand, if you prefer to use a plancha, you can make a thicker marinade based on yogurt or honey, for example.
The ally of our salads
After a hearty barbecue, there are often leftover chicken that should not be thrown away since chicken is also eaten cold. Make a Caesar salad to use up your leftover chicken. You can also bread them and enjoy them in a salad or in croquettes as an aperitif with a few drops of lime juice. Also at aperitif time, you can use your leftover chicken to make toast that you can garnish with radish pickles or pesto.
In a sandwich
Chicken is a white meat that is very easy to incorporate into our preparations. Low in calories, it makes our recipes lighter and more digestible than with other meats. If you’re craving a burger in the middle of August, replace your ground meat with a chicken fillet. Generally speaking, chicken sandwiches are very nice in summer for a picnic or if you want to eat on the go. As a club sandwich, bánh mì or with baguette, you have the choice. They will also be the allies of our wallets.
Chicken skewers with lemon and candied lemon
© Pierre Baëlen
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
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Chicken salad with mimolette
© Akiko Ida
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chicken salad with mimolette
Marinated chicken wings
© Valéry Guedes
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Marinated chicken wings
Chicken, zucchini and pesto toast
© Rina Nurra
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
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- See the recipe: Chicken, zucchini and pesto toast
Chicken pad thai
© Frédéric Lucano, Sonia Lucano / Éditions Hachette Cuisine
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chicken Pad Thai
Cesar salad
© Valéry Guedes
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 25 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Caesar salad
Banh mi chicken and raw vegetables burger
© Carrie Solomon
- 6 persons
- Level: Easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
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- See the recipe: Banh mi chicken and raw vegetables burger
Chicken wings
© Chloé Saada
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 5 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chicken wings
Chicken club salad
© Guillaume Czerw
- 3 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chicken club salad
Club sandwich lamb’s lettuce, chicken
© Akiko Ida
- 2 persons
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
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- See the recipe: Club sandwich lamb’s lettuce, chicken
Breaded chicken salad, spring onions, radishes
© Pierre Baëlen
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 30 minutes of preparation
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- See the recipe: Breaded chicken salad, spring onions, radishes
Lemon and Cucumber Chicken
© Marie-Pierre Morel
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 30 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Lemon and Cucumber Chicken
Chicken salad with herbs and raspberries
© Akiko Ida
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chicken salad with herbs and raspberries
Chicken pizza, mozzarella, spinach
© Valéry Guedes
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 35 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chicken pizza, mozzarella, spinach
Lime breaded chicken breasts
© Danièle Gerkens
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Breaded chicken breasts with lime
Caesar salad, roast chicken with lemon
© Léa Boeglin
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Caesar salad, roast chicken with lemon
Caesar salad sandwich
© Grégoire Kalt
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Caesar salad-style sandwich
Marinated chicken skewers with peaches
© Christophe Roué
- 4 people
- Level: Very easy
- 10 minutes of preparation
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- See the recipe: Marinated chicken skewers with peaches
Bánh mì with chicken and lemongrass
© Grégoire Kalt
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 25 minutes of preparation
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- See the recipe: Bánh mì with chicken and lemongrass
Chicken toast with radish pickles
© Carrie Solomon
- 4 people
- Level: Easy
- 20 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Chicken toast with radish pickles
Sloppy Joe’s Coleslaw Ginger Chicken Burger
© Carrie Solomon
- 6 persons
- Level: Easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Sloppy Joe’s Coleslaw Ginger Chicken Burger
Smørrebrøds chicken salad and seasonal green sprouts
© Nathalie Carnet
- 2 persons
- Level: Easy
- 25 minutes of preparation
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- See the recipe: Smørrebrøds chicken salad and seasonal green sprouts
Barbecue grilled half chicken
© Virginie Garnier
- 2 persons
- Level: Easy
- 15 minutes of preparation
- Cheap
- See the recipe: Barbecue Grilled Half Chicken
