10 Easy Chicken Breast Recipes
Dry chicken breast is a crime against food. I have five methods to make sure you never commit it again. Chicken breast is the most popular protein in America and also the most frequently ruined — overcooked, underseasoned, and boring. These 11 recipes transform the humble chicken breast into something you’ll actually look forward to eating, using techniques that keep it juicy, flavourful, and far from boring.
The secret to great chicken breast isn’t the recipe — it’s the technique. Brine before cooking (30 minutes in salted water = 30% juicier meat). Pound to even thickness (prevents thin ends from overcooking while the thick centre finishes). Don’t overcook (165F / 74C internal, then REST). Master these three principles and every chicken breast recipe on this page will deliver.
Creamy & Saucy
Marry Me Chicken
Sun-dried tomato parmesan cream sauce. The recipe that makes husbands propose twice. One skillet, 25 minutes, and a sauce so good you’ll eat it with a spoon.
Cowboy Butter Chicken Pasta
Compound butter with garlic, herbs, lemon, and cayenne — melted over pasta with seared chicken. The “cowboy butter” concept applied to chicken is comfort food at its most indulgent.
Creamy Tuscan Chicken
Spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, and cream over seared chicken. Italian-restaurant flavour made at home in 30 minutes. The sauce coats the chicken and doubles as a pasta sauce if you have leftovers.
Global Flavours
Easy Chicken Pad Thai
The most popular Asian recipe on Polish Mom. Sliced chicken breast stir-fried fast over high heat, combined with rice noodles in a tamarind-based sauce. High heat + thin slicing = juicy, flavourful chicken.
Chicken Katsu Curry
Breaded chicken (schabowy technique!) over rice with Japanese curry sauce. The panko coating shatters when you cut into it, revealing juicy chicken underneath. Three textures in every bite.
Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow)
Minced chicken in a spicy sauce with holy basil — the fastest “from scratch” Asian chicken recipe. Five minutes of cooking, maximum flavour, served over rice with a fried egg.
General Tso’s Chicken (Crispy)
Crispy battered chicken in a sweet-spicy glaze. The homemade version uses fresh ingredients instead of the corn-syrup-heavy takeout version. Crispier, fresher, and you control the heat level.
Thai Coconut Curry (Chicken)
Chicken simmered in coconut milk with curry paste, vegetables, and basil. The chicken absorbs the curry and becomes infused with flavour throughout, not just on the surface.
Mexican & Enchilada
Chicken Enchiladas (Creamy Green Chile)
Shredded chicken rolled in tortillas, smothered in creamy green chile sauce. The technique mirrors savoury naleśniki: fill, roll, sauce, bake. Different cuisine, same satisfying format.
Chipotle Chicken Bowl (Copycat)
Chipotle-marinated chicken over cilantro-lime rice with all the fixings. The marinade does the work — chipotle in adobo, lime, cumin, garlic. Thirty minutes from fridge to table.
The Method
Chicken Breast 5 Ways (Never Dry)
The technique article: five cooking methods (pan-seared, baked, poached, grilled, air-fried) with the brining tutorial that transforms every chicken breast. If dry chicken is your problem, this article is your solution.