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3 Chicken Recipes in Under 30 Minutes - Perfect For Weeknight Meals
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- Published on Jun 5, 2023 veröffentlicht
- If you’re like me, you want something quick and easy to cook midweek. Check out these three easy chicken dishes which take less than 30 minutes! They’re simple, delicious and adaptable to suit what’s already in your pantry.
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Recipes
Chicken Pesto Pasta - 4 serves
- 600g thigh fillets, cut into 1cm x 4cm strips
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 500g dried rigatoni
- 300g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 120g baby spinach
- 40g grated parmesan to garnish
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Pesto (recipe below)
Method
1. Start by placing a large pot of salted water over high heat. While the water is starting to boil, get everything else ready - cut the chicken and the tomatoes.
2. Once the water is boiling, cook your dried pasta for 10-12 minutes.
3. While that is cooking, heat the olive oil in a large pan over high heat and add the chicken and season with salt.
4. After 5-6 minutes, add the cherry tomatoes to the chicken.
5. Once the pasta is cooked, drain and reserve some of the pasta water (only use this water if you feel like the sauce is too thick.
6. Stir the pesto through the chicken and tomatoes before adding the cooked pasta and stir well.
7. Turn the heat off and stir through the baby spinach.
8. Serve with grated parmesan over the top.
Pesto
- 80g toasted pine nuts
- 2 cloves garlic
- 30g grated parmesan cheese
- 2 bunches picked basil
- Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
Method
1. Blend everything with a stick blender and you're good to go!
Chicken curry - 4 serves
- Basmati rice to serve (1 cup rice + 1.5 cups water)
- 2 brown onions, sliced thin
- 3cm piece ginger, finely grated
- 5 cloves garlic, finely grated
- 2 bunch asparagus, sliced into 0.5cm pieces
- 600g thigh fillets, cut into 1cm x 4 cm
- 1 tin tomatoes
- 3 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 7 green cardamom pods
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 0.5-2 teaspoons Kashmiri chilli powder
- 2 tbsp greek yogurt (plus more to serve)
- Coriander to garnish
Method
1. Start by placing the rice on to cook.
2. Next, in a large heavy-based pot over high heat, add the grapeseed oil, cinnamon stick and cardamom pods, and cook this for 3-4 minutes or until fragrant.
3. Add the onions and cook them down for 3-4 minutes moving them constantly.
4. Season with salt and once they have halved in size, add the chicken.
5. Stir well and add the rest of the spices. After the spices have toasted for 2 minutes, add the tin of tomatoes and 1/3 cup of water.
6. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes.
7. Add the sliced asparagus, stir through and simmer for another 2 minutes.
8. Turn the heat off and stir through the yogurt.
9. Serve over rice and garnish with coriander
Pan-roasted chicken breast, couscous salad and romesco - 4 serves
- 4 chicken breasts skin on
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1 yellow pepper, diced
- 1 zucchini diced
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 400g couscous
- Romesco sauce to serve (recipe below)
Method
1. Start by seasoning the chicken breast on the skin side, then place a large pan over high heat, add 2 tbsp of olive oil and place the chicken into the cold pan.
2. Cook the chicken in the pan until you have a nice golden colour. Then season the top with salt and pepper and place the whole pan into a 180°c oven for 10-15 minutes or until it reaches an internal temp of 70°c.
3. Cook the veg in a large fry pan with 2 tbsp of olive oil over high heat.
4. After 3 minutes, add the spices and toss, and cook for a further 4-5 minutes or until the veg is just cooked.
5. Remove from the pan and set aside to cool.
6. To cook the couscous, place it into a bowl with 1 tbsp of oil, pour over 600ml of boiling water and mix with a fork. Place a lid on the bowl and leave for 5 minutes.
7. After the 5 minutes, fluff the couscous with the fork and then mix the veg through.
8. To serve, place some of the couscous salad on the plate, then the sliced chicken breast and top with romesco (recipe below).
Romesco
- 330g jar of roasted peppers, drained
- 60g toasted almonds
- 40g sundried tomatoes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Method
1. Blend everything with a stick blender until combined.
00:00 Intro
00:20 Chicken Pesto Pasta
03:55 Chicken Curry
08:22 Chicken breast 
Howto & Style
Andy, you are fast becoming my favourite Clip-Share chef. Very relatable, simple yet delicious looking home cooking. Keep it up!
Thank you!
@Andy Cooks Came here to write exactly the same thing. I cook for myself and many recipes on Clip-Share are just a bit too complicated or have a few too many ingredients to be worth the effort and expense, but these look delicious and achievable for someone with my limited experience. Thanks Andy, keep it up!
I just made the Pan-Roasted Chicken (Thighs), Couscous Salad, and Romesco, and it was delicious! Thank you so much for your content, Chef Andy! It's helping me not only be able to cook healthier for my family, but it's also helping my build my confidence in the kitchen with your easy to follow recipes and general approach to cooking. Much love to you and the team for all of your hard work.
Andy makes everything look so easy to prepare and cook
thank you. i hope it helps with your meal planning
haha I know, don't even get me started on how fast he sliced up that chicken thigh while also talking
Hi Andy! I wanted to thank you for putting together those amazing recipes and videos. You really put a lot of time and effort into this, and I appreciate it. I'm going to try out all of the recipes soon - I think they look delicious! Thank you again for taking the time to create these wonderful dishes. Danielle 😊
Hey Andy really love this one. Perfect balance of professional expertise, relatability and practicality. You are so likeable! Much love from Canada
I really appreciate that, thank you!
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Watch this guy regularly now, good recipes, presented well, no fuss. He seems like a proper chef who provides recipes we can all do fairly easily. Keep those videos coming. Hope to see longer ones like this over the shorts.
Well thank you Chef Andy!! I always struggle with what to do with leftover chicken, these are great recipes for that.
And remember we can't have Babe upset 😂
You guys are awesome Chef thank you and the Babe ❤️
Thank you!
I just love andy's cooking. Aussie cooking is all about freshness and simplicity. Australians are lucky to have the freshest seafood, lamb and beef, and many aussie chefs use elements of thai and malaysian cuisine by incorporating sweet, sour and spicy flavors into every dish. This is what makes the aussie food scene truly vibrant, and Andy emodies that. Cheers Andy, keep up the good work.
I love Andy’s cheerfulness while cooking and delight when the results are good. I’m smiling the whole time I’m watching 😊
I'm not a chef, but I have some culinary training, and I just love how you explain what you do in each each step. Instead of saying "cook on medium heat" you say WHY. So important!
Andy and Ethan C are the best cooking Clip-Share channels. Practical recipes real cooking an no excessive annoying edits. Love Ethan’s deep dives too
Ethan is a legend!
Andy, you're making great videos with easy to cook recipes for home cooks. One of the interesting lessons is how you have many things (oils, spices, vegetables) "ready to go" where you can mix them in and optimize your time.
Can you make a video on the things a home cook can prepare ahead of time to be able to mix things and finish fast?
I'd say look at whichever recipe and prep accordingly as it always changes
Andy, your personality and cooking skills are simply amazing! It's unbelievable how your recipes are so fast to make yet so delicious! Greetings from Poland :)
Andy as always you make it easy for a bloke like me to look good in the kitchen. I have never made pesto before I have always purchased it. I have added the pesto chicken pasta to my menu this week. You made it look easy and if I can pull it off within a half hour. That will be a game changer for me. I spend way to much time in the kitchen.
Absolutely love this channel! Making me wanna cook all day everyday 😁🤘🏼
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Did the first one for the family tonight (5 of us) What a HIT. Can't believe the difference home made Pesto tastes
Thank you Andy. You make it look so simple. Looking forward to your next one. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
This was fantastic! I can't wait to try these recipes out.
Andy. It’s so transparent the way you love food and the crafty art of cooking you pour into all you do that is simply almost impossible not to follow you. I just hope I could ever see you cook with one of our most Argentine ingredient: DULCE DE LECHE. That would rock my world!! Thanks. From Buenos Aires, Charlie
WOW! Loved this one, chef. So practical, so good, so smart, so appealing!!
definitely gonna cook those to the family
Awesome, let me know how they go!
you inspire me to cook again, Andy. I used to be a cook but covid sent me to the office but I think I'm ready to go back
When you see a renowned chef making the mistake of the undersized pot, it helps a lot taking the pressure off when you're in the same position. Thanks Andy! :)
Loving the new format. Also Loving the relaxed no stress approach.
Awesome video mate. Demystifying the art of cooking and elevating it to next level. Thanks again
I am a foodie however i find it hard to cook and make my own meals - I want to conquer this issue as I do not want to just grab things that are not good for me. This format is great I really like this way you break it down and make it simple to follow and the food looks great and fresh. I think I can do it a I want to eat the food!
Chef Andy is the best! Thank you for inspiring me to cook 😊
Thanks for watching legend and keep up the cooking!
Thanks for the mid week ideas! I make chicken pesto on occasion but usually buy the pesto 🤷♀️ thanks for the recipe 👍
This is the exact way I like to cook on a weeknight. Good show!
thanks mate, this is so extremely helpful and really relieves the stress of weeknight cooking. love it!!
Hi Any, I cooked your Pan-roasted chicken breast, couscous salad and romesco. The dish was amazing and the Romesco is beyond amazing lol. But for some reason though my couscous went gluggy when i prepped it, any ideas at all to why?
I am going to cook all of these!! I’ve been craving pesto chicken pasta for quite a while now! You must have read my mind!
Can't wait to try the Romesco Andy, thanks for these mate! You always motivate me to cook
Thanks legend. Romesco is such a good sauce to have in the fridge!
Andy. Thank you. I need more simple, quick recipes for my repertoire.
This is great. Thank you so much for taking time to do this for us
Amazing simple meals with affordable ingredients 😊
fine video Andy, the process and your explanations of recipes is very good, this is really good channel!!!
I made your Pork Adobo for my girlfriend,Andy!! Came out super good. Defs gonna try more of your recipes!! Awesome
Mate love your cooking, you really are an incredibly versatile chef. I have one tip for any Pakistani or Indian curry, when browning onions - take them past just transluscent and go all the way to brown almost crispy (not like soft caramelised onions) while maintaining medium high heat. Its our secret to bringing out the super caramelised sugars in our dishes. Big love fom Pakistan!
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And THIS is why you're at the top of the food chain Andy - thanks for the insights and inspiration. Hello from London : - )
Hey there legend. Always love your vids and recipes. Was thinking, since it's really cold almost everywhere right now, what are you go to simple soups that are easy to make but always warms you and fills you up real good? Would love to try one of yours! ❤
I love cooking any kind of chicken recipes I will definitely try these hopefully mine turn out as good as yours. Andy you have become my favorite chef to watch much respect from a guy living in a small town in the mountains of Virginia USA.
Hi Andy, really loved this video. Could you do a video showing what we need in our kitchens to make your amazing food ie simple appliances, pans/ pots, spices/herbs and some pantry staples. Thanks mate
If you want to make a ripper of a recipe book, make one with sauces, marinades and dressings, explain what they would go good with, how to store them properly etc
With your knowledge and your recipes, you can’t go wrong!!!
Everything looks great but my favorite is the couscous salad. Looks so delicious.
Oh yeah, that's a good one 👌
LOVE your channel! Great to see that you have so much success with it, well deserved! Greetings from Germany! PS, I also love oliebollen, lived in the Netherlands :)
Big fan, ♥️💌
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They are brilliant Andy. The chicken and couscous salad looks like a ripper!!!
It is a good one 👌
Even though I rarely follow the exact recipes you do since I rarely eat meat, I take so much inspiration from your videos!! :)
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Andy the legend, always killin it with delicious recipes!
Thank you legend!
Another little cost saving with your pesto is the use of unsalted roasted cashews - they give a lovely creaminess like the pinenuts at a fraction of the cost.
Only thing I’d do differently is with the curry dish. Fry up your dry spices in only before adding the other ingredients. It helps those spice to bloom and have a deeper flavour. My Guyanese mom always said to do this to take the greenness out of the curry spices.
Just cooked the chicken curry with some zucchini, was fantastic. I already knew based off cooking your butter chicken that it's be a winner.
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Just as a note - at least in the US, it's often not safe to cook with water from your hot tap, as older water heaters can have lead buildup in them.
That said, fantastic meal ideas!
Those recipes looks incredible, could I get a beautiful recipe for Borscht please? Thanks Chef Andy!
Greetings. Fascinating how easily transferring all the ingredients and combine them into a perfect dish !! Andy, I`ve got one question. Have you ever tried to put minced roasted cashews in pesto before ?
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Great content, simple and straight forward and easy to follow… go the Ozzie
You sir are an icon. Love LOVE your videos man. You explain things so easily
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If you’re learning how cook this is a great video to start with!
He’s a professional so obviously he knows what he’s doing. But he’s SHOWING the little steps that make a great home cook. Boiling the water first, properly oiling the pan the cooks the chicken, TASTING THE SAUCE, and adjusting. Adjusting a recipe to fit the ingredients you have, using the old lemon in the fidge. Like these where all leasons I had learn the hard way. It took me years to learn what he shows in first 5 minutes of this video!
wonderful ingredients everything looks so delicious.i will definitely be trying these all out. 🍲🍛🥗🍷🍷 Thank you 🙏
Hi Chef, I love your ginormus cutting board. How big is it, brand and where can I get one? Also, how do you keep it looking so good? I love your videos and cooking on Clip-Share and instagram. Watching from Charleston SC, USA ❤
I have made the romesco chicken twice now and holy moly it has blown me away both times. It is also so quick to make!! Big wins
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Love to see your take on BIR base gravy type curry
Love this guy. My favorite Clip-Share chef. I'm going to try that first pesto and make it for my wife.
Thanks, never heard of Romesco, Will definitely try that. Yea pasta pesto with cherry tomatoes is the easiest flavour bomb comforting meal out I reckon 👌
That kus kus chicken 🥗 salad made me really, really hungry. Thank you, chef, for sharing this recipe. In chicken curry, we add garam masala here in india, which is a mix of 13 different spices. Please give it a try.
I did add garam masala to this one, it's such a good spice mix 👌
Garam masala is probably one of the most under rated spices around. It’s not “spicy” as such but throws in a body and texture that would be missing without it
Loving these new vids from the home kitchen Andy!
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Thank you because I was soo tired of trying to think of new dishes that I never could think of. ❤
Hope it helps!
There were Two wonderful recipes for those with a limited budget. Meaning recipes made with common ingredients, or with substitutable ingredients. So you could sub in chicken thighs you bone out. As a life long tight budget cook it is good to see these kinds of recipes. Perhaps you could do a few small series of meals based on the progressive use of the main food. For instance; from a turkey, which I bone out, I get turkey breast cutlets or fingers, thighs for a roast or a pie or a casserole or a pan fry. Then there is the carcass for turkey stock which becomes turkey soup or a base for turkey and dumplings. A good sized ham is another meat that has a long life in my kitchen . You of all people must have some recipes that naturally follow others. Help people like me punch up our cooking with some new combinations.❣️
Love your work🥰
That's what this series is all about and we'll continue to develop them. Thanks for watching!
Love your kitchen
Love your person
Loove your cooking style
❤️ 😍
Awesome video and content. Would love more like this!
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I think the last one might be my favorite... I'm gonna make it with quinoa and boneless thighs tonight!!
Nice 👌
It’s great to see talent people with real passion for their craft get the recognition they deserve
Glad to see your doing long form videos! Keep up the good work
Very nice explanation @andycooks bro and simple but delicious cooking. Cheers 🥂
A kitchen tour vid would be awesome Andy!
I'll do one when I'm in my own kitchen - currently building it 👌
All three look delicious! 😋
It's hard to pick a favourite
@Andy Cooks That's when you go Harry Potter and say, I'll take the lot! 😁 Thank you and Summer for introducing me to new-to-me-recipes. You guys are awesome! 💙
I enjoy the fact that you always seem to ENJOY your foods!!
I love it, just as much as i love cooking
Love the channel Andy. Do you think you could share a few kitchen skills? I'm keen to learn how to chop more efficiently and safer. Cheers
I'm saving this one for sure🤤
I love you video Andy. You should do a collaborative cooking session with your better half.
One day! Could be very entertaining.
Awesome chicken, Andy! You’re the best!
Hoping to see Ribena Chorba and Makalo from Ohrid on here one day 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰
Maybe one day!
I will send you the family recipe anytime if you want to experiment with it!
I love the “Shorts” with Babe! She eats so well!
Thanks! We'll get here on one of these longer videos soon!
Love this, they all look so great! (although each one would probably take me an hour and a half. LOL!)
It's all about the prep. Prep everything first and the cooking will be a lot easier!
@Andy Cooks Roger that!
Almost all nuts are too expensive for me, so I substituted a smaller portion of toasted sunflower seeds. Worked great, no one knew.
Love your videos. Love the way you cook chicken breast…so juicy. Still waiting for your website😢
It is coming, hopefully next month!
Andy, your videos & shorts are brilliant. Thanks heaps for the handy tips and even better recipes that are easy to follow.
Love these great receipes thanks so much for sharing! I'm certainly trying the romanesco recipe!!
Simple delicious recipes 👍🏻
Will be making these soon. Looks delicious
Let me know how they go!
Very much enjoy your videos and especially the interactions with wife and friends. Thanks again!!!
YUM they look great - Wish my family weren't so fussy, but I'm all in.
Learned a new word for bell peppers today, thanks Andy! Cheers from Sweden!
Love this Andy well done you 💞
i am always looking for cheapy easy delicious meals to make every time of the year
Andy can you please do some meal prep recipes!
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Thank you for sharing Andy have a blessed day stay safe and healthy. Love all the recipes delicious yummy. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏😋😋😋😋
Thank you!
Have watched and rewatched a good 10 hours of these videos and made a few dishes.. ! Thanks mate
The problem is finding chicken breast with the skin on ... any tips? Without having to buy and cut-up whole chickens. Made the pesto dish tonight, was very good and didn't take me too long.
never heard of this romesco sauce, definitely will try, thanks for the tip!
It's a great sauce
These are exactly the kind of dishes I want to learn how to make. The only issue I have is the amount of oil in the last dish. I'm guessing it works if I just use less?
Yes, it will still work 👌
Most superheroes wear capes or have an icon….. Andy, he has the infamous black shirt.
But not all capes wear a superhero 😂
haha this is awesome!
I have that same shirt!
Nick DiGiovanni is the Robin to Andy's Batman as he wears the same thing.
@Brooks Norris 🤣🤣🤣👌🏼