Food and Recipes Meat Chicken 5-Ingredient Chicken Recipes That Are As Simple As They Are Delicious By Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon is an Associate Digital Editor and has been on the Southern Living team since 2017. She helps run the brand's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, where she's happily behind the scenes. When she's not ruffling feathers with an etiquette poll via Instagram Stories, she's writing content for the website and assisting in various print projects like gift guides and home stories. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on May 19, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Christine Keely Cooking at home has endless benefits. To start, you can save money, calories, and get to spend time with your family. But cooking can be time-consuming, and when weeknights get crazy, gourmet is a no-go. If you're looking for quick, easy recipes that won't break the bank, five-ingredient recipes are here for you. Chicken recipes are always a good idea for fast, cost-efficient dinners, especially when they only call for five ingredients. These simple recipes will help you combine a handful of ingredients with pantry staples like butter, oil, and spices to create a crowd-pleasing dinner. When it comes to these five-ingredient chicken recipes, you might have the ingredients already on hand, so you don't even need to make a grocery store run. These simple recipes are perfect for nights when you're cleaning out the pantry or running low on time. Skip the takeout route and serve up these easy five-ingredient chicken recipes for dinner this week. 01 of 16 Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken Caitlin Bensel Recipe: Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken Easy and versatile, salsa chicken can be served over rice, used for quesadillas, in tacos, and more. 02 of 16 Oven-Baked Chicken Drumsticks Antonis Achilleos Recipe: Oven-Baked Chicken Drumsticks Delicious baked chicken is easy to attain, just make sure to use a wire rack so the air can circulate around the chicken for a crispy finish. 03 of 16 Chicken With 40 Leaves of Basil Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Christine Keely Recipe: Chicken With 40 Leaves of Basil A basil and oil mixture adds serious flavor to a whole chicken. Think of it as an herbaceous take on the classic chicken recipe that uses 40 basil leaves and 12 cloves of garlic. 04 of 16 Chicken Salad-Stuffed Tomatoes Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Chicken Salad-Stuffed Tomatoes Fresh tomatoes serve as the perfect base for homemade chicken salad in this colorful recipe that comes together in just 15 minutes. 05 of 16 Dry-Rubbed Smoked Chicken Wings Jennifer Causey Recipe: Dry-Rubbed Smoked Chicken Wings Pitmaster Wade Reich of Butts To Go in Pell City, Alabama, shared the recipe for these easy, flavorful wings with us. The low-and-slow method always works for tender wings. 06 of 16 Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick Photo: Hector Sanchez Recipe: Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick You've never seen golden, crispy grilled chicken quite like this. Your cast-iron skillet works overtime to cook the potatoes and flatten the chicken against the grill so it cooks quickly. 07 of 16 Lemon-Barbecue Chicken Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke Recipe: Lemon-Barbecue Chicken The marinade for this chicken can be made up to two days in advance. Just make sure to allow chicken to marinate for at least three hours before grilling to enjoy maximum flavor. 08 of 16 Mama's Fried Chicken Recipe: Mama's Fried Chicken Less is more when it comes to this simple, classic fried chicken recipe. Mama hasn't been wrong about much, including this crispy chicken. 09 of 16 Poppy Seed Chicken Southern Living Recipe: Poppy Seed Chicken This classic casserole is always a crowd-pleaser. 10 of 16 Chicken Parmesan Pizza Jennifer Davick; Styling: Buffy Hargett Recipe: Chicken Parmesan Pizza Convenient items like jarred pizza sauce and frozen French bread helps pizza night come together with just 5 ingredients. 11 of 16 Lemon Chicken Recipe: Lemon Chicken Using lemons is an easy way to add a bright flavor to chicken and this recipes come together from start to finish in just 20 minutes. 12 of 16 Roast Chicken Photo: Iain Bagwell Recipe: Roast Chicken Master the art of roasting a whole chicken with this easy recipe. 13 of 16 Herb-Grilled Chicken Jennifer Davick; Styling: Alan Henderson Recipe: Herb-Grilled Chicken Use fresh herbs from your garden or grab your favorites at the grocery store. 14 of 16 Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Jennifer Davick Recipe: Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken This chicken recipe is as easy as it gets, and you can replace chicken pieces like wings with those chicken breasts waiting in your refrigerator. 15 of 16 Crunchy Pan-Fried Chicken Southern Living Recipe: Crunchy Pan-Fried Chicken If you're craving fried chicken, lighten up a bit and leave the deep fryer behind. Your cast-iron skillet works just as well for this simple recipe. 16 of 16 Chicken Alouette Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Chicken Alouette This recipe from our December 1991 issue is still a favorite for showers, luncheons, and holiday meals because of its pretty presentation. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit