Chicken Dinners
Easy chicken dinners for weeknights, from one-pan mains to oven classics.
Weeknight dinners you'll actually cook.
Pakistani and Indian chicken dinners, curries, rice and desserts for weeknight home cooks.
Chicken dinners tonight
Pick by time — or by whether you can marinate ahead.
25 minutes, no marinating
- Easy Creamy Chicken Pasta Recipe (One-Pan, 25 Minutes) · 25 min· Easy· Stovetop
Marinate ahead, grill tonight
- Grilled Chicken Marinade - 5 Marinades from One Base · Guide
- Tandoori Chicken Recipe — Smoky Oven Tandoori at Home · 50 min· Medium· Oven
- Chicken Shawarma Recipe — Desi Marinade, Oven Method · 45 min· Medium· Oven
- Roast Chicken Recipe — Desi-Spiced Whole Chicken at Home · 1 hr 45 min· Medium· Oven-roasted (two-stage)
- Air Fryer Chicken Thighs — Tikka-Style, Crispy Skin · 35 min· Easy· Air fryer
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Curry and Rice
Pakistani and Indian curry and rice — butter chicken, biryani and basmati, with the rice that goes with them.
Weeknight & Desserts
Fast weeknight food and sweet endings, from smash burgers and tacos to gulab jamun and chocolate cake.
What to Cook This Month — November 2026
One dish at a time, in season and in order — the three latest recipes from our monthly series.
What to Cook This Month · No. 1
Butter Chicken Recipe: Creamy Murgh Makhani at Home
Char the chicken hard, then stir the cream in off the heat so the sauce stays silky.
What to Cook This Month · No. 2
Chicken Biryani Recipe — Hyderabadi Dum, Step by Step
Layered, sealed, low and slow — 400 g rice to 500 g chicken, dum 20–25 minutes.
What to Cook This Month · No. 3
Tandoori Chicken Recipe — Smoky Oven Tandoori at Home
Deep slits, a thick yogurt marinade, and a hot oven finished under the broiler.
Latest recipes
Crispy Pakora Recipe: Pakistani Mixed Vegetable Fritters
Weeknight & Desserts
Medium·Stovetop (Deep-Fry)
Published November 8, 2026
Chicken Shawarma Recipe — Desi Marinade, Oven Method
Chicken Dinners
Medium·Oven
Published November 8, 2026
Chicken Biryani Recipe — Hyderabadi Dum, Step by Step
Curry and Rice
Medium·Dum
Published November 8, 2026
Roast Chicken Recipe — Desi-Spiced Whole Chicken at Home
Chicken Dinners
Medium·Oven-roasted (two-stage)
Published November 8, 2026
Air Fryer Chicken Thighs — Tikka-Style, Crispy Skin
Chicken Dinners
Easy·Air fryer
Published November 8, 2026
Butter Chicken Recipe: Creamy Murgh Makhani at Home
Curry and Rice
Medium·Stovetop
Published November 8, 2026
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What is the fastest chicken dinner on this site?
The fastest chicken dinner on this site is creamy chicken pasta — one pan, 25 minutes from start to finish, with no marinating. Air-fryer chicken thighs are next at 35 minutes. Both are Easy, both cook fast on a weeknight, and creamy chicken pasta serves four while the thighs serve six.
Which chicken dinner needs no marinade?
Creamy chicken pasta and baked chicken thighs need no marinade — the chicken cooks straight away, with no waiting. Tandoori chicken needs about two hours in a yogurt marinade, and chicken shawarma needs three, so they are plan-ahead dinners, not spur-of-the-moment ones.
Which chicken dinner feeds a crowd?
Three chicken dinners on this site serve six: chicken shawarma, air-fryer chicken thighs and baked chicken thighs. Creamy chicken pasta and tandoori chicken serve four, roast chicken serves five, and the marinade guide is a guide, not a dinner. Air-fryer chicken thighs are the quickest of the six-serving dinners at 35 minutes.
Karahi Table shares weeknight recipes and practical cooking guidance for home cooks.