31 Ground Chicken Recipes for Simple, Flavorful Meals
These easy ground chicken recipes will quickly transform the pound of meat in your fridge into something flavorful and satisfying. Ground chicken can make herby meatballs, juicy dumplings, crispy lumpia, and hearty (healthy-ish) double-stacked burgers. The lean ground meat is also a perfect canvas for fragrant spice—perhaps from an unexpected source.
Below you’ll find our favorite ways to use ground chicken (ground breast meat and dark meat chicken mince) in tonight’s meal, whether you’re craving a mountain of pasta, a steaming bowl of soup, or chicken chili with all the fixings.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell1/30Freeform Chicken Meatballs With Carrots and Yogurt Sauce
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich2/30Double-Stack Mushroom and Chicken Cheeseburgers
We'd happily eat these double-stacked burgers any day. The secret to truly juicy, delicious chicken burgers? Make the patties with a mix of mushrooms and ground chicken for great texture and deep, earthy flavor. This is one of those dinner recipes you'll crave over and over.
Baxter Miller3/30Sloppy Joe Shirred Eggs With Spinach
Of course, most ground turkey recipes can also be made with ground chicken. If you have the option, go with dark meat poultry for this Sloppy-Joe-inspired sauce, which uses carrots and deeply caramelized onions for balanced sweetness. Eggs and garlicky spinach turn it into a meal, while a bit of Parmesan cheese completes the dish. Want to get ahead of the game? Make your onions in advance and freeze them.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Pearl Jones4/30West Indies Shepherd’s Pie
Looking for ground chicken recipes that taste like pure comfort food? Start with Brigid Washington’s take on shepherd's pie, which subs in ground chicken for the classic lamb and boosts the flavor with Angostura bitters, ginger, habanero chile, and fresh lime. The mashed potato topping, though? That stays.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou5/30Pan-Fried Chicken and Cabbage Dumplings
Hand-chopped chicken breast makes the juiciest dumpling filling, but you can substitute ground chicken breast or thigh meat. Fresh ginger, chopped scallions, sesame oil, and a tablespoon of chicken bouillon powder add lots of pizzazz. To crisp up enough for the whole family, you’ll need at least 20 circular wrappers.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne6/30Chicken Meatballs With Whipped Tahini and Arugula
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson8/30Herby Chicken Kofta Meatballs
This big batch of meatballs is inspired by kofta, the flavor-packed ground meat patties popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Stash them in your freezer so you always have the building blocks of a great low-carb meal.
Photo by Dan Perez9/30Broiled Eggplant Salad With Sumac Chicken and Pine Nuts
This eggplant salad from The Arabesque Table by Reem Kassis is topped with cumin- and black-pepper-scented ground chicken and sprinkled with tangy sumac.
11/30Chicken Zucchini Burgers
When you combine minced chicken with shredded veggies and a tangy Greek yogurt sauce, you get a remarkably juicy, hefty burger. A little hummus in the pita is a great addition.
Photo by Louise Hagger13/30Lumpia Ayam Sayur
We have a few essential tips for making these chicken and garlic spring rolls. First, consider doubling the batch—extras can be frozen before frying, so you can have a crispy snack on demand. Second, Let the filling cool completely before rolling the spring rolls; any warmth will make the dough difficult to handle.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton14/30Chicken Meatballs With Molokhieh, Garlic, and Cilantro
Molokhieh is often found at Middle Eastern grocery stores, but a blend of spinach and okra works well if you can't find the distinctively silky leafy greens. Just don't skip the crispy garlic topping.
