50 Quick & Easy Weeknight Chicken Dinners for Families (on a budget!) (2024)

Make the viral Tik Tok Folded Quesadillas yourself with this easy recipe! Fill it with chicken, corn, avocado, cheese, and beans, or your favorite quesadilla ingredients.

KIds will get such a kick out of this!

When you can’t decide between tacos or pizza, make Chicken Taco Pizza!

It’s assembled and served like a pizza topped with everything you love about tacos.

The best of both worlds!

Make better-than-restaurant chicken tenders right in your air fryer.

Kids will gobble these down, with their favorite dipping sauce of course.

The parents can eat them on a salad or wrap, if you’re not into dipping.

Chicken topped with a fresh marinara sauce topped with fresh mozzarella cheese and baked on Hawaiian sweet rolls and slathered with garlic butter.

Super kid friendly!

If you’ve been on the lookout for an easy, healthy, mostly hands-off recipe to add some spice to your weeknight dinner routine, this is for you.

These quick and simple Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas are made with fewer than 10 ingredients and just a few minutes of active prep time.

Just 3-ingredients for this easy Pizza Chicken Bake! A healthy dinner idea that can be made dairy-free, gluten-free, allergy-free, low-carb keto, or paleo.

Kids will love this chicken casserole recipe that can be customized with homemade marinara sauce and any pizza toppings you want.

Tender, juicy chicken breasts are tossed with a homemade marinade of lime, cumin, and chili powder.

Quickly sauteed with bell peppers and onions to crisp perfection, then piled high in a warm tortilla, it tastes like restaurant food at home.

Enjoy diced chicken, coated in a creamy Parmesan mayonnaise sauce, then baked to perfection.

It’s juicy, tender, and ideal for any day of the week. Serve it over pasta, zoodles, rice, potatoes, or on its own.

Just like Mom used to make, this chicken and rice dish is easy enough for beginners because it’s a dump and bake casserole.

Comfort food made extremely easy!

This chicken recipe is so easy to make and totally packed with flavor.

The shredded Italian cheese gives it a delicious cheesy taste, while the cornflakes add a nice crunch.

This Chicken Stuffing Casserole dinner is the ultimate comfort food and SO easy to make too!

It can easily be made ahead of time and put into the oven when you are ready to cook it for dinner.

This mouthwatering dish combines juicy chicken, crispy bacon, and golden tater tots, all smothered in a rich and creamy ranch sauce.

It’ll become a family favorite with its irresistible blend of savory flavors and textures.

Dust off that Instant Pot to make his creamy Chicken Bacon Ranch Alfredo. It’s crazy easy because everything cooks right in your pressure cooker, INCLUDING the bacon.

Plus, it doesn’t have too many ingredients, making it really affordable too.

This easy shortcut version of the traditional King Ranch Chicken Casserole takes just 10 minutes to prep with the same cheesy Tex-Mex flavors.

Kid-friendly layers of chicken, cheese, cream soup and tortilla chips make it feel like you’re getting away with eating cheesy salsa dip and chips for dinner!

These crispy Italian chicken cutlets are coated in a seasoned breading and fried until perfectly crispy.

It’s perfect atop your favorite pasta, or for flavorful sandwiches and salads.

This crazy easy Mexican Chicken Casserole is a super simple weeknight meal that packs in the flavor and leaves you craving more.

Made with tender shredded chicken, salsa, black beans, corn, and a special blend of spices, it takes all the best flavors and combines them into a quick and easy one-dish dinner.

This easy Chicken Rigatoni recipe serves up tender, bite sized chicken morsels in a rich and creamy tomato sauce.

Loaded with Italian flavors and comes together so easily, it’s cheesy, hearty and guaranteed to satisfy kids and adults alike!

Grilled honey balsamic chicken breasts are grilled juicy and glazed in a sweet and tangy marinade that your family will devour.

Serve it alongside your favorite side dishes, or in a sandwich or wrap.

Cheesy Dorito Chicken Casserole is an easy dinner for any night of the week.

This cheesy casserole is full of chicken, tomatoes, corn, black beans, and Doritos. Kids and picky husbands alike gobble this down!

Both kids and adults love food in a bowl! And not only is this chicken taco rice easy to make and eat, it’s packed full of delicious veggies.

Made with delicious Mexican flavors, you can even make it in advance and reheat for dinner. Plus it makes a tasty lunch the next day.

A little sweet and a little spicy, this Air Fryer Orange Chicken is so incredibly tasty!

Serve it with rice and you are ready to enjoy a hearty dinner that is better than takeout.

So much easier than a traditional rolled and breaded cordon bleu, this recipe has even more flavor.

With chicken, ham, and swiss in a creamy dijon sauce, you won't miss the breading one bit. It’s pure comfort food!

Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan recipe is easy and delicious, and doesn’t require any frying.

You can pull together this crispy baked Parmesan crusted chicken for dinner in about thirty minutes.

Boldly seasoned blackened chicken, seasoned to perfection, nestled in warm tortillas and topped with fresh toppings.

These blackened chicken tacos have an explosion of flavors in each bite.

Indulge in the ultimate comfort food with this crock pot garlic parmesan chicken pasta recipe.

Slow-cooked to perfection, tender chicken is shredded in a flavorful garlic parmesan sauce, creating a mouthwatering dish that will leave you craving for more.

Convenient, versatile, and family-friendly, this easy meal is impressive with its perfect ratio of rich flavors and minimal effort.

If mashed potatoes are popular in your home, your family will adore this chicken shepherd’s pie.

You can use any veggies you have on hand, fresh or frozen, making it a versatile and convenient dinner.

WIth just 3 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time, you can have this flavorful Swiss Chicken in the oven.

Which reminds us that you can make a totally delicious dinner with minimal effort.

If your family likes buffalo wings, or a bit of spice, they’ll love Buffalo Chicken Casserole.

It is just spicy enough and packed with bold flavors that both kids and adults alike appreciate.

Use regular or cauliflower rice, depending on your preferences.

Talk about a classic, simple, and budget-friendly recipe, these baked chicken drumsticks come out perfectly every time.

Serve them with your favorite sides, and watch everyone gobble up dinner.

Save yourself the cooking cleanup, and make this super flavorful and easy one-dish Italian Dressing Chicken with Veggies and Potatoes.

With just a few minutes of prep and a few simple ingredients, this recipe just proves how simple ingredients often taste the best.

This rich and creamy chicken alfredo tortellini tastes just like (or even better than!) the now discontinued Panera Bread version.

Made with a homemade alfredo sauce, this easy weeknight copycat recipe is kid-friendly comfort food done right.

This creamy, cheesy, low carb Chicken Broccoli Bake is an easy way to make a healthy, keto meal for the whole family .

Use shredded rotisserie in this gluten free cheddar chicken broccoli casserole to make it even easier.

You can even serve it with some noodles or rice for the kids.

This easy dinner just might become a new staple in your dinner rotation.

Tender chicken thighs, coated in a sweet and salty sauce is so good with just a simple bowl of plain white rice or other easy side.

Million Dollar Chicken casserole is the definition of easy comfort food.

Made with just a few simple ingredients, it comes together super quickly.

The chicken breast is topped with a creamy mixture of cheese, and crispy bacon, then baked until juicy and creamy.

Panko Crusted Chicken with Ranch is the best crispy baked chicken you’ll ever make.

It has a crunchy breadcrumb exterior and is seasoned with everyone’s favorite flavor - ranch!

Simplify stir fry by making it on a sheet pan!

This sheet pan chicken and mango is packed with flavor and super easy to make on a busy weeknight. Serve over a bed of rice for a balanced meal.

You can even swap the chicken for shrimp, tofu, or your favorite protein.

Tender seasoned chicken, onions, peppers, and loads of melty cheese, this is everything you love about fajitas in a simple-to-make casserole.

Plus, you can even prepare it in advance and toss in the oven for a quick and delicious dinner.

Packed with flavor, Ritz Chicken Casserole uses rotisserie chicken in a savory creamy sauce with a buttery crushed Ritz cracker topping.

You can serve it with a vegetable on the side or add veggies and/or ricer right to the casserole.

Baked chicken noodle casserole is pure comfort food.

This cozy, creamy casserole with chicken, egg noodles, and green peas smothered in a quick and creamy sauce gets baked until bubbly.

Made with canned pantry ingredients, this is the perfect dinner to make when you can’t get to the store.

And it only takes 20 minutes to make!

Believe it or not, a handful of ingredients tossed into the slow cooker makes the most tender flavorful chicken for tacos.

We do love a dinner that cooks itself!