24 Idyllic Italian Chicken Recipes

We’ve all fantasized about sitting in an Italian piazza dining on, arguably, the finest cuisine in the world. Sipping that fresh, crisp glass of white wine and popping another crostini into your mouth.

While we might not be able to take you to Italy, we can certainly help bring Italy to your kitchen!

These 24 Italian chicken recipes give you a little taste of Rome, Milan and Venice, of the northern lakes. So try out one of these dishes and pretend you’re looking out on Lake Garda…

1. Italian Marinated Chicken

The Whole Cook created her own recipe for Italian dressing to marinate her chicken in. Only the purest of ingredients make the cut – olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, onion, and chili flakes. The chicken is best the longer it is marinated (up to 12 hours anyway) but an hour will work just fine. The meat is then grilled to sauted and served with a side of salad.

2. Italian Dressing Chicken

This recipe from Nourish and Fete is similar but it uses a bottle of Italian dressing, bakes the chicken and then tops it with parmesan. Which one sounds better? This one is served with a side of salad, bread, or potatoes.

3. Tuscan Chicken

Aka Marry Me Chicken. Downshiftology gives us a recipe for this classic Italian chicken dish, a creamy sauce jam-packed with parmesan, sun-dried tomatoes, onion,s and spinach. If you want to reduce the fat content, try using cashew cream instead of heavy cream, or if you’re vegan try coconut cream. This dish is very heavy, so an ideal side is something lighter like a salad.

4. Chicken Cacciatore

With every bite of this meal, you’ll be conjuring up the image of an old Italian grandmother cooking away in the kitchen. Well Plated shares their recipe to this traditional dish, which includes a wine and tomato base. A splash of balsamic vinegar is added to the sauce, deepening the flavor beautifully.

5. Chicken Piccata

White wine, lemon, and butter, this recipe from The Cozy Cook has everything you could possibly want from a sauce. It’s also an excellent dish to prepare if you have any pent up rage, as the chicken requires some pounding. They divulge their secret of adding some cold butter at the end to create the velvetiest, smoothest chicken piccata you’ll ever try.

6. Italian Roasted Herb Chicken

Life In The Lofthouse gives us a classic roasted chicken, with Italian herbs. So simple, so tasty. It’s the perfect weeknight dinner as it only takes 40 minutes to prepare and cook, so those hungry mouths won’t get antsy waiting on food. This recipe specifies not to pound your chicken, leaving it to plump up giving you a nice juicy piece of meat.

7. Chicken Scallopini

Salt and Lavender pound the chicken thinly for this delightful lemon butter scallopini. It’s another super quick meal, coming together in only 30 minutes. The crispiness of the chicken is created by rolling it in flour and frying.

8. Creamy Italian Chicken Pasta

Shugary Sweets reveals her secret of soaking the chicken in lemon and milk in the fridge, helping it become more tender. It’s coated in flour and seasoning, then fried, then baked. The sauce is made of a delicious mix of broth, tomatoes, cheese, cream, and cornstarch to thicken. Oh, and an abundance of Italian herbs too!

9. Chicken Arrabiata with Herb and Garlic Breadcrumbs

What is chicken arrabiata? Directly translated, it means ‘angry chicken’. Vikalinka assures her readers it does not taste angry, it tastes like heaven! The main ingredient being canned tomatoes, she highlights the importance of getting the highest quality you can or you’ll sacrifice on taste.

10. Three Ingredient Italian Chicken

What are the magic three ingredients? Well, you’ve got the chicken of course, then the remaining two are brown sugar and dry Italian seasoning mix. The sauce forms from the juices that ooze out of the chicken, mixing with the dry rub. The Midnight Baker suggests adding some vegetables like mushrooms and green beans if you want to complete the meal.

11. Five Ingredient Crockpot Italian Chicken

This recipe from Easy Chicken Recipes goes a little further than the three ingredients above, it also uses the chicken and dry Italian seasoning mix, but also has you throwing in cream of chicken soup, cream cheese, and chicken broth. It’s an actual set it and forget it crockpot meal too, no browning the chicken or anything like that. It’s just placed in and turned on.

12. Chicken Florentine

This creamy sauced chicken from Carlsbad Cravings can be eaten over pasta or potatoes. Spinach is the signature vegetable for this dish, but it’s pretty versatile so you can add in whatever you have on hand or prefer, zucchini or mushrooms perhaps.

13. Mozzarella Chicken Parmigiana

Crispy, fried, stuffed and sprinkled with cheese. Flawless Food pulls through for us with this delicious chicken dish. Pasta, potatoes, chips or salad go beautifully on the side of this cheesy dish.

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14. Chicken Milanese

Small Town Woman breads and fries the chicken to perfection. Then serves it with arugula and sliced red onion on top, so we can all feel good about eating the said fried chicken. If you like your chicken extra crispy, pounding it is recommended.

15. Creamy Ricotta, Spinach and Chicken Cannelloni

Drink Milk encourages you to get your fix of dairy with this recipe featuring an abundance of ricotta. Mixed together with spinach and chicken, then stuffed into cannelloni tubes will make your belly very happy. The creamy tomato sauce that coats the dish finishes it off beautifully.

16. Spinach, Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breast

Spoonful of Flavor delivers a similar idea but the spinach and ricotta are stuffed inside the chicken breast and then baked. It keeps the chicken nice and moist, and only takes 15 minutes to prep. A side salad is a perfect accompaniment.

17. One Pot Garlic Mozzarella Tomato Chicken

Serve Dumplings values people’s time, which is why they shared this awesome one pot chicken meal. One pot means minimal clean up, and who doesn’t appreciate that? The flavors of garlic, mozzarella and tomato go really well with the chicken, and the flavors aren’t too bold making it an ideal dinner if you have young children.

18. Basil Pesto Chicken

JZ Eats throws out a simple basil pesto chicken recipe that works great for dinner or lunch. You could try it with different kinds of pesto too, but we all know basil is the best! It’s such a simple recipe too, all you need is chicken, pesto, and the secret ingredient, Dijon mustard.

19. Creamy Pesto Chicken

This creamy recipe from Diethood has you making a basic pesto chicken, but then a more elaborate sauce to pour over. Featuring evaporated milk to create the creamy texture, the flour thickens it nicely and fresh shredded basil adds that pop of flavor only fresh herbs can bring.

20. Easy Chicken Pesto Pasta

A third and final pesto recipe, because pesto goes so brilliantly with chicken. Skinny Spatula combines the chicken with pasta to make it even more Italian! Fresh cherry tomatoes and pine nuts add even more flavor to this delicious combination.

21. Chicken Carbonara

We’ve all heard of ham or bacon carbonara, but did you know you can also use chicken? Not only is it yummy, but it packs a lot more protein. A Pinch of Healthy makes it even better by including bacon and chicken, because when you think about it, you should never remove the bacon from anything! Eggs, hard cheese, and cream form the basis of this classic Italian sauce.

22. Chicken and Bean Soup with Pancetta

Speaking of cured pork, pancetta is another classic Italian ingredient. Tried and True Recipe combines it with chicken and beans to produce an incredibly fulfilling soup. 12 cloves of garlic give this dish a kick to remember!

23. Easy Tarragon Chicken

Fresh tarragon and white wine make this sauce from Salt and Lavender utterly flawless. The heavy cream makes it indulgent and satisfying, and the sauce goes perfectly poured on top of mashed potato. A meat thermometer is recommended so you can cook the meat so it’s perfectly juicy.

24. Chicken Parmesan

This Weight Watchers-approved recipe lets you devour chicken parmesan without the guilt. The seasoning of the breadcrumbs is key to the flavor, and the homemade tomato sauce helps you skimp on the preservatives, and ramp up the veggie content. Served with a side of rice, pasta or vegetables, it’s comfort food at its best.