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Coq au Vin
Chicken braised slowly in red wine with mushrooms, pearl onions and crisp lardons — the quintessential French bistro classic.
⏱ 120 min🔥 580 kcalMedium
★4.8(5,430)
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French Chicken Recipes
14 recipes using chicken — Classic French techniques and the mother of world cuisine.
These 14 french chicken recipes are ready in about 84 minutes on average, with 360–685 kcal per serving, and 14% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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84 min
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496 kcal
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How French cuisine cooks with chicken
French technique is the grammar of Western cooking: careful browning, patient sauces and precise seasoning turn humble ingredients into something refined. When French cooks work with chicken, they reach for butter, shallots, white wine, thyme, cream and Dijon mustard, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, braising, roasting and grilling.
The world's most-cooked protein — mild, lean and endlessly adaptable to almost any spice profile or cooking method. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, onion, butter, olive oil, fine sea salt and tarragon. The dishes here span french classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Classic Roast Chicken is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 84,200 ratings.
14 French Chicken Recipes
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Classic Roast Chicken
Perfectly juicy roast chicken with crispy golden skin, herb butter and pan juices — the ultimate Sunday roast recipe.
⏱ 95 min🔥 480 kcalEasy
★4.9(84,200)
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Grilled Chicken with Roasted Carrots
Herb-marinated chicken breast with sweet roasted carrots.
⏱ 35 min🔥 360 kcalEasy
★4.5(1,600)
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Bresse Chicken with Morels — Bocuse-Inspired
Whole chicken poached gently, served in a cream sauce with dried morel mushrooms and Madeira — the Lyonnaise classic Paul Bocuse made world-famous.
⏱ 95 min🔥 685 kcalMedium
★4.9(287)
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Coq au Vin (French Red Wine Chicken Braise)
Burgundy's classic peasant-turned-bistro braise — chicken slowly cooked in red wine with lardons, mushrooms and pearl onions.
⏱ 150 min🔥 680 kcalHard
★4.9(1,860)
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Provence Herb Chicken Rice Bowl
Provence Herb Chicken Rice Bowl brings french flavor into a practical home recipe with chicken thighs, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a finish of tarragon.
⏱ 70 min🔥 412 kcalHard
★4.5(3,305)
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Normandy Sesame Lime Stew
Normandy Sesame Lime Stew turns french pantry flavors into a complete stew with chicken legs, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
⏱ 62 min🔥 422 kcalMedium
★4.3(4,092)
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Brittany Green Herb Salad
Brittany Green Herb Salad turns french pantry flavors into a complete salad with grilled chicken, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
⏱ 56 min🔥 464 kcalHard
★4.5(4,154)
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French Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl
French Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl brings french flavor to a practical rice bowl built with chicken thighs, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
⏱ 42 min🔥 385 kcalMedium
★4.7(3,970)
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French Mountain Green Herb Salad
French Mountain Green Herb Salad brings french flavor to a practical salad built with grilled chicken, butter, shallots, herbs and wine vinegar, and a fresh tarragon finish.
⏱ 58 min🔥 469 kcalHard
★4.5(4,086)
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Poulet Chasseur (French Hunter's Chicken)
Chicken pieces braised in a rich mushroom, tomato and white wine sauce, a rustic French bistro classic named for hunters' cooking.
⏱ 65 min🔥 460 kcalMedium
★4.5(30)
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Coq au Vin (French Chicken Braised in Red Wine)
Chicken slow-braised in red wine with mushrooms, pearl onions and bacon, a rustic French classic traditionally made with rooster.
⏱ 115 min🔥 520 kcalMedium
★4.6(40)
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Poulet Roti (French Roast Chicken)
A simply seasoned whole roast chicken basted in its own butter and herb juices until the skin turns deeply golden and crackling.
⏱ 95 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.4(61)
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French Holiday Platter: Herb Butter Roast Chicken with Vegetables
A festive whole roast chicken rubbed with herb butter, served with root vegetables and pan jus.
⏱ 115 min🔥 540 kcalMedium
★4.8(60)
Choosing & preparing chicken
How to choose
Look for plump, pinkish flesh with no grey patches and a clean smell. Thighs stay juicier than breasts and forgive overcooking; bone-in, skin-on pieces deliver the most flavour.
Prep & storage
Pat dry before searing for proper browning, and bring it to room temperature for 15 minutes so it cooks evenly. Marinades with acid or yoghurt tenderise lean breast meat.
When is it done?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
Nutrition
A lean, high-protein choice: a skinless breast delivers roughly 31 g of protein per 100 g with very little saturated fat.
Classic flavour partners: garlic, lemon, thyme, ginger, paprika, yoghurt
French Chicken Recipes — FAQ
How long do French chicken recipes take to make?
Most of these 14 French chicken recipes are ready in around 84 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Grilled Chicken with Roasted Carrots, takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 150 minutes.
How many calories are in French chicken dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 360 to 685 kcal per serving, averaging 496 kcal — Grilled Chicken with Roasted Carrots is the lightest option at 360 kcal.
What is the easiest French chicken recipe for beginners?
Classic Roast Chicken is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 95 minutes. 14% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with chicken in French cooking?
In these recipes, chicken is most often paired with garlic, onion, butter, olive oil, fine sea salt and tarragon. French kitchens also lean on butter, shallots, white wine, thyme, cream and Dijon mustard.
How do I know when chicken is properly cooked?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
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