✨ Newsnack
Olivier Salad
Russia's iconic potato salad with chicken, pickles, and mayo.
⏱ 50 min🔥 310 kcalEasy
★4.6(2,200)
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Russian Chicken Recipes
6 recipes using chicken — Beef stroganoff, borscht, pelmeni — rich and warming Eastern European cuisine.
These 6 russian chicken recipes are ready in about 53 minutes on average, with 310–560 kcal per serving, and 50% 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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53 min
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403 kcal
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easy recipes
How Russian cuisine cooks with chicken
Russian cooking is warming and substantial — rich braises and dumplings finished with the cooling tang of dill and soured cream. When Russian cooks work with chicken, they reach for dill, soured cream, onions, butter, mushrooms and bay, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, grilling and searing.
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 fine sea salt, onion, garlic, dijon mustard, dill and buckwheat. The dishes here span russian classics ready in as little as 42 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Russian Mountain Green Herb Salad is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.8★ from 9,886 ratings.
6 Russian Chicken Recipes
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Olivier Salad
Russia's favourite celebration salad — diced potatoes, carrots, peas, pickles, eggs, and chicken or bologna, bound in a creamy mayonnaise dressing.
⏱ 45 min🔥 310 kcalEasy
★4.6(578)
✨ Newlunch
Russian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl
Russian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl brings russian flavor to a practical rice bowl built with chicken thighs, dill, sour cream, buckwheat and mushrooms, and a fresh dill finish.
⏱ 42 min🔥 385 kcalMedium
★4.5(9,770)
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Russian Mountain Green Herb Salad
Russian Mountain Green Herb Salad brings russian flavor to a practical salad built with grilled chicken, dill, sour cream, buckwheat and mushrooms, and a fresh dill finish.
⏱ 58 min🔥 469 kcalMedium
★4.8(9,886)
✨ Newdinner
Kotlety (Russian Pan-Fried Chicken Patties)
Soft, juicy chicken patties bound with milk-soaked bread, pan-fried to a deep golden crust and finished covered until cooked through.
⏱ 45 min🔥 385 kcalEasy
★4.6(61)
✨ Newdinner
Russian Chicken Kiev Casserole
A baked twist on chicken Kiev, with garlic-herb butter-stuffed chicken breasts nestled over a bed of buttery rice.
⏱ 75 min🔥 560 kcalMedium
★4.6(40)
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
Russian Chicken Recipes — FAQ
How long do Russian chicken recipes take to make?
Most of these 6 Russian chicken recipes are ready in around 53 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Russian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl, takes about 42 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 75 minutes.
How many calories are in Russian chicken dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 310 to 560 kcal per serving, averaging 403 kcal — Olivier Salad is the lightest option at 310 kcal.
What is the easiest Russian chicken recipe for beginners?
Olivier Salad is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 50 minutes. 50% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with chicken in Russian cooking?
In these recipes, chicken is most often paired with fine sea salt, onion, garlic, dijon mustard, dill and buckwheat. Russian kitchens also lean on dill, soured cream, onions, butter, mushrooms and bay.
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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