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30 chicken and chips recipes that are really worth their salt

Move over takeaway and bring on the fakeaway. From crispy fried classics to zesty grilled wings, these chicken and chips recipes are the ultimate crowd-pleasers.

29 recipes
Chilled sriracha-fried chicken and pickles, plus portable cucumber gin and tonic cocktails.
EASY

Jill Dupleix’s sriracha fried chicken and pickles

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Chicken cutlets with lemon and oregano.
EASY

Chicken cutlets with garlic, lemon and oregano

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw recipe: Chicken parmigiana.

Adam Liaw’s chicken parmigiana

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s chicken katsu tenderlions.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken katsu tenderloins

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
The secret to a thick, crisp coating is to double-dip in buttermilk and seasoned flour.

Buttermilk fried chicken

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Karen Martini’s pollo agrodolce.

Pollo agrodolce (aka sweet-and-sour meets peri-peri roast chicken)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
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Buttermilk fried chicken burgers with pickle slaw and chipotle mayo.
EASY

Buttermilk fried chicken burgers with pickle slaw and chipotle mayo

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Nagi and gyros

RecipeTin Eats’ chicken gyros

  • RecipeTin Eats
Please don't judge the potato chips, come along for the ride.

Piri piri butterflied chicken and chips

  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry’s spice marinated fried chicken.

Spice marinated fried chicken

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Chicken tenders with nugget sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken tenders with nugget sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Spicy fried chicken with sour cream dip.

Spicy fried chicken with sour cream dip

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Buttermilk fried chicken with hot sauce.

Buttermilk fried chicken and hot sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Peri peri chicken wings with crispy roasted fries with feta and oregano.
EASY

Peri-peri chicken wings and oven-baked feta fries

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
The Japanese spice blend includes red chilli, sansho pepper, nori and citrus peel.

Karen Martini’s sake-marinated chicken wings

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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Korean fried chicken.

RecipeTin Eats’ Korean fried chicken

  • RecipeTin Eats
Crispy chilli chicken burger.

Donna Hay’s chicken burger with crispy chilli oil

  • Donna Hay
Charred tandoori chicken wings with crunchy coconut potatoes.
EASY

Charred tandoori chicken wings with crunchy coconut potatoes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Serve this chicken karaage with Japanese mayo and lemon wedges.

Japanese fried chicken with quick cucumber pickles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This chicken dish is easy, but don't rush the marinating time to ensure maximum flavour.
EASY

Spicy miso barbecued chicken with pickled cucumber

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Barbecued chicken thighs with spicy mayo.
EASY

Neil Perry’s barbecued marinated chicken with spicy mayonnaise

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Banh mi-inspired chicken burgers with soft fried eggs, pâté and pickles.

Chicken banh mi burgers with soft fried eggs and pickles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Barbecued chicken with cumin, coriander, lemongrass and ginger.
EASY

Barbecued chicken with cumin, coriander, lemongrass and ginger

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Peri-peri barbecue chicken.

Peri-peri barbecue chicken

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Who can resist a wholesome, crisp and golden home-made chip?

Home-made hot chips

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
'Better than Maccas': Crispy triple-cooked fries.

RecipeTin Eats’ crispy home-made fries

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
Sweet potato wedges.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s sweet potato wedges with sweet chilli and sour cream

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Roast potato wedges.
EASY

Roast potato wedges

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Potato skins with chicken salt and sour cream.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s potato skins with chicken salt and sour cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw

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