8 Lucky Chicken Recipes For Chinese New Year

What better way to welcome a brand new year than with a hearty, homemade chicken dish? Unless you're vegetarian or vegan, chicken is a meat most people can enjoy, so it's a great choice for when you are entertaining family and friends. It's an incredibly versatile meat; it lacks the strong taste of beef or lamb, and takes on the flavour of whatever herbs, spices and seasoning you use.

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Chicken cuts off the bone are great for making collagen-rich broth, fillets make a wonderful main course, and fried chicken is, naturally, heaven on earth!

To kick-start your festive feasts, we've rounded up our favourite chicken recipes to start the year of on the right note of happy togetherness. Don't be chicken: try some!