I’ve even made it part of my regular Sunday routine.
Trust me, it’s easy!
Don’t feel like roasting a whole bird?
Feel free to use light or dark meat interchangeably in any of these recipe ideas too.
57 Leftover Roast Chicken Recipes & Ideas
1.
Stir it into aquick chicken chiliwith sweet potatoes(pictured above)
2.
Top homemade cheesy black beannachos
3.
Add it to a quesadilla with sauteed spinach, or make thesechicken quesadillaswith beans
4.
Simmer with vegetables and broth for aquick chicken soup
5.
Mix with Buffalo sauce, carrots, celery and blue cheese for a Buffalo chicken salad
6.
Make achicken Cobb salad(pictured above)
7.
Use it to makeBBQ chicken tacostopped with red cabbage slaw
8.
Top a baked sweet potato with chicken, scallions and Cheddar cheese
9.
Add it to a vegetable stir-fry with teriyaki sauce
10.
Toss with barbecue sauce and make a BBQ chicken sandwich
11.
Stuff intoenchiladaswith cheese and kale (pictured above)
12.
Stuff in a burrito with rice, beans, guacamole and corn, or make aburrito bowl
14.
Scatter over a mushroom-and-cheese pizza
15.
Turn it into a tastychicken Parm-inspired dip
16.
Thread onto skewers with tomato, basil and baby mozzarella
17.
Slice into a pita with watercress and tzatziki
18.
Make a quinoa bowl with hummus, cucumbers and tomatoes
19.
Mix with soy sauce and chives for a dumpling filling
20.
Tuck into a chickenpotpie
21.
Stir into gumbo with frozen okra and corn
22.
Add to macaroni & cheese with broccoli
23.
Saute with peppers and onions to makefajitas
24.
Make a frittata with chicken and herbs
25.
Makechicken fried ricewith vegetables(pictured above)
26.
Use for chicken Divan
27.
Fry up a hash with frozen potatoes, spinach and chorizo
28.
Make classic chicken salad with grapes and tarragon
29.
Shred intosesame noodles
30.
BakeChicken & Mushroom Shepherd’s Pie(pictured above)
31.
Top cooked lentils and sauteed kale and drizzle with fish sauce
32.
Layer with artichokes and ricotta cheese into a lasagna
33.
Fold into aChicken Club Wrapwith bacon, lettuce and mayo(pictured above)
34.
Make a flatbread with pesto and fresh mozzarella
35.
Mix with rice, peas and a light mushroom cream sauce
36.
Make calzones with broccoli, cheese and marinara sauce
37.
Toss with fish sauce, rice noodles and coleslaw mix for a Thai salad
38.
Top a Southwest-style Caesar salad
39.
Whip upchicken Tetrazzini
40.
Mix with enchilada sauce and zucchini and stuff intospaghetti squash(pictured above)
41.
Make a chowder with bacon and potatoes
42.
Combine with breadcrumbs, scallion and egg for chicken patties
43.
Add to roasted Brussels sprouts and cranberries
44.
Top toast for an open-face melt with Gruyere
45.
Add it to ahearty fall saladwith butternut squash and Brussels sprouts(pictured above)
46.
Use as a layer in7-layer dip
47.
Thread onto skewers and serve withpeanut sauce
48.
Use as a topping for ramen with bok choy
49.
Saute with eggplant and peppers and serve over polenta
50.
Add to a quiche with black beans, corn and salsa
51.
Make hand pies with mashed sweet potatoes
52.
Slide into a biscuit and top with gravy
53.
Toss with hotgnocchi, chard and cheese
54.
Add to lo mein with egg noodles or make a chicken udon bowl
55.
Fold into an egg roll filling with napa cabbage and hoisin sauce
56.
Stuff into crepes with goat cheese and roasted butternut squash
57.
Combine with mayo and Cheddar to make chicken pimiento cheese
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