Rotisserie Chicken is one of my favorite ingredients to make quick and easy chicken recipes. While it is fun to use the leftover Rotisserie chicken in sandwiches and salads, I usually buy it from the grocery store to make one of these yummy leftover recipes. For Indian recipes like Butter Chicken or some quick chicken Alfredo, using Rotisserie chicken for cooking brings down the cooking time to minutes. Rotisserie Chicken leftover recipes are the perfect option for making quick, weekday dinners or lunches.
5 Rotisserie Chicken Leftover Recipes
If you ask me, leftover chicken always tastes better. With all the spices seeped in, the chicken becomes much tastier. Here are some recipes that you can make from leftover rotisserie chicken in less than 20 minutes and get your meal ready in a jiffy.
Chicken Enchilada Nachos
Mexican cuisine is one of my favorites. Well most are but, who can say no to loaded nachos! With this Enchilada Chicken nachos recipe by Ali and Gimme Some Oven, you can make a quick and hearty snack with your leftover rotisserie chicken. Spread some tortilla chips, top it with corn and peppers, load it up with chicken and enchilada sauce and you have a snack or a meal ready in less than twenty minutes.
Thai Chicken Flatbread Pizza
Can there be a better meal than a hot pizza topped with gooey cheese? One of the advantages of using rotisserie chicken is that it is mildly spiced and can blend into any cuisine. Kelly at Life Made Sweeter uses leftover chicken to make a quick flatbread pizza with Thai flavors. She uses Naan bread and adds peanut butter based sauce with Asian flavors to make pizza in minutes that you will love.
Chicken & Orzo Salad
One thing that always fits on the leftover shelf our refrigerator is rice. And though there is always the lure of making fried rice, cold rice salads are also one of the favorites. While this recipe uses Orzo rice, you can replace ith with what you have or even use Barley. The Mediterranean flavors blend well with leftover rotisserie chicken and you have a delicious rotisserie chicken salad ready in minutes.
Pasta Salad
Pasta tastes best in a traditional Aarabiata or Alfredo sauce, but I also like the pasta salads a lot and these were my go to meals at one time. I wasn’t much into cooking then and relied heavily on Tyson’s Fajita strips. But using Rotisserie Chicken definitely gives a better taste. Mix in cooked Penne with Olive Oil, Red Pepper, Zucchini and de-boned chicken from the Rotisserie and it should give you a simple an easy meal in minutes. And if you can’t do without cheese, sprinkle it with some smoked Gouda to get that extra punch for your rotisserie chicken pasta recipe.
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
This is not a recipe for you on a diet. While it may sound like one, Lettuce wraps are delicious and filling, especially when you have chicken. What’s best about this dish is that you can toss in what you like. Make some McDonald’s style quick Asian salad with some purple cabbage, capsicum, orange slices and Asian salad dressing and wrap it all up in crunchy lettuce leaves. That’s it you have a light, tasty, and nutritious lunch ready in minutes without lighting the stove.
How do you use your leftover grilled chicken or rotisserie? We would love to hear about what are some of your favorite Rotisserie Chicken leftover recipes.
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