When you don’t know what to make for dinner, rotisserie chicken is always there to save the day! The possibilities are endless on what you can make with our ultimate store-bought ingredient but we’ve rounded up eight favorites to get creative with your leftovers the rest of the week. Plus, don’t miss this video where Tanji shares her hack on how to shred it in seconds here.
Rotisserie Chicken Salad with Charred Scallion Dressing
This healthy, light salad from Epicurious is perfect for a quick lunch on the go. Leafy greens and a homemade scallion dressing bring together this versatile salad. The best part about this recipe is that it leaves room for you to add whatever veggies you have on hand.
Healthy Chicken-and-Cheese-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
This recipe from the Food Network is like a taco bowl, but in a perfect potato package. Make this craveable dish in less than 30 minutes as you load your sweet potato with the shredded chicken, cheese, salsa verde, and avocado.
Barbecue Pulled Chicken Sliders
These tangy barbecue pulled chicken sliders from My Recipe become a weeknight possibility thanks to rotisserie chicken. The sweet, zesty homemade BBQ sauce is perfect for slathering on the tender chicken. It’s the perfect meal for game day, too!
Rotisserie Chicken Tacos
Make Taco Tuesday easier with this simple shredded taco recipe from A Family Feast. Here, they mix chicken with salsa, water, tomato paste, and taco seasonings for a spicy filling that they spoon onto corn tortillas and baked up all on one pan for easy serving!
Chicken and Rice Soup
Store-bought rotisserie chicken makes this soul warming soup a quick meal, especially when a cold front in blowing in. Two Peas & Their Pod combines all the classic chicken soup ingredients of carrots, onions, celery, chicken, and rice with the addition of fresh thyme in this comforting bowl.
Chicken Alfredo Roll-Ups
This creamy and unbelievably rich alfredo is not your nonna’s pasta! Chicken alfredo meets lasagna meets pinwheel wraps with this creative and cravable recipe from Delish where a mix of homemade alfredo sauce and shredded rotisserie chicken are rolled up in lasagna noodles and baked bubbly hot.
Spicy Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
Turn last night’s leftovers into this spicy Tex-Mex twist on a classic comfort food: shepherd’s pie. Our test kitchen takes shredded turkey (or chicken!) and zooshes it up with chorizo, green chiles and cheese. All you need now is a margarita!
Buffalo Chicken Cauliflower Pizza
Stick to those healthy resolutions with this low-carb and gluten-free pizza from EatingWell. Homemade cauliflower crust is the vehicle for tangy Buffalo sauce, chicken and blue cheese for this game-day ready dish.
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