57 Delicious Healthy Ways To Use Leftover Chicken

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chicken caesar pasta salad

chicken caesar pasta salad

Pictured Recipe: Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad

Roasting a whole chicken has always been one of my favorite meal-prep tips-cook once and you’ll have dinner tonight plus more for meals all week. I’ve even made it part of my regular Sunday routine. Trust me, it’s easy!

Not only is buying a whole chicken easy on your wallet (it’s cheaper per pound than buying chicken parts), roasting your own means it will have almost 50 percent less sodium than the rotisserie birds at your grocery store. You can even roast two whole birds side-by-side in one pan: you only have to heat the oven once, but you’ll have enough leftover chicken to put to good use with these 57 ideas.

Don’t feel like roasting a whole bird? These easy ideas will work well with leftover grilled chicken, as well as rotisserie chicken (whether it’s store-bought or a homemade air-fryer rotisserie chicken). Feel free to use light or dark meat interchangeably in any of these recipe ideas too.

57 Leftover Roast Chicken Recipes & Ideas

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Stir it into a quick chicken chili with sweet potatoes (pictured above)
Top homemade cheesy black bean nachos
Add it to a quesadilla with sautéed spinach, or make these chicken quesadillas with beans
Simmer with vegetables and broth for a quick chicken soup
Mix with Buffalo sauce, carrots, celery and blue cheese for a Buffalo chicken salad
Chopped Cobb Salad
Make a chicken Cobb salad (pictured above)
Use it to make BBQ chicken tacos topped with red cabbage slaw
Top a baked sweet potato with chicken, scallions and Cheddar cheese
Add it to a vegetable stir-fry with teriyaki sauce
Toss with barbecue sauce and make a BBQ chicken sandwich
Adobo Chicken & Kale Enchiladas
Stuff into enchiladas with cheese and kale (pictured above)
Make chicken pasta salad with broccoli, tomatoes and Italian dressing, or pull together a chicken Caesar pasta salad
Stuff in a burrito with rice, beans, guacamole and corn, or make a burrito bowl
Scatter over a mushroom-and-cheese pizza
Turn it into a tasty chicken Parm-inspired dip
Thread onto skewers with tomato, basil and baby mozzarella
Slice into a pita with watercress and tzatziki
Make a quinoa bowl with hummus, cucumbers and tomatoes
Mix with soy sauce and chives for a dumpling filling
Tuck into a chicken potpie
Stir into gumbo with frozen okra and corn
Add to macaroni & cheese with broccoli
Sauté with peppers and onions to make fajitas
Make a frittata with chicken and herbs
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Make chicken fried rice with vegetables (pictured above)
Use for chicken Divan
Fry up a hash with frozen potatoes, spinach and chorizo
Make classic chicken salad with grapes and tarragon
Shred into sesame noodles
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Bake Chicken & Mushroom Shepherd’s Pie (pictured above)
Top cooked lentils and sautéed kale and drizzle with fish sauce
Layer with artichokes and ricotta cheese into a lasagna
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Fold into a Chicken Club Wrap with bacon, lettuce and mayo (pictured above)
Make a flatbread with pesto and fresh mozzarella
Mix with rice, peas and a light mushroom cream sauce
Make calzones with broccoli, cheese and marinara sauce
Toss with fish sauce, rice noodles and coleslaw mix for a Thai salad
Top a Southwest-style Caesar salad
Whip up chicken Tetrazzini
Chicken Enchilada-Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
Mix with enchilada sauce and zucchini and stuff into spaghetti squash (pictured above)
Make a chowder with bacon and potatoes
Combine with breadcrumbs, scallion and egg for chicken patties
Add to roasted Brussels sprouts and cranberries
Top toast for an open-face melt with Gruyère
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Add it to a hearty fall salad with butternut squash and Brussels sprouts (pictured above)
Use as a layer in 7-layer dip
Thread onto skewers and serve with peanut sauce
Use as a topping for ramen with bok choy
Sauté with eggplant and peppers and serve over polenta
Add to a quiche with black beans, corn and salsa
Make hand pies with mashed sweet potatoes
Slide into a biscuit and top with gravy
Toss with hot gnocchi, chard and cheese
Add to lo mein with egg noodles or make a chicken udon bowl
Fold into an egg roll filling with napa cabbage and hoisin sauce
Stuff into crepes with goat cheese and roasted butternut squash
Combine with mayo and Cheddar to make chicken pimiento cheese

Still want more? Browse all of our Healthy Leftover Chicken Recipes for plenty of delicious ideas.

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Chopped Cobb Salad

Adobo Chicken & Kale Enchiladas

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chicken wrap

Chicken Enchilada-Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

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57 Leftover Roast Chicken Recipes & Ideas#

57 Leftover Roast Chicken Recipes & Ideas