leftover chicken recipes

This Creamy Crack Chicken Soup recipe is loaded with incredible cheesy flavor! The perfect winter comfort food prepared with bacon, chicken, cheese, spinach, and ranch seasoning.

Creamy Crack Chicken Soup

bacon, (diced)

butter

yellow onion, (diced)

garlic, (minced)

chicken broth

garlic powder

onion powder

dill weed

chives

salt and fresh ground pepper, (to taste)

bay leaf

chicken

(8 ounces) softened cream cheese

cheddar cheese

baby spinach

heavy cream

green scallions, (for garnish)

Cook diced bacon to a crisp in a Dutch Oven or soup pot.

Remove bacon from pot with a slotted spoon, leaving bacon grease in the pot.

Add butter to the pot and melt over medium-high heat.

Stir in onions and cook for 3 minutes.

Stir in garlic and cook for 20 seconds.

Add chicken broth and scrape up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pot.

Season with garlic powder, onion powder, dill weed, chives, salt, and pepper.

Add bay leaf and bring to a boil; lower heat to medium low and cook for 5 minutes.

Stir in shredded chicken; cook for 5 minutes.

Add cream cheese and whisk in until completely melted and combined.

Stir in shredded cheese; whisk until melted and thoroughly combined.

Add baby spinach; cook for 2 minutes.

Stir in heavy cream and cook for 1 minute.

Taste for seasonings (salt and pepper) and adjust accordingly. Remove bay leaf.

Remove soup from heat; top with scallions and previously prepared bacon.

Serve.

Try this easy leftover rotisserie chicken recipe for quick meals any time. It&#039;s easy to pull something together using ingredients you already have on hand.

Rotisserie Chicken Pasta Recipe

Bow Tie Pasta (mini farfelle, uncooked)

Olive Oil

Onion (chopped)

Red Bell Pepper (chopped)

Garlic Cloves (minced)

Oregano

Basil

Salt

Pepper

Asparagus

Portobello Mushrooms (quartered)

Chicken (cooked, chopped or shredded)

Tomatoes

Black Olives (drained, sliced)

Butter

Begin the water and cook the pasta according to package instructions. While the water is boiling and the pasta is cooking, continue with the rest of the preparations.

Place olive oil in large skillet and heat on medium high. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic as well as the 4 seasonings. Stir and cook until onions are transparent, about 5 minutes.

Add asparagus and mushrooms. Stir and continue cooking on medium high about 3-5 minutes more.

Add cooked chicken and olives. Stir and continue cooking on medium high about 3 minutes.

Add 4 pieces of butter and continue cooking on medium high about 3 minutes. Remove from heat then stir in halved tomatoes.

Drain pasta. If it will fit in the same skillet as the vegetables, pour it in and toss to combine. If it won&#039;t fit in the skillet, pour everything into a large mixing bowl and toss to combine.

Serve immediately.

This great collection of Leftover Chicken Recipes will give you plenty of easy weeknight dinner ideas!

The 35 BEST Leftover Chicken Recipes

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Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup - this recipe focuses on creating a simple, deeply flavoured and perfectly seasoned broth that will have you saying this is the best chicken noodle soup you've ever tasted.

Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup

stock

chicken breast

carrots

celery

dry egg noodles

salt and pepper to season

dry summer savoury

sage

Roast the bones and leftover skin from 2...

Roast the bones and leftover skin from 2 roast chickens. (You can also use uncooked bones that you've saved and frozen from trimming your own boneless chicken pieces.) Pull the leftover chicken off and shred it in bite sized pieces to add at the end. Lay the bones on a baking sheet or pan and roast until brown, about 45minutes in a 375 degree F oven. Add the roasted bones to a dutch oven or covered roasting pan and cover with 10 cups of water, chicken stock or a combination of both. Add a celery stalk, 3 cloves crushed garlic and a roughly chopped onion to the pot. Place the covered pot or roasting pan in a 325 degree F oven for 2 hours. Let the stock sit and cool to room temperature before straining it through a colander or sieve and chilling it in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight. When the ft solidifies at the top you can remove it. This should produce about 8 cups of stock.

Add the stock to a large pot. add...

Add the stock to a large pot. add the carrots, celery, salt and pepper and bring to a very slow simmer.

Crush the dried savoury and sage together by...

Crush the dried savoury and sage together by rubbing it with your hands or with a mortar and pestle. I like to have it ground quite fine. Add the ground herbs to the stock and simmer for 15 minutes.

Add the dry noodles to the soup and...

Add the dry noodles to the soup and simmer for 10 -15 minutes longer until the noodles are tender.

Ad the shredded chicken in the last few...

Ad the shredded chicken in the last few minutes of cooking time. Serve immediately.

Over 25 best most popular leftover rotisserie chicken recipes for busy weeknights including soups, pasta, rice, lasagna, salads, pizza, and more!

25 Leftover Rotisserie Chicken Recipes

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So many great options in this list! My family LOVED the chicken lasagna.

If you have ever wondered what to do with leftover chicken, this easy and fast kid-friendly recipe is a Godsend!

Crispy Leftover Chicken and Shells Casserole

chicken (coarsely cubed)

pasta shells

shredded cheese

cream of chicken or mushroom soup

milk

breadcrumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F°

Grease a 9 x 13 casserole pan.

Prepare pasta as directed, drain.

In a large mixing bowl, cube leftover poultry. Add grated cheese, soup, milk, breadcrumbs and pasta.

Stir mixture thoroughly then evenly distribute in prepared casserole dish.

Bake for about 35 minutes, or until golden brown on top.

aMAZing! I added a little pepper on top since I forgot the spices that were suggested but even without this dish was Great!
Definitely will be making it again.

Just tried this tonight, it was delicious!
Served it with multi greens salad with cranberries and vinaigrette dressing!
Hubby took seconds and thirds!
Thanks Dan❣️🤗

My husband us not s big casserole person.  He told me, “you did good”.  I added a little garlic powder and I had a some frozen peas I needed to use up.  I will definitely make this again.

I made this  but adjusted a little to use what I had.  I didn't have much chicken left so I sauted up a little chopped onion and garlic with bacon.  I added a handful of chopped up baby spinach and mixed it just enough with the cooked bacon to wilt it. 
I mixed a can of cream of chicken soup and whole milk, then  added grated swiss cheese, and then added the meat/spinach mixture, and the mini  penne (which is what I had)   Poured into a casserole.  Topped with some crushed butter crackers that I mixed with a little melted butter.  Delicious

Can you please let me know how far ahead I can make this. Thanks again Janet Watson.

We really enjoyed this. I added 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper and green peas. I also topped it with bread crumbs. 
Will definitely make again.

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This easy cheesy chicken casserole recipe from Platter Talk food blog uses leftover chicken to make a yummy family meal that makes for an easy dinner for your menu planning.

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