This collection of rotisserie chicken recipes will save you time in the kitchen!
Buying a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store is one of my favorite timesaving life hacks. Making a quick weeknight meal is a breeze when you have a rotisserie chicken on hand. Today I am sharing a collection of quick and easy recipes that utilize rotisserie chicken as an ingredient.
These recipes are perfect for nights when you don’t have much time to get dinner on the table. I’ve got a mix of snacks, lunches, and dinner recipes and most can be whipped up in 25-45 minutes.
My Favorite Rotisserie Chicken Recipes:
16 Recipes Made with Rotisserie Chicken
These appetizer, lunch, and dinner recipes are all made with rotisserie chicken. Buying a rotisserie chicken is an easy and affordable way to make a quick meal - use a rotisserie chicken as a base for dinner on busy weeknights, or use it to meal prep lunches for the week.
Inspired by one of my favorite Chicago restaurants, this salad is made with diced chicken, bell pepper, cucumber, bacon, egg, beet, and cheese over greens.
If you want a snack, indulge with a Creamy Buffalo Chicken Dip with a kick of spice. This is the perfect thing to snack on while you watch Sunday Football … or binge watch Netflix. It’s easy to adjust the spice level of this dip from mild to hot based on your own personal preference.
Skip the tomato sauce on top your pizza with buffalo sauce, shredded rotisserie chicken, tomatoes, bacon, avocado, and cheese.
Only have five minutes? Make this 5 Minute Southwestern Chicken Salad that is loaded with vegetables and protein, and can be packed for lunch.
You can prepare Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Salad in just 20 minutes and it is full of veggies and fresh flavors. The buffalo sauce acts as the dressing while the blue cheese tones down the spice level.
This pasta salad is made with corn, tomatoes, goat cheese, and arugula. It is a lunch that tastes like summer.
Chicken Mexican Lasagna is a delicious meal made with shredded chicken coated in in poblano cream sauce layered between flour tortillas with black beans, corn, salsa, and cheese.
I think that farro is the new quinoa – it’s nuttier and heartier. This Chicken, Goat Cheese, and Spinach Farro Salad is one of my go-to lunch recipes and it can be made in big batches and packed for lunch throughout the week.
If you want something a bit more filling, Lemon Goat Cheese Pasta with Rotisserie Chicken is a full meal that can be made in just 20 minutes. Diced rotisserie chicken and broccoli are served over tagliatelle with a creamy lemon goat cheese sauce. It’s a satisfying weeknight meal.
These salad bowls are perfect for meal prepping and bringing to work for lunch. Quinoa gets topped with roasted vegetables, chicken, cheese, and pesto.
Diced chicken gets paired with superfoods like kale, sweet potato, broccoli, and dried cranberries to create this healthy meal.
Shredded rotisserie chicken gets coated in avocado crema, and then it gets rolled up into a burrito with lettuce, corn, rice, tomatoes, black beans, cheese, and bacon.
Chicken pot pie is one of the ultimate comfort foods, and this recipe is so simple!
This soup is quick to prepare, healthy, and hearty. It freezes well too!
Turn a baked potato into a full meal by adding chicken, bacon, broccoli, and an avocado ranch crema.
This wrap is stuffed with shredded cabbage and carrot that is tossed in a ginger yogurt dressing, cheddar cheese, breaded fried avocado, and shredded rotisserie chicken. It's anything but ordinary.
Ahead of Thyme
Wednesday 17th of February 2016
Love this round up! Great ideas for what I should do with my left over chicken!
Kit Graham
Wednesday 17th of February 2016
Thank you! I feel like I always have some leftover chicken in my fridge.
Dan from Platter Talk
Tuesday 16th of February 2016
Thanks for this collection of rotisserie chicken ideas! We will be putting them to good use!
Kit Graham
Wednesday 17th of February 2016
Let me know what you decide to make!
Sherri Hall
Tuesday 16th of February 2016
Wow! These all look fantastic! I should be choosing those beautiful salads but I'm totally drooling over the dip and the pizza! ;)
Kit Graham
Wednesday 17th of February 2016
The buffalo chicken dip is one of my favorites :)
Tamara Andersen
Tuesday 16th of February 2016
Rotisserie chickens are such awesome time savers! Great collection of recipes to take advantage of one...
Kit Graham
Wednesday 17th of February 2016
Thanks Tamara!