54 Delicious Ways To Use Leftover Rotisserie Chicken

Tender chicken mingles with a sweet and savory sauce, all nestled within a crisp lettuce leaf. This makes for a filling and healthy dinner, and they're easily customizable!

Recipe: Teriyaki Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Shred your chicken and toss it with bell peppers, onions, and spices for a delicious taco filling. Fajitas are always a winner — and fajitas you can whip up in under 15 minutes are even better!

Recipe: Chicken Fajita Tacos

Top tender baked potatoes with leftover chicken, crispy bacon, and creamy ranch for an easy, comforting meal.  

Recipe: Chicken Bacon Ranch Baked Potatoes

This comforting, hearty casserole is made with tender rotisserie chicken, incredibly flaky biscuits, and a creamy sauce that's just packed with flavor. We think it's the perfect one-dish meal for a cozy night in, but it's also a super easy way to feed a crowd.

Recipe: Chicken & Biscuits Bake

This BBQ chicken baguette is unbelievably easy to assemble, and so delicious. Customize it to your liking by adding different blends of cheeses, herbs, and vegetables.

Recipe: Easy Barbecue Baguette Chicken Pizza

Savor the flavors of summer with this easy recipe — we love it for weeknight dinners or backyard gatherings. This mouthwatering dish combines tender chicken, smoky barbecue sauce, and melty cheese for a meal that's sure to please the whole family.

Recipe: BBQ Chicken Pasta Bake

Rice, shredded rotisserie chicken, frozen or fresh veggies, and a bottle of soy sauce is all you need to whip up this quick, yet satisfying dinner. And it tastes even better as leftovers!

Recipe: Chicken Fried Rice

Leftover rotisserie chicken makes this popular Italian pasta dish a breeze to make. Prep a big batch to split through the weekdays as lunch, or serve up to your family for a delicious dinner.

Recipe: Quick and Easy Leftover Rotisserie Chicken Alfredo

At first glance this just looks like a loaded baked potato, but it so much more than that! It's sweet potato (so you know it'll be delicious), filled with hot sauce-covered chicken. Drizzle with some off-the-shelf blue cheese dressing, and you've got yourself a winner.

Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

If you can pao-er through 20 minutes of waiting for this dish to be cooked, you won't regret it. It has everything you could want in a meal: veggies, nuts, protein, and grains. If you love spice, add more peppers, you brave soul.

Recipe: Kung Pao Chicken

If you're a fan of bread bowls, you'll adore this simple recipe. Here, the rotisserie chicken serves as a base for a comforting, filling buffalo chicken soup. Sprinkle the top with a handful of chopped scallions and crumbled blue cheese to finish off tonight's dinner!

Recipe: Hearty Buffalo Chicken Soup With Blue Cheese And Scallions

No one can turn down this Cubano twist. This recipe is so simple, you'll be making it for lunch on the daily before you know it. All you need is sliced chicken breast, sliced ham, Swiss cheese, mustard, mayo, hot sauce, and of course, cuban bread. Add pickles for some extra crunch!

Recipe: Chicken Cuban Sandwiches

These are perfect for a lazy Friday night in. This recipe is so easy, all you need is barbecue sauce, rotisserie chicken, cheddar cheese, and tortillas. Add sweet banana peppers, red onions, or jalapeños for extra flavor and texture. You'll have a whole meal in just 15 minutes!

Recipe: Baked Barbecue Chicken Roll-Ups

Gnocchi is key to any delicious recipe! Shockingly, you can make this dish wiith only six ingredients: chicken, cheese, garlic, chicken stock, marinara, and, you guessed it, gnocchi. But if you wanted more veggies, you could totally add some zucchini squash half-moons to the picture in no time. 

Recipe: Baked Chicken Marinara Gnocchi

You get the crunch of the lettuce wrap, featuring chopped red bell pepper for extra texture. Make your own peanut sauce — with soy sauce, peanut butter, rice vinegar, and sriracha — to ensure everyone goes *nuts* for this dish. Plus, this is a gluten-free recipe, so it's perfect for serving big groups.

Recipe: Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Orzo or what? This chicken skillet is so cozy, filled with orzo pasta, chicken, cheese, and tons of veggies. This calls for frozen peas already, but sub in frozen onions and carrots to speed things up even more. 

Recipe: Sunday Chicken Skillet

This recipe is the perfect quick dinner, as it can be made in just 20 minutes. Of course, you can make these even easier by skipping the veg, if ya want. But you won't want to skip the cheese — either of them: Monterey Jack and cheddar.

Recipe: Cheesy Vegetable Chicken Quesadillas

This is another great candidate for a frozen veggie mix; in this case, you'd need a mirepoix blend (aka onions, carrots, and celery). In less than an hour, you can curl up in a blanket like a burrito and eat these dumplings. They're so cozy, they'll warm you up from the winter cold.

Recipe: Easy Chicken and Dumplings

Shredded chicken gets simmered in a mixture of stewed tomatoes, curry powder, coconut milk, brown sugar, and ginger. Serve it over your favorite grains with green onion and cilantro on top. 

Recipe: Coconut Chicken Curry

This cheater's Vietnamese pho gets tons of flavor from a broth made with hoisin sauce, fish sauce, ginger, and garlic. Top it with a bunch of herbs and spices like cilantro, mint, basil, and jalapeño. 

Recipe: Rotisserie Chicken Pho

This super-flavorful broth is made with coconut milk, lime juice, Thai red curry paste, garlic, and ginger. If you don't have rice noodles, just use whatever pasta is in your pantry. 

Recipe: 20-Minute Thai Chicken Curry Soup

Canned green chiles, rotisserie chicken, white beans, canned corn, and chicken stock form the base of this hearty soup. Don't worry if you don't have every single spice and garnish on the ingredients list. You can make do with what's in your kitchen. 

Recipe: Green Chicken Chili

The ingredient list may look intimidating, but this meal is actually easy to make. Heat the rotisserie chicken in butter along with some spices like coriander, cumin, and turmeric. Place the chicken in pita bread and garnish with lettuce yogurt sauce, which can be made from scratch or store-bought. 

Recipe: Rotisserie Chicken Shawarma Pita Wrap

Toss the shredded chicken with your favorite Buffalo sauce to give it some fiery pep, then pile it with avocado, cheese, and quickly chopped herbs on a fresh tortilla. 

Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Tacos

Wrap up the chicken in some store-bought tortillas, douse everything in a jar of salsa and some shredded cheese, and 20 minutes later, you'll be pulling these out of the oven. 

Recipe: 4-Ingredient Enchiladas Verdes

Doctor up a bag of pre-shredded cabbage with basil, mint, and cilantro, then shake up a seven-ingredient dressing, and before you know it, you'll be inhaling this salad.

Recipe: Vietnamese Chicken Salad

Spend 25 minutes simmering some broth, veggies, and seasonings together for a classic take on chicken noodle soup. 

Recipe: Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup

This one's also great for meal prep. 

Recipe: Simple Burrito Bowls

Scatter some pecans, dried fruit, and sliced apples over a bed of spinach for a salad that's practically Panera-worthy! Or choose the toppings you like best! 

Recipe: Green Chicken Salad

The perfect chance to raid your pantry staples. 

Recipe: 7-Can Tortilla Soup

It calls for you to cook your own chicken breasts, but a rotisserie is a convenient short cut. 

Recipe: Sesame Chicken Zucchini Noodles

An awesome, light, and low-carb dinner. 

Recipe: Tomato Basil Chicken Stew

Is your mouth watering just looking at this dip?

Recipe: Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Dip

So fresh and filling! 

Recipe: Chicken Chickpea Chopped Salad

These would go perfectly with a Friday night and a movie! 

Recipe: Single-Serve Cheesy Chicken Pesto Pizzas

Love enchiladas? Love Buffalo chicken? Why didn’t they think of this before? 

Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas

Simply delicious. 

Recipe: Chicken Pitas With Jalapeño Whipped Feta and Quick Tzatziki

Such a cool twist on a popular classic. 

Recipe: Jalapeño Popper Chicken Sliders

Fresh and delicious. 

Recipe: Rainbow Thai Chicken Salad