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Leftover chicken recipes

Wondering what to do with the leftover chicken from your Sunday roast? Explore beyond the sandwich with our leftover chicken ideas and make a lot out of a little meat. Why you’ll love these ideas:

Budget-friendly recipe ideas: Try thrifty dishes like black bean and chicken burritos that use storecupboard staples
Comforting and hearty favourites: Find crowdpleasing family dinners, such as chicken macaroni cheese, chicken, spinach and ricotta cannelloni and chicken noodle soup
Innovative and exciting twists: Try something new with creative recipes for roast chicken and kimchi toasties and chicken and mango coconut curry
Quick and easy midweek meals: Get dinner on the table fast with our speedy chicken ideas that make the most of leftovers

If you want even more value from your bird, make some homemade chicken stock from the bones to freeze and enjoy in all sorts of meals.

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Chicken and greens pilaf

Use leftover chicken in this quick and easy pilaf recipe made with brown rice, savoy cabbage,…

🍽 Serves 4⏱ 15 min hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Easy

Chicken and mushroom pasta bake

A creamy chicken and mushroom pasta bake made all the speedier by using a ready-roast chicken.…

🍽 Serves 6⏱ 20 min hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Easy

Mexican chicken and tortilla stew

We’ve used a ready-roast chicken to cut down the cooking time of this Mexican stew recipe…

🍽 Serves 6⏱ 45 min hands-on◆ Easy

Spicy filo-topped chicken pie

Use a ready-roast chicken, or leftover chicken from your Sunday roast, to make this easy and…

🍽 Serves 6⏱ 30 min hands-on · 20 min oven◆ Easy

Warm satay chicken and rice salad

If you’re a fan of peanut butter than you’ll love this warm chicken salad drizzled in…

Dairy-free
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy

Leftover chicken noodle soup

You can make this nourishing, cure-everything chicken soup recipe with leftover chicken (or turkey). Most of…

Freezable
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 20 minutes hands-on · 1 hour oven◆ Easy

Sweet potato, chicken and ginger soup

You can freeze the recipe, so make a double batch – one to enjoy now and…

Freezable
🍽 Serves 2 generously⏱ 30 min hands-on · 50 min oven◆ Easy

Chicken, spinach and ricotta cannelloni

Use up leftover roast chicken in this comforting cannelloni recipe with spinach and ricotta. The recipe…

🍽 Serves 2⏱ 20 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy

Vietnamese chicken salad

25 minutes is all you need for this healthy and oh-so-satisfying midweek meal. Add or detract…

🍽 Serves 4⏱ 25 min hands-on · 5 min oven◆ Easy

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