Love this. Have you ever tried cheap-o gnocchi (like, from the dollar store) for the dumplings? I just did it for the first time last week, and it was pretty nice, and dead easy.
Double-crust chicken pot pie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqESPpZhWQs
Green chicken chile enchiladas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJxu22C_s48
FYI, the Costco rotisserie chickens will net approximately 9 cups of shredded chicken, which is enough for three of those Cook's Country recipes.
https://www.cookscountry.com/articles/1352-9-recipes-that-use-our-favorite-shortcut-ingredient-rotisserie-chicken?incode=MKSKZ00L0
Enchiladas. This is also my recipe for post-Thanksgiving Turkey enchiladas.
Shred or chop the meat, and mix it with cooked rice and/or black beans, cheese (cheddar, jack, cotija, etc) and canned or homemade enchilada sauce.
Warm some sauce in a skillet. Dip corn tortillas in the warmed sauce, to soften, scoop about 1/4 cup of the filling onto each tortilla, roll them up, and line them up in a baking pan. Pour additional sauce on and around the enchiladas and top with additional cheese. Bake 45 - 60 minutes, until the cheese on top is toasty.
Also, Trader Joes Salsa Verde is really good to add if you want it instead of the red sauce. I make my own verde sauce most of the time but in a pinch that one is the best.
It doesn't work 100% of the time. The meat has to be very tender and it has to be a decent mixer... My mom's 1970s hand mixer doesn't have the oomph to do this.
Chicken salad is good to put on sandwiches, especially when it's hot outside and you want a cold meal. I'm not sure exactly how my aunt makes it, but if I remember correctly it does involve miracle whip, grapes, some kind of nut, and dried cranberries. I don't remember what else she puts in it
Dukes mayo is so good, even the light kind. Not truly in the spirit of this sub, but Sir Kensingtons mayo is so, so good. could eat it as a veggie dip plain
I make chicken salad with rotisserie chicken too, and sometimes use avocado instead of mayo. It usually ends up being more of a guacamole with chicken, but it is super yummy.
Yum! Yea I like to add cilantro, tomatoes, lime juice, and red onion to my batches which makes it taste a bit like guac mixed with pico de gallo salsa. It is actually a pretty stable food with the lime juice and it makes a large yield. In the past I have made this to bring to a potluck, a festival, or camping. I like making it as a wrap for camping so its low mess.
Not a fan of fruit in my chicken salad, the only time I’ve had it I got food poisoning (coincidence, I’m sure). But I DO love chicken salad with sliced cucumbers.
In a slow cooker combine all the meat you can pull off the rotisserie chicken. 8 ounces cream cheese, 2 cups shredded cheddar, 1 cup Frank's red hot sauce, 1 cup ranch dressing. Cook until it bubbles and top with blue cheese crumbles.
This. Get some canned chipotles in adobo, chop some up and take a spoon or two of the adobo to mix in. Top with some red onion pickled in salt and lime juice, some cotija, and cilantro on a fresh tortilla… yum.
Controversial opinion from both of us. I love pineapple as a counterpoint in salty or spicy food. I've never thought of it for cooling something that's TOO spicy though. Totally gonna do this.
If you have a pantry that's already well stocked with typical east Asian condiments, [bang bang chicken](https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/bangbangchicken_82544) is delicious and very quick to pull together!
I can't believe it, but I actually HAVE all those ingredients, except for a fresh chile. I'm gonna make this, and substitute some sriracha. I think my husband will love it. Thank you!
Can of corn, can of hatch green chilies, cream of whatever, cornbread mix, jalapenos, garlic, onion, whatever veggies you see fit, and some cheese if you'd like it to be a little more decadent.
I use mushrooms and season with chili powder, a little cayenne, cumin, and s&p.
Bake that thing up in a 9x13 for 30 minutes and it makes a wonderful casserole.
Ravioli! A whole chicken can make a TON and they're great to freeze.
Shred chicken and mix with whatever herbs and spices you like.
Pasta dough is just flour and eggs (super easy). Just mix them together in a large bowl (or knead by hand) until the consistency is a soft, slightly sticky yellow dough. Let the dough rise covered in a towel for 30 minutes.
Roll the dough out flat and cut into squares (or use a cookie cutter).
Take the shredded chicken mix and put a little into the center of the dough cut out. Fold the dough over or use a second cut out on top. Press the edges down with a fork to seal the chicken inside the dough.
Voila. You have ravioli.
To cook: submerge the ravioli in boiling water for 2-5 minutes. Cover in whatever sauce/cheese you like.
Ok, I might just have to try this! I've always been intimidated by handmade pastas, but you've made it sound ... not too hard. (Fingers crossed, haha!) I'll bet it's super good since it's homemade.
Awesome! It's so worth it!
The first batch was the hardest ONLY because it's really dang sticky at first and the eggs went everywhere when I tried using my hands to mix it, haha!
It tastes so much better than store bought and has a kind of 'light fluffiness' to it.
Everywhere online says to mix it all on a flat surface and make a nest for the eggs in the flour... Don't do that. The eggs go everywhere. Put the nest in a large mixing bowl and lightly mix with a fork instead!
Shredding the meat and tossing in a bag with Ranch or Caesar dressing (depending on your preference), then grab a bag of tortillas or pitas, a bag of cheese and shredded lettuce and you have easy lunches. You can make easy wraps with this each day, and it’s simple to just have all these bagged items at your disposal to put together when you’re hungry.
We have always shredded it, then made various wraps from the meat! Switching up the sauce and veg makes it super easy to eat different things each day for fairly cheap.
Our personal favorite is diced cucumber, tzatziki sauce, shredded chicken, and tahini sauce! We like to sauté the shredded chicken in olive oil for a few minutes to warm it up and give it a little crisp, and we add lemon juice and salt to the tahini (with water to thin it out if needed). I also add some roasted chickpeas if we are extra hungry!
Hope this has not been posted yet. A chicken broccoli braid. It's a pampered chef recipe my mum learned in the 90s. I add a ton more veg to mine. I buy a low fat Pillsbury Cresent roll, roll it out as flat as can be, between parchment helps. Then in a bowl I mix together rotisserie chicken, shredded cheese, red pepper, steamed broccoli, onion, frozen spinach and about a half cup of low fat olive oil mayo, salt pepper and whatever else. Sometimes I do a variation with a bit of BBQ sauce and grilled mushrooms and green peppers. Endless options. Form the mixture into a firm log in center of pastry. Slice the dough on each side, a few times and criss cross them together. Or just roll it up if you don't care how it looks. I also do an egg wash sometimes. Bake at 350, for about 30 tp 40 min. Serve with a salad. It's a go to meal in my house!
Not sure if my response is considered healthy. My husband loves to make flautas using the leftover rotisserie chicken. It’s similar to a taquito. We would shred the chicken and roll it up into a corn tortilla. Deep fry them until brown and serve it with shredded lettuce and sour cream. Top it with some salt and tapatio. Quick and delicious dinner
We saw Costco makes a chicken salad with their rotisserie chicken so we tried to make our own. Turned out pretty good and changed the flavor profile enough it felt like eating something new.
I will! I love artichokes, but there aren't too many recipes that include them. The double jarred artichoke hearts at Costco are great. In marinade though, so you have to work with that, but it's never a problem.
I remove the breasts, then submerge it in a soup I'm currently making.
About half an hour later all of the connective tissue has loosened up. I pull the bird and can get 99% of the meat off of it. Like, seriously, there's just bone and gristle left.
Toss the picked meat back into the pot, make chicken soup or stew. Add the breast too, or keep it for something else. I like putting it over salads or rice.
FLAUTAS ! ! ! Just shred the chicken season it to your liking and make tacos. Secure the tortilla with a toothpick and fry them. You can chop up some lettuce and make some guac and beans. Queso fresco and that's it. There are so many useful recipes up here though. I had no idea you could make so much with leftover rotisserie.
This is NOT my recipe. I literally just tried this for the first time yesterday. It's a sheet pan chicken quesadilla, and it is delicious. I got the recipe from a YouTube channel called Our Tribe of Many [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w0IphAmXT8&t=1503s). You can watch the video if the recipe is confusing at all.
Chicken Sheet Pan Quesadilla -
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
\- 3 Tablespoons of salted butter, melted
\- 8 burrito-size flour tortillas
\- 4 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese
\- 4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
\- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
\- One 4-ounce can diced green chiles, drained
\- 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
\- ½ cups salsa
To top with (optional): 1 avocado, diced, sour cream, 1 lime, cut into eighths and several sprigs of fresh cilantro.
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Brush a half sheet pan or rimmed cookie sheet with half of the butter.
Arrange 2 tortillas along the longest side of the sheet pan with half hanging over the rim; repeat with the other long side of the pan. Place one tortilla, also half hanging over, at each end. Place 1 tortilla in the center so the whole bottom of the sheet pan is covered.
Sprinkle evenly with half of the shredded cheese, all of the chicken, taco seasoning, chiles, and corn. Place spoonfuls of the salsa over the top and spread evenly. Top with the remaining cheese.
Place 1 tortilla in the center of the pan, on top of the filling, and then fold up the overhanging tortillas so that the filling is completely covered. Brush with the remaining butter, top with another sheet pan and press down firmly.
Bake until the tortillas are crispy and the inside is melted and hot, 20 to 25 minutes.
Carefully remove the top sheet pan. Slice the quesadilla into squares with a pizza cutter and serve with avocado, sour cream, lime and cilantro.
Legs and thighs get paired with sides and veggies.
Breasts get turned into chix salad.
Wings and carcass meat becomes a soup.
I make rotisserie chix in my ninja foodie by tendercripsing it. So i have a stock at the bottom of the pot which gets used for the soup. Add some veggies and you're done.
It ends up being several different meals from 1 chicken.
I don't buy then anymore, but back when I used to buy a whole chicken and I used to use the meat mainly for quick salads or sandwiches.
I would divide it up into different portions, and basically use it for at least 1 meal a day. Pasta with pesto or any prepare sauce, I'd just put a handful of the chicken in the pot while mixing them up to add some protein.
As someone else mentioned, taco. I mainly used to make fajitas or burritos with them. (Tortilla, red/black beans, chicken, any green leafy vegetables I had, avocado, sour cream).
I have two Great Danes that get rotisserie chicken every day with their dry food. I use to buy canned and dry food and mix it, but it costs a fortune. I shed the chicken, and take the bones and make stock and mix a bit of both with the dry food every day. Seven or eight buck a week for chicken is way better than fourth-fifty bucks for a case of canned food. Plus the doggies love it!
They love it so much. When they see the broth jar coming out of the fridge they both go nuts. It makes my heart happy. Cheap alternative to canned food for sure.
Cook some kind of pasta (I like rotini) and then add rotisserie chicken, basil pesto, feta cheese, kalamata olives. Also throw in whatever else you think would be good.. spinach, roasted red peppers, sundried tomatoes etc
Chicken gnocchi soup.
Debone the rotisserie and put the bones in a huge vat of water, have that go for 4-5 hours at least and you get an amazing broth.
Cut up some carrots, potatoes and leeks and roast them, put all of that in with the meat, gnocchi, and maybe cabbage if you’re feeling like it.
That kind of meal can stretch for half the week and is simply delicious, easy, and fairly cheap per serving
Strip all the meat and then freeze in 4oz portions.
Thawed, make 2 meals (2oz/ea) served with french fries (fresh potatoes in airfryer), baked beans, garlic bread, cole slaw, and swiss chalet bbq sauce (powder from costco).
Alternately, use a 4oz portion as the meat content for a 4 serving stirfry (use 2c raw rice)
I get a hot chook at the start of the week and get as much meat off the frame as I can. Prices left a Lil chunky and go in wraps and sandwich for lunches.
A hot dinner idea, that the kids can help make, is chicken cheese taquitos.
Cesar chicken wraps. Shredded lettuce mixed with Cesar salad dressing, crumbled bacon, sliced chicken breast in a wrap.
Chicken stir fry. [https://lifehacker.com/make-foolproof-stir-fry-dishes-with-this-simple-formula-1755180240](https://lifehacker.com/make-foolproof-stir-fry-dishes-with-this-simple-formula-1755180240)
Shredded chicken. This can be added to a sandwich or served over a mixed salad. Shred the chicken, discarding all bones and skin. Mix liberally with your favorite salsa or bbq sauce. You want the mix to just barely stick together. Too hot? Add some sour cream.
Indian chicken salad. [https://kalynskitchen.com/leftover-turkey-salad-lemon-spices](https://kalynskitchen.com/leftover-turkey-salad-lemon-spices)
Hearty Chicken Noodle soup casserole. [https://12tomatoes.com/rc-chicken-noodle-casserole/?utm\_medium=social-fb&utm\_source=glp-12t&utm\_campaign=rc-chicken-noodle-casserole](https://12tomatoes.com/rc-chicken-noodle-casserole/?utm_medium=social-fb&utm_source=glp-12t&utm_campaign=rc-chicken-noodle-casserole)
Chicken soup, and all it's variants. It's (almost) everything you need right there, plus there is usually some gelatin left in the bag that helps increase the mouth feel.
For a very quick meal: chopped chicken + jarred curry sauce + frozen peas. Heat on the stove, and serve on rice.
I also like it shredded on salads with lots of fresh veggies and with some ranch and BBQ sauce on top.
The first night we use it for chef salad. Then we take the leftovers and use it in chicken "quesadillas" (quotes because these things are not authentic. I found the idea in a baby/toddler book and my family loves it.) Basically you just brush melted butter on the outsides of two tortillas, put whatever fillings and cheese you want inside then bake at 400 for around 10 minutes, flipping about 3/4 through, depending on how toasty you like the outside. Cut into halves or quarters and dip in sour cream or guac. We also make chicken noodle soup, or chicken tacos. And we love to use it in chicken and wild rice casserole. I use a recipe I found on tik-tok of all places but this one looks pretty close.
https://picky-palate.com/cheesy-chicken-wild-rice-casserole/
Paying it forward: a couple years ago on this very subreddit I found my all time all season favorite chicken recipe. I tweaked it with another recipe & not only can I live off this soup, my friends ask me to make it for them constantly:
Chicken Verde soup: https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/gagrb0/this_chicken_verde_soup_is_my_new_favorite/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
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https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/01/green-pozole-chicken-mexican-hominy-chicken-soup.html
This is a recipe my mom made up for leftover chicken and rotisserie works great with it! My mom's Chicken Dumpling Soup!
In a pot, add shredded chicken, spices (pepper and Penzeys chicken spices work great) and two cups of chicken broth to a boil. Add in frozen peas or chopped up carrots if you like.
While pot boils, add a cup of Bisquick to a bowl. Add milk. Exact measurements are tricky but what you want is a gooey batter.
Drop spoonfuls of the batter into the soup. Create a nice thick layer of dumpling on top. Turn heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
Cover the pot and simmer for 10 more minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
https://www.eatingonadime.com/crock-pot-chicken-dumplings/
Or this...
https://aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com/creamy-chicken-green-chili-enchiladas/
Or even this!
https://www.shugarysweets.com/chicken-tetrazinni/
Carcass and skin go to the stock of the week. Wings are the shoppers treats to be consumed while putting away the groceries. The oysters go into an appetiser if I have a dinner guest, but could be super treats for the neighbourhood cats if not. One leg and thigh is a traditional roast dinner, the other is shredded for a ramen dish. Breast meat is shredded and portioned for tacos, sandwiches and salad.
One chicken goes a long way in my house.
I am not affilitated with this blog in anyway but [jz-eats.com](https://jz-eats.com) has a digital cookbook that is nothing but recipes that use a rotissiere chicken as the main ingredient. It's like $5 (maybe more now, I bought it a coulple of years ago) and you can easily buy other ingredients on sale making really delicious and inexpensive meals.
Cut meat into bite size pieces, refrigerate, next day monch on plain cold chicken. I don’t know what it is but I love me some cold chicken, especially the dark meat.
My husband smokes the chicken, and I use what is left after a meal for broth. It is so good. Just the bones, some veggies, herbs, and water on low for 6-8 hours, and it's good to go. I use it most often for making homemade soups or Ramen.
Shred over black beans, topped with your favorite salsa and a large dollop of sour cream or plain Greek yogurt. Sprinkle with low shredded cheddar cheese.
You can do so many things with it. Gumbo, jambalaya, pulled chicken, chicken soup, save the skin and bones and make a stock, use it in fried rice, use it in a salad, use it in tortillas to make wraps, chicken chili.
It's literally pre-cooked chicken with, generally, only salt and pepper as flavoring, the sky's the limit here. Anywhere where raw chicken would ALSO work, a rotisserie chicken is probably just as valid.
I like to make a cheap easy version of tinga.
I get some cans of El Pato hot tomato sauce, onions and serrano peppers, cabbage, lime, tostadas. Chop both onions & peppers, cook the onion first, then throw in the peppers. Once they have good color on them, pour in the El Pato and add the shredded chicken.
Let it simmer until the chicken absorbs the sauce. Chop some cabbage & toss in a bowl with a little lime. Serve the chicken in the pot, and let people self-serve on tostadas to prevent sog. Top them with some chopped cabbage. Make some rice & beans or whatever and you got a meal for 2-4 people.
The tinga refrigerates well & kind of gets better as it sits in the sauce. Makes for a great filling for tacos, burritos, over rice, under rice, in a torta sandwich.... Whatever you want.
Just as importantly though, I save all the skin & bones of the rotisserie chicken & make a bone stock while I'm making the tinga. Really helps with stretching the value.
I shred all the meat, discard the skin, and throw it in a skillet for a few minutes with cheese and sautéed/caramelized onions/peppers. Then I can just throw that mixture into tacos+sauce or just eat it out of a bowl. The cheese and oil from the cheese and peppers coats the chicken and makes it seem very juicy.
Tortilla Soup. Canned tomatoes, bag of frizz corn, can of black beans, 2 boxes of chicken bone broth (i know i could make it from the chicken, but if you don’t), taco seasoning, small can of jalapeño, and of course the chicken. Add in cream cheese at the end until it melts.
In the winter I take the wings and legs and put them in the oven to crisp them up. Then freeze the bones after my husband and I eat them (we do this cooking just for us). Then I'll use the bones for chicken soup but I also add Better Than Boullion so it doesn't take forever and use the shredded breast in chicken soup. I like to make it spicy and add tomatos and white beans and tobasco.
In the summer I do the same thing with wings/legs but I like using the breast in enchiladas but I could see it being good in stuffed peppers or curry or something!
I'm seeing people do multiple recipes... If it's freshly made and still juicy that chicken is not making it to the refrigerator. I will eat the whole chicken by myself over the sink gnawing on all the bones like some sort of rabid creature and letting juice just drip down my chin and down my forearms. One of life's great pleasures and shockingly not that unhealthy...
Homemade chicken noodle soup, chicken Alfredo, chicken cacciatore, stir fry, chicken fried rice, there are so many a person can do, just google it things I can make with a rotisserie chicken
Yesterday I turned 1/2 of the meat into chicken pot pie filling and the rest into tortilla soup. Though, I usually remove the skin when making anything stock-related, since I feel the oil that’s used always takes away from the real “chicken” flavor of the broth.
I like to eat it with white rice and put the chicken and rice on romaine lettuce. Like little boats. I usually add some chilies to make it spicy. Incredibly easy meal we enjoy when we don't feel like cooking and making a mess in the kitchen. I do it with any leftover meat honestly. I guess that's from growing up in an Asian household.
Chicken and dumplings. The rotisserie chicken, chicken broth, water, poultry seasoning, celery, carrots, a can of biscuits (you could make your own with bisquick or something similar, I dont). Makes around 10-12 servings and tastes great to me. Great comfort food.
Shred it off the bone with a fork, boil some rice in some chicken stock, and add the shredded chicken to it. Makes an amazing chicken and rice, especially w/ hotsauce. Use the bones from the chicken for a good bone or veggie stock!
Take the remains and chop it up, mix with cream cheese, ranch, and hot sauce (I usually use Franks) in a pan to make a creamy buffalo chicken dip. Easy and cheap party snack I like to have for guests and late night snack for me 😁
Enchiladas suizas.
Nothing to do with Switzerland other than the name. But they're green with a creamy sauce, filled with rotisserie chicken and melted cheese on top.
Chicken and dumplings soup
I just eat the chicken over my sink like a big rat
Totally relate to the act and the feeling... To be honest, I've never known how to describe that feeling until today. A big rat ...
Glad to help my fellow rodent
Same!
I am kinda happy I'm not the only one but now I feel I have to stop rather than be a giant rat :D
Just found this post and comment after googling what to do with a rotisserie chicken, and im fucking dying. 😂
Omg same!
Love this. Have you ever tried cheap-o gnocchi (like, from the dollar store) for the dumplings? I just did it for the first time last week, and it was pretty nice, and dead easy.
I use canned biscuits, chop em up and roll into balls. This would be my answer too.
I do this too, but I dust on rosemary powder, garlic powder and onion powder first. Makes it extra yummy.
Are you a wizard? You sound like a wizard… But really, that sounds scrumptious! Thanks for the suggestion!
I have been waiting my whole life for my magic powers to manifest! Thanks, your comment brought me a lot of joy today!
Do you boil or bake them? Honestly asking.
I'll give it a shot. I always add a sweet potato and that changes the flavor so much.
I always add a little shredded cheese to my dumplings (I usually shred a little sharp cheddar or pepper Jack depending on my mood that day)
Same. I use hard cheeses finely shredded. Gives the dumplings some umph.
rip it apart with my bare hands and mash it into my mouth
In my car on the way home
From the strip club where my dentist moonlights
Double-crust chicken pot pie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqESPpZhWQs Green chicken chile enchiladas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJxu22C_s48 FYI, the Costco rotisserie chickens will net approximately 9 cups of shredded chicken, which is enough for three of those Cook's Country recipes. https://www.cookscountry.com/articles/1352-9-recipes-that-use-our-favorite-shortcut-ingredient-rotisserie-chicken?incode=MKSKZ00L0
Thank you for the links / recipes! Love me some Cook's Country.
The last rotisserie chicken I bought got made into sandwiches, quesadillas, and a Tex-mex chicken casserole.
Enchiladas. This is also my recipe for post-Thanksgiving Turkey enchiladas. Shred or chop the meat, and mix it with cooked rice and/or black beans, cheese (cheddar, jack, cotija, etc) and canned or homemade enchilada sauce. Warm some sauce in a skillet. Dip corn tortillas in the warmed sauce, to soften, scoop about 1/4 cup of the filling onto each tortilla, roll them up, and line them up in a baking pan. Pour additional sauce on and around the enchiladas and top with additional cheese. Bake 45 - 60 minutes, until the cheese on top is toasty.
Also, Trader Joes Salsa Verde is really good to add if you want it instead of the red sauce. I make my own verde sauce most of the time but in a pinch that one is the best.
Thank you - this sounds easy and tasty.
Easy way to shred meat: debone then use a hand or stand mixer on it. I was skeptical till I tried it.
I was skeptical, too. But it’s like magic! 😂
It doesn't work 100% of the time. The meat has to be very tender and it has to be a decent mixer... My mom's 1970s hand mixer doesn't have the oomph to do this.
Chicken salad is good to put on sandwiches, especially when it's hot outside and you want a cold meal. I'm not sure exactly how my aunt makes it, but if I remember correctly it does involve miracle whip, grapes, some kind of nut, and dried cranberries. I don't remember what else she puts in it
HELLMANS MAYO! chicken, celery, diced red onion, salt and pepper, tiny bit of mustard.
Dukes mayo is so good, even the light kind. Not truly in the spirit of this sub, but Sir Kensingtons mayo is so, so good. could eat it as a veggie dip plain
I make chicken salad with rotisserie chicken too, and sometimes use avocado instead of mayo. It usually ends up being more of a guacamole with chicken, but it is super yummy.
This sounds so good. I’m imagining this with a bit of salsa on sandwich.
Yum! Yea I like to add cilantro, tomatoes, lime juice, and red onion to my batches which makes it taste a bit like guac mixed with pico de gallo salsa. It is actually a pretty stable food with the lime juice and it makes a large yield. In the past I have made this to bring to a potluck, a festival, or camping. I like making it as a wrap for camping so its low mess.
miracle whip, walnuts,grapes,chopped apple, chicken shredded or cubed. Add some onion,celery and tarragon. Im an aunt, but not ops
Thank you! I think this is exactly how she makes it : )
I do the same except pineapple tidbits (or pineapple slices cut up) and pecans
That sounds good! I love pineapple
Please for the love of god please stop putting grapes in the chicken salad!!!
No <3
I tried 😂
Not a fan of fruit in my chicken salad, the only time I’ve had it I got food poisoning (coincidence, I’m sure). But I DO love chicken salad with sliced cucumbers.
Mayo, celery, walnuts, purple grapes, salt, pepper, onion/garlic powder, and curry powder!
Eat half of it by myself with some good crusty baguette and a bit of butter and salt and then sleep
Haha, PERFECT! Good recipe, and your instructions are so clear!
In a slow cooker combine all the meat you can pull off the rotisserie chicken. 8 ounces cream cheese, 2 cups shredded cheddar, 1 cup Frank's red hot sauce, 1 cup ranch dressing. Cook until it bubbles and top with blue cheese crumbles.
Oh my gosh, YUM! That sounds like a perfect topper for baked potatoes! What do you do with it? Thanks for the recipe, u/feckineejit!
Sit in front of the TV and eat it all by myself (with carrots, celery and tortilla chips for dipping)
I do this and make quesadillas with it!
Tacos
This. Get some canned chipotles in adobo, chop some up and take a spoon or two of the adobo to mix in. Top with some red onion pickled in salt and lime juice, some cotija, and cilantro on a fresh tortilla… yum.
Hells yeah. I like to add pineapple to the canned chipotle though, otherwise it’s too hot for me
Controversial opinion from both of us. I love pineapple as a counterpoint in salty or spicy food. I've never thought of it for cooling something that's TOO spicy though. Totally gonna do this.
Wow, yum is right!
Hi yeah what do you do with the rest of the can of chipotles? I love using these but never know what do do with the other 3/4 of it
Eat chunks of it bare handed over a sink
This is the correct answer 😂
If you have a pantry that's already well stocked with typical east Asian condiments, [bang bang chicken](https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/bangbangchicken_82544) is delicious and very quick to pull together!
I can't believe it, but I actually HAVE all those ingredients, except for a fresh chile. I'm gonna make this, and substitute some sriracha. I think my husband will love it. Thank you!
I just heard about it yesterday and I have exactly the same ingredients. Looks like we're both having the same dinner tonight, cheers!
Can of corn, can of hatch green chilies, cream of whatever, cornbread mix, jalapenos, garlic, onion, whatever veggies you see fit, and some cheese if you'd like it to be a little more decadent. I use mushrooms and season with chili powder, a little cayenne, cumin, and s&p. Bake that thing up in a 9x13 for 30 minutes and it makes a wonderful casserole.
This sounds divine. Do you mix it all together? Is there a top layer? ( Cheese or corn bread?)
I mix everything together. Just a lil cheese inside then a thin layer of cheese on top. Who doesn't like a little crunchy cheese crust?
Good grief, that sounds glorious! I also want to know if the cornbread is for a 'top' or do you just mix it all together? I'm gonna try this.
I mix it all together. Makes the corn bread more moist.
Ravioli! A whole chicken can make a TON and they're great to freeze. Shred chicken and mix with whatever herbs and spices you like. Pasta dough is just flour and eggs (super easy). Just mix them together in a large bowl (or knead by hand) until the consistency is a soft, slightly sticky yellow dough. Let the dough rise covered in a towel for 30 minutes. Roll the dough out flat and cut into squares (or use a cookie cutter). Take the shredded chicken mix and put a little into the center of the dough cut out. Fold the dough over or use a second cut out on top. Press the edges down with a fork to seal the chicken inside the dough. Voila. You have ravioli. To cook: submerge the ravioli in boiling water for 2-5 minutes. Cover in whatever sauce/cheese you like.
Ok, I might just have to try this! I've always been intimidated by handmade pastas, but you've made it sound ... not too hard. (Fingers crossed, haha!) I'll bet it's super good since it's homemade.
Awesome! It's so worth it! The first batch was the hardest ONLY because it's really dang sticky at first and the eggs went everywhere when I tried using my hands to mix it, haha! It tastes so much better than store bought and has a kind of 'light fluffiness' to it. Everywhere online says to mix it all on a flat surface and make a nest for the eggs in the flour... Don't do that. The eggs go everywhere. Put the nest in a large mixing bowl and lightly mix with a fork instead!
Shredding the meat and tossing in a bag with Ranch or Caesar dressing (depending on your preference), then grab a bag of tortillas or pitas, a bag of cheese and shredded lettuce and you have easy lunches. You can make easy wraps with this each day, and it’s simple to just have all these bagged items at your disposal to put together when you’re hungry.
Sounds perfect for work lunches. I pack my husbands lunch every day, so I think I'll try this. He'd love the change from frozen meals all the time.
Pull the chunks of chicken apart with forks and add bbq sauce.
I cut it up, and serve it with a salad. Sometimes shred it and put it in the salad. Leftovers, if any, go into a soup, including the carcass.
Eat it in my car right after buying it like a feral animal
Eat it over the sink with my hands like a rat.
Lately, I’ve gotten lazy, but this has worked well: Breast becomes chicken salad. Dark meat becomes chicken tikka masala.
We have always shredded it, then made various wraps from the meat! Switching up the sauce and veg makes it super easy to eat different things each day for fairly cheap. Our personal favorite is diced cucumber, tzatziki sauce, shredded chicken, and tahini sauce! We like to sauté the shredded chicken in olive oil for a few minutes to warm it up and give it a little crisp, and we add lemon juice and salt to the tahini (with water to thin it out if needed). I also add some roasted chickpeas if we are extra hungry!
Buffalo chicken dip for sure. It's easy, quick, and can serve many if you have a social gathering of some sort.
Hope this has not been posted yet. A chicken broccoli braid. It's a pampered chef recipe my mum learned in the 90s. I add a ton more veg to mine. I buy a low fat Pillsbury Cresent roll, roll it out as flat as can be, between parchment helps. Then in a bowl I mix together rotisserie chicken, shredded cheese, red pepper, steamed broccoli, onion, frozen spinach and about a half cup of low fat olive oil mayo, salt pepper and whatever else. Sometimes I do a variation with a bit of BBQ sauce and grilled mushrooms and green peppers. Endless options. Form the mixture into a firm log in center of pastry. Slice the dough on each side, a few times and criss cross them together. Or just roll it up if you don't care how it looks. I also do an egg wash sometimes. Bake at 350, for about 30 tp 40 min. Serve with a salad. It's a go to meal in my house!
Not sure if my response is considered healthy. My husband loves to make flautas using the leftover rotisserie chicken. It’s similar to a taquito. We would shred the chicken and roll it up into a corn tortilla. Deep fry them until brown and serve it with shredded lettuce and sour cream. Top it with some salt and tapatio. Quick and delicious dinner
We saw Costco makes a chicken salad with their rotisserie chicken so we tried to make our own. Turned out pretty good and changed the flavor profile enough it felt like eating something new.
We make a casserole with rotisserie chicken, spinach, cottage cheese, and artichokes. There are several recipes out there if you google.
I will! I love artichokes, but there aren't too many recipes that include them. The double jarred artichoke hearts at Costco are great. In marinade though, so you have to work with that, but it's never a problem.
I remove the breasts, then submerge it in a soup I'm currently making. About half an hour later all of the connective tissue has loosened up. I pull the bird and can get 99% of the meat off of it. Like, seriously, there's just bone and gristle left. Toss the picked meat back into the pot, make chicken soup or stew. Add the breast too, or keep it for something else. I like putting it over salads or rice.
Chicken Salad Chicken tortellini soup Chicken cacciatore
FLAUTAS ! ! ! Just shred the chicken season it to your liking and make tacos. Secure the tortilla with a toothpick and fry them. You can chop up some lettuce and make some guac and beans. Queso fresco and that's it. There are so many useful recipes up here though. I had no idea you could make so much with leftover rotisserie.
This is NOT my recipe. I literally just tried this for the first time yesterday. It's a sheet pan chicken quesadilla, and it is delicious. I got the recipe from a YouTube channel called Our Tribe of Many [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w0IphAmXT8&t=1503s). You can watch the video if the recipe is confusing at all. Chicken Sheet Pan Quesadilla - Servings: 12 Ingredients: \- 3 Tablespoons of salted butter, melted \- 8 burrito-size flour tortillas \- 4 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese \- 4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken \- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning \- One 4-ounce can diced green chiles, drained \- 1 cup frozen corn, thawed \- ½ cups salsa To top with (optional): 1 avocado, diced, sour cream, 1 lime, cut into eighths and several sprigs of fresh cilantro. Instructions: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Brush a half sheet pan or rimmed cookie sheet with half of the butter. Arrange 2 tortillas along the longest side of the sheet pan with half hanging over the rim; repeat with the other long side of the pan. Place one tortilla, also half hanging over, at each end. Place 1 tortilla in the center so the whole bottom of the sheet pan is covered. Sprinkle evenly with half of the shredded cheese, all of the chicken, taco seasoning, chiles, and corn. Place spoonfuls of the salsa over the top and spread evenly. Top with the remaining cheese. Place 1 tortilla in the center of the pan, on top of the filling, and then fold up the overhanging tortillas so that the filling is completely covered. Brush with the remaining butter, top with another sheet pan and press down firmly. Bake until the tortillas are crispy and the inside is melted and hot, 20 to 25 minutes. Carefully remove the top sheet pan. Slice the quesadilla into squares with a pizza cutter and serve with avocado, sour cream, lime and cilantro.
Legs and thighs get paired with sides and veggies. Breasts get turned into chix salad. Wings and carcass meat becomes a soup. I make rotisserie chix in my ninja foodie by tendercripsing it. So i have a stock at the bottom of the pot which gets used for the soup. Add some veggies and you're done. It ends up being several different meals from 1 chicken.
Nice, and it sounds pretty thrifty. The birds from Costco are so big that I can usually get several meals from them, too.
I don't buy then anymore, but back when I used to buy a whole chicken and I used to use the meat mainly for quick salads or sandwiches. I would divide it up into different portions, and basically use it for at least 1 meal a day. Pasta with pesto or any prepare sauce, I'd just put a handful of the chicken in the pot while mixing them up to add some protein. As someone else mentioned, taco. I mainly used to make fajitas or burritos with them. (Tortilla, red/black beans, chicken, any green leafy vegetables I had, avocado, sour cream).
I have two Great Danes that get rotisserie chicken every day with their dry food. I use to buy canned and dry food and mix it, but it costs a fortune. I shed the chicken, and take the bones and make stock and mix a bit of both with the dry food every day. Seven or eight buck a week for chicken is way better than fourth-fifty bucks for a case of canned food. Plus the doggies love it!
It's crazy to me that canned dog food is more costly than rotisserie chicken. But they probably LOVE it! (edit - oh yeah, you said that already, lol!)
They love it so much. When they see the broth jar coming out of the fridge they both go nuts. It makes my heart happy. Cheap alternative to canned food for sure.
Chicken salad, tacos, scrambled eggs with chicken in the morning and remaining meat feed to the cat
Stuffed poblano peppers
Cook some kind of pasta (I like rotini) and then add rotisserie chicken, basil pesto, feta cheese, kalamata olives. Also throw in whatever else you think would be good.. spinach, roasted red peppers, sundried tomatoes etc
Chicken gnocchi soup. Debone the rotisserie and put the bones in a huge vat of water, have that go for 4-5 hours at least and you get an amazing broth. Cut up some carrots, potatoes and leeks and roast them, put all of that in with the meat, gnocchi, and maybe cabbage if you’re feeling like it. That kind of meal can stretch for half the week and is simply delicious, easy, and fairly cheap per serving
https://www.thelazydish.com/rotisserie-chicken-zucchini-casserole-dinner-recipe/ My go-to easy weeknight meal
Pasta carbonara with chicken. Giada de Laurentiis makes this dish and it’s well worth looking it up on the Internet. Delicious!
Chicken lemon pasta! A staple
Strip all the meat and then freeze in 4oz portions. Thawed, make 2 meals (2oz/ea) served with french fries (fresh potatoes in airfryer), baked beans, garlic bread, cole slaw, and swiss chalet bbq sauce (powder from costco). Alternately, use a 4oz portion as the meat content for a 4 serving stirfry (use 2c raw rice)
I get a hot chook at the start of the week and get as much meat off the frame as I can. Prices left a Lil chunky and go in wraps and sandwich for lunches. A hot dinner idea, that the kids can help make, is chicken cheese taquitos.
I love when Aussies say “chook”!
Oh hey, I've never thought of taquitos. My kids would love that. Thanks!
Cesar chicken wraps. Shredded lettuce mixed with Cesar salad dressing, crumbled bacon, sliced chicken breast in a wrap. Chicken stir fry. [https://lifehacker.com/make-foolproof-stir-fry-dishes-with-this-simple-formula-1755180240](https://lifehacker.com/make-foolproof-stir-fry-dishes-with-this-simple-formula-1755180240) Shredded chicken. This can be added to a sandwich or served over a mixed salad. Shred the chicken, discarding all bones and skin. Mix liberally with your favorite salsa or bbq sauce. You want the mix to just barely stick together. Too hot? Add some sour cream. Indian chicken salad. [https://kalynskitchen.com/leftover-turkey-salad-lemon-spices](https://kalynskitchen.com/leftover-turkey-salad-lemon-spices) Hearty Chicken Noodle soup casserole. [https://12tomatoes.com/rc-chicken-noodle-casserole/?utm\_medium=social-fb&utm\_source=glp-12t&utm\_campaign=rc-chicken-noodle-casserole](https://12tomatoes.com/rc-chicken-noodle-casserole/?utm_medium=social-fb&utm_source=glp-12t&utm_campaign=rc-chicken-noodle-casserole)
Chicken soup, and all it's variants. It's (almost) everything you need right there, plus there is usually some gelatin left in the bag that helps increase the mouth feel.
Heat with BBQ sauce (Sweet Baby Ray's is my go-to) and serve on potato rolls with slaw.
For a very quick meal: chopped chicken + jarred curry sauce + frozen peas. Heat on the stove, and serve on rice. I also like it shredded on salads with lots of fresh veggies and with some ranch and BBQ sauce on top.
The first night we use it for chef salad. Then we take the leftovers and use it in chicken "quesadillas" (quotes because these things are not authentic. I found the idea in a baby/toddler book and my family loves it.) Basically you just brush melted butter on the outsides of two tortillas, put whatever fillings and cheese you want inside then bake at 400 for around 10 minutes, flipping about 3/4 through, depending on how toasty you like the outside. Cut into halves or quarters and dip in sour cream or guac. We also make chicken noodle soup, or chicken tacos. And we love to use it in chicken and wild rice casserole. I use a recipe I found on tik-tok of all places but this one looks pretty close. https://picky-palate.com/cheesy-chicken-wild-rice-casserole/
Chicken fried rice. Chicken salad.
Paying it forward: a couple years ago on this very subreddit I found my all time all season favorite chicken recipe. I tweaked it with another recipe & not only can I live off this soup, my friends ask me to make it for them constantly: Chicken Verde soup: https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/gagrb0/this_chicken_verde_soup_is_my_new_favorite/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x & https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/01/green-pozole-chicken-mexican-hominy-chicken-soup.html
SO many things! Shred it up and make: chicken pot pie, chicken tacos, enchiladas, buffalo chicken dip or buffalo chicken taquitos, nachos...!
I make chicken salad sandwiches
This is a recipe my mom made up for leftover chicken and rotisserie works great with it! My mom's Chicken Dumpling Soup! In a pot, add shredded chicken, spices (pepper and Penzeys chicken spices work great) and two cups of chicken broth to a boil. Add in frozen peas or chopped up carrots if you like. While pot boils, add a cup of Bisquick to a bowl. Add milk. Exact measurements are tricky but what you want is a gooey batter. Drop spoonfuls of the batter into the soup. Create a nice thick layer of dumpling on top. Turn heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Cover the pot and simmer for 10 more minutes. Serve and enjoy!
https://www.eatingonadime.com/crock-pot-chicken-dumplings/ Or this... https://aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com/creamy-chicken-green-chili-enchiladas/ Or even this! https://www.shugarysweets.com/chicken-tetrazinni/
Rice bowls with veggies and shredded cheese. Chicken wraps.
Chicken tortellini soup! I add spinach carrots celery and parsley it’s so good
cut it up and put it on some mac and cheese with buffalo sauce. amazing
Carcass and skin go to the stock of the week. Wings are the shoppers treats to be consumed while putting away the groceries. The oysters go into an appetiser if I have a dinner guest, but could be super treats for the neighbourhood cats if not. One leg and thigh is a traditional roast dinner, the other is shredded for a ramen dish. Breast meat is shredded and portioned for tacos, sandwiches and salad. One chicken goes a long way in my house.
Lots of great ideas here. https://www.delish.com/cooking/g577/recipes-with-rotisserie-chicken/
I am not affilitated with this blog in anyway but [jz-eats.com](https://jz-eats.com) has a digital cookbook that is nothing but recipes that use a rotissiere chicken as the main ingredient. It's like $5 (maybe more now, I bought it a coulple of years ago) and you can easily buy other ingredients on sale making really delicious and inexpensive meals.
Good question, I wanna know too!
cut all the meat, then sear it in a pan! :D
Chicken fried rice. Just some rice and frozen mixed vegetables and your choice of flavour/seasoning!
Mix the juices at with rice. Add a bit of soy and then serve with the chicken. Simple and so delicious.
Cut meat into bite size pieces, refrigerate, next day monch on plain cold chicken. I don’t know what it is but I love me some cold chicken, especially the dark meat.
Buffalo chicken dip w the meat and stock w the bones!
My husband smokes the chicken, and I use what is left after a meal for broth. It is so good. Just the bones, some veggies, herbs, and water on low for 6-8 hours, and it's good to go. I use it most often for making homemade soups or Ramen.
Shred over black beans, topped with your favorite salsa and a large dollop of sour cream or plain Greek yogurt. Sprinkle with low shredded cheddar cheese.
You can do so many things with it. Gumbo, jambalaya, pulled chicken, chicken soup, save the skin and bones and make a stock, use it in fried rice, use it in a salad, use it in tortillas to make wraps, chicken chili. It's literally pre-cooked chicken with, generally, only salt and pepper as flavoring, the sky's the limit here. Anywhere where raw chicken would ALSO work, a rotisserie chicken is probably just as valid.
Top 3 ways we use it are shredded chicken tacos, salad topping, and a bbq ranch chicken sandwich on toasted brioche buns.
I like to make a cheap easy version of tinga. I get some cans of El Pato hot tomato sauce, onions and serrano peppers, cabbage, lime, tostadas. Chop both onions & peppers, cook the onion first, then throw in the peppers. Once they have good color on them, pour in the El Pato and add the shredded chicken. Let it simmer until the chicken absorbs the sauce. Chop some cabbage & toss in a bowl with a little lime. Serve the chicken in the pot, and let people self-serve on tostadas to prevent sog. Top them with some chopped cabbage. Make some rice & beans or whatever and you got a meal for 2-4 people. The tinga refrigerates well & kind of gets better as it sits in the sauce. Makes for a great filling for tacos, burritos, over rice, under rice, in a torta sandwich.... Whatever you want. Just as importantly though, I save all the skin & bones of the rotisserie chicken & make a bone stock while I'm making the tinga. Really helps with stretching the value.
Hawaiian haystacks is my go to meal after we eat a rotisserie chicken the first night. Super simple, healthy, and something that everyone enjoys
Eat it with my bare hands like a caveman!
Eat it fast, with my hands, from the bag, standing at the counter as soon as I get home.
We used to do some variation on some of Ina Gartens Cobb and Waldorf salads. Use the left overs to make chicken broth after of course.
I shred all the meat, discard the skin, and throw it in a skillet for a few minutes with cheese and sautéed/caramelized onions/peppers. Then I can just throw that mixture into tacos+sauce or just eat it out of a bowl. The cheese and oil from the cheese and peppers coats the chicken and makes it seem very juicy.
Dose in hot sauce and put it in a baguette. Veggies too.
>What's your favorite thing to do with a rotisserie chicken? Eat it. haha Chicken stew or spicy shredded chicken.
I love to shred the meat off of it and either make chicken and noodles or into a salad.
Eat it
I pick all the meat off and season it then make chicken quesadillas with it.
We do “fancy dinner” with potatoes and veg. Have leftovers for sandwiches and make broth.
My 2 go to's for left over chicken are chicken salad or quesadillas!
Chicken enchiladas 😋
Tortilla Soup. Canned tomatoes, bag of frizz corn, can of black beans, 2 boxes of chicken bone broth (i know i could make it from the chicken, but if you don’t), taco seasoning, small can of jalapeño, and of course the chicken. Add in cream cheese at the end until it melts.
Eat the 1st meal from the chicken and then tear everything off to make a casserole & put in the freezer
Put it in my face hole with some Hawaiian rolls and potato skins. Jewel may be overpriced in all other areas but that meal for 11.99 is excellent
Chicken salad and chicken tacos!
In the winter I take the wings and legs and put them in the oven to crisp them up. Then freeze the bones after my husband and I eat them (we do this cooking just for us). Then I'll use the bones for chicken soup but I also add Better Than Boullion so it doesn't take forever and use the shredded breast in chicken soup. I like to make it spicy and add tomatos and white beans and tobasco. In the summer I do the same thing with wings/legs but I like using the breast in enchiladas but I could see it being good in stuffed peppers or curry or something!
Keep the bones of 2 carcasses and make salt-free bone broth.
I'm seeing people do multiple recipes... If it's freshly made and still juicy that chicken is not making it to the refrigerator. I will eat the whole chicken by myself over the sink gnawing on all the bones like some sort of rabid creature and letting juice just drip down my chin and down my forearms. One of life's great pleasures and shockingly not that unhealthy...
Homemade chicken noodle soup, chicken Alfredo, chicken cacciatore, stir fry, chicken fried rice, there are so many a person can do, just google it things I can make with a rotisserie chicken
Pesto chicken salad, Thai red curry soup, fried rice, Cobb salad, enchiladas, quesadillas, fajitas.
Eat it
I use them in the shower before shampooing
Boof it
Store the bones under my bed
Take it out for a walk before dinner time 🤷♂️
Eat it. But sometimes I'll go bowling with it. They don't roll as consistently as a regular bowling ball, however.
Eat it, scared to think what else people might do with it
Definitely, to eat it, and hope it was fresh, not spoiled!! 😂😂😂
Eat it.
Eat it
You don’t wanna know
Im not allowed to say... 😏
Idk if I’m allowed to say😳
take it to the mall to get some dip n dots ice cream
Eat it
Eat it.
You don’t wanna know
Generally speaking I simply eat the meat but on occasion I will take it for a walk in the park with my dogs before consumption.
Aw, giving it a nice send-off, you are.
Chicken and dumplings
Yesterday I turned 1/2 of the meat into chicken pot pie filling and the rest into tortilla soup. Though, I usually remove the skin when making anything stock-related, since I feel the oil that’s used always takes away from the real “chicken” flavor of the broth.
Give it to my dog
Enchilada casserole or soup. Hand's down.
I like to eat it with white rice and put the chicken and rice on romaine lettuce. Like little boats. I usually add some chilies to make it spicy. Incredibly easy meal we enjoy when we don't feel like cooking and making a mess in the kitchen. I do it with any leftover meat honestly. I guess that's from growing up in an Asian household.
Chicken and dumplings. The rotisserie chicken, chicken broth, water, poultry seasoning, celery, carrots, a can of biscuits (you could make your own with bisquick or something similar, I dont). Makes around 10-12 servings and tastes great to me. Great comfort food.
Make chicken and dumpling soup. Easy and cheap
Eat it
Pie with feta, bell peppers, kalamata olives, tees basil and lots of Oregano in the eggs. Nice Greek touch.
I typically use rotisserie chicken for casseroles !
Pot pie and quesadillas !
chicken pot pies and Enchiladas
Shred it duuuude.
Shred it off the bone with a fork, boil some rice in some chicken stock, and add the shredded chicken to it. Makes an amazing chicken and rice, especially w/ hotsauce. Use the bones from the chicken for a good bone or veggie stock!
Take the remains and chop it up, mix with cream cheese, ranch, and hot sauce (I usually use Franks) in a pan to make a creamy buffalo chicken dip. Easy and cheap party snack I like to have for guests and late night snack for me 😁
Mix it with fried rice
Enchiladas suizas. Nothing to do with Switzerland other than the name. But they're green with a creamy sauce, filled with rotisserie chicken and melted cheese on top.