Rotisserie Chicken Recipes

For my freezer meals, I usually buy a couple rotissere chickens from Sam's or Walmart, shred the meat and use some in various dishes. For how much time it saves, I don't think it's that much more expensive than buying and cooking yourself. Maybe some of you know...

Some things I use the chicken in: pot pies, tacos or taco salads, bbq chicken pizza, maybe chicken soup in the winter, etc. It goes a long way. Throw the bones in a big pot and cover with water. Boil 30 minutes (with or with out some veggies like carrot, onion, celery), then skim out the bones and you have chicken stock for soups, sauce, etc. No need to buy the convenient cartons! It freezes fine in ziplock bags...

So here's some of the recipes-

Chicken Pot Pie:

OK - not super healthy but I figure if eaten in small doses and supplemented by other healthy stuff it's ok. It's one of our go to meals becuase Tui loves chicken pot pie. Believe me, this is the healthier version than what I made before! Baby steps...


2 C. cooked chicken
1 large can (32 oz?) mixed veggies
2 regular cans (15oz) or one big can cream of chicken soup
pepper to taste
2 frozen deep dish pie crusts
1 box premade, rolled pie crust (2 crusts)

Allow rolled pie crusts to come to room temperature, according to box. Combine chicken, veggies, soup and pepper. Pour into frozen deep dish pie crusts, dividing between the two. Top each pie with a rolled crust, crimping edges to seal. Cut four slits in top. Wrap tightly in plastic, top with foil. Freeze. Makes two pies.

Cooking instructions:

-Allow pie to thaw in fridge overnight.
-Remove plastic, replace foil. Place on cookie sheet
-Bake in 400 degree oven for about 40 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until crust is cooked through (another 15-20 minutes). You can vary cooking time by adjust oven temp.

My family usually eats one pie per meal. We'll have fruit or a salad with it.



Tacos, Nachos, Taco Salad (what ever variation you like, it's basically the same ingredients)

shredded chicken (can cook with some taco seasoning, some spices like garlic, cumen, thyme, or just plain)
shredded lettuce
diced tomato
cheese
corn salsa (frozen corn that's thawed but still cold, cilantro, lime juice - yum!)
guacamole or fresh chopped avacado
tortillas (we make our own baked chips for nachos: slice tortillas into 8 pie sections, spray cookie sheet with cooking spray, layer a single layer of tortilla slices on pan, spray top side of tortillas with cooking spray, lightly salt, bake under broiler until brown and crisp, flipping in between if needed.)
creamy cilantro salad dressing or ranch


BBQ chicken pizza:

shredded chicken
sliced red onion
cheese
cilantro, if you have it
bbq sauce
pizza crust (I'll post a recipe later that can be frozen and used for this. I've read that you can also prepare the whole pizza and freeze at the point just before baking. I haven't tried it but I'm sure it works!)


Chicken soup:

Use your homemade chicken stock, add veggies and simmer until soft. Add shredded chicken. Salt and pepper to taste.