Leftover chicken meals

There are a million things you can do with chicken. However what you can do with the leftovers is even better! Here are a few ideas.

When you find chicken on sale grab it up! This stuff is gold in my house for multi day meals. Everyone knows what you can do with chicken on the first day but lets think about the leftovers or even that big bag of leg quarters you found dirt cheap. Just take the leftover chicken a dice it. If it's a little dry that's not a problem use it in a crock pot meal. You can also use the clearance rotisserie chicken found at the store at the end of the days.

Crock pot chicken and dumplings

You will need:
Leftover diced chicken or canned chicken works
1 medium onion (minced)
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
chicken broth OR water and chicken bouillon
2 cans canned biscuits (regular not buttered) whatever is on sale

In the slow cooker place onions, soup, chicken. Mix together well and add enough broth/water to cover everything. Then season to your taste. I add salt, pepper, paprika, and poultry seasoning to mine.

This will need to cook until the onions are done since the chicken is cooked. However if you use uncooked diced chicken then let it cook on high for 5 or 6 hours.

30 minutes before you're ready to eat it's time to add the biscuits. There are many ways to do this. You can roll them out and slice and/ot dice them or you can be lazy (like me). I just pinch off little bites. After adding one biscuit make sure to push the pieces down into the broth before adding another one. This stops them from becoming one big clump while cooking. Once all added just allow them to cook until the center is done. If you didn't make the bites to big then 30 minutes should be enough but larger bites may take longer.

Before serving just stir it one good time to bring the chicken to the top and push some dumplings down.

*Note if using boneless skinless chicken breast add a little butter at the beginning so that the dumplings don't stick*

Chicken Pot luck (husband's favorite)
Leftover turkey also works great in this meal

You will need:
Leftover chicken diced
chicken broth or water
1 onion diced
1 can cream of (insert fav) soup
2 jars turkey gravy
Seasoning of choice

This can be cooked on the stove or in the crock pot.

In a pot (crock pot) place the chicken, diced onion, gravy, soup. Add enough water or broth to cover. Cook it until the chicken falls apart and onion is cooked. If cooked on the stove make sure to stir regularly because this likes to stick. If in a hurry you can cook the onion with a little butter in a frying pan and then add.

This is great served over rice or pasta. It's also great on an open faced turkey sandwich. Leftovers of this also freeze well making yet another meal.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie (This is a Betty Crocker recipe)

You will need:
Leftover chicken (at least 1 cup)
1 bag of mixed frozen veggies or 2 cans mixed veggies (drained)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup Bisquick mix
1/2 cup of milk
1 egg

• Heat oven to 400ºF. Mix vegetables, chicken and soup in ungreased glass pie plate, 9x1 1/4 inches.
• Stir together remaining ingredients with fork until blended. Pour into pie plate.
• Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Crock Pot BBQ Chicken

You will need:
Leftover chicken
Bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce
1 onion diced
Seasoning of choice

Place diced onion on the bottom of crock pot to ensure it gets cooked well. Then place chicken and pour BBQ sauce over it. If there's not enough sauce to cover then add a little water to the bottle and shake it and pour it in the pot also. I cook this on low all day, stirring it about halfway through cooking. Since the chicken is already cooked there is no set time needed. I just cook it until the chicken falls apart and we're ready to eat.