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Start With Rotisserie Chicken

Posted on Jan 2nd, 2024
by lindaBest
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Pesto Chicken in Puff Pastry

The Start With … series continues with rotisserie chicken as the focus. While you can certainly buy this wonderful food to serve as a chicken dinner, I buy it as an ingredient to use in recipes. Not only does this stretch the chicken to serve more people, but the recipes are delicious. Start with rotisserie chicken to make fabulous meals.

And there’s another reason I love rotisserie chicken: Food safety. I just don’t like having raw chicken in my home, since it’s basically a given that it will be contaminated with pathogens like Salmonella. The chicken is also perfectly cooked. No matter how good you are in the kitchen, it is very difficult to cook chicken so it is tender, moist, and cooked to the correct final internal temperature.

Chicken Blue Cheese Bacon Pasta Casserole

I find it easiest to break down a chicken when it’s still warm, but not blazingly hot. The skin will come off easily, and the meat releases from the bone. And when I make chicken salads with rotisserie chicken, the meat stays exceptionally tender when it’s cubed and added to the dressing while it’s hot.

Enjoy these delicious and easy recipes that start with rotisserie chicken.

Start with rotisserie chicken

Pesto Chicken in Puff Pastry

Puff pastry is the magic ingredient in this hot sandwich recipe. Tender rotisserie chicken is mixed with cream cheese, pesto, and sour cream, then wrapped in the pastry and baked until crisp.

Chicken Blue Cheese Bacon Bake

This wonderful casserole is filled with veggies and cheese in a super flavorful sauce made from ranch and blue cheese salad dressing. Bacon adds fabulous texture and flavor.

Creamy Mustard Chicken Bake

Three kinds of mustard, plus a creamy mustard salad dressing, make this hot casserole so flavorful. And bacon and tons of cheese make it delicious.

Waldorf Chicken Salad

Waldorf Salad is a classic recipe made from apples, celery, and walnuts in a blue cheese dressing. Add chicken and two slices of raisin bread to make this wonderful and easy sandwich.

Cranberry Walnut Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Sweet and tart dried cranberries, crunchy walnuts, and flaky croissants, along with tender chicken, make this one of the best sandwiches ever.

Cheesy Chicken Club Pizza

A club sandwich on a pizza! This recipe is fun and easy to make. Just put chicken, bacon, fresh tomatoes, cheese, and a mustard-mayo sauce on a premade pizza crust and bake until hot and melty. Yum.

Chicken Pesto Salad

Pesto is a wonderful ingredient in many recipes, but it really shines in pasta salads. Lots of fresh veggies add to the color, flavor, and texture of this gorgeous salad recipe.

Creamy Chicken Manicotti

Four kinds of cheese are combined with chicken and stuffed into tender manicotti shells for this excellent casserole. Pasta sauce and Parmesan cheese top the shells.

Chicken Raspberry Sandwiches

Whole wheat sandwich buns, raspberry jam, sliced chicken, and some Havarti cheese are all you need to make these delicious hot sammies.

Curried Chicken and Pineapple Salad

This is one of my favorite pasta salad recipes of all time. Curry powder, mango chutney, and mayo make the luscious dressing for chicken, pineapple, celery, and sweet grapes.

Orange Pecan Chicken Salad

This beautiful salad combines pecans, mandarin oranges, orange juice, and chicken in a creamy dressing with gemelli pasta.

Baked Chicken and Rice Casserole

Frozen brown rice is the secret ingredient in this hearty casserole. Along with chicken, broccoli, Alfredo sauce and cheese, it makes a great dinner for a cold night.

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Linda is a bestselling cookbook author and home economist who has written 54 books (53 cookbooks and Medical Ethics for Dummies) since 2005. She has worked for Pillsbury since 1988, on the Bake-Off and other projects. Linda has been a web presence since 2002, developing recipes and teaching people how to cook.

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