43 Delicious Rotisserie Chicken Recipes for Easy Dinners

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published Mar 5, 2025
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Rotisserie chicken is a lifesaver when you need a quick and delicious weeknight dinner. Whether you’re short on time or just want to simplify a meal, a store-bought rotisserie chicken can make things so much easier. This convenient grocery shortcut is already cooked and can be transformed into all kinds of dishes with minimal effort.

There are so many ways to use rotisserie chicken beyond just eating it as is! You can turn it into easy appetizers like cheesy chicken quesadillas or buffalo chicken dip. It’s perfect for cozy soups, fresh salads, and hearty casseroles like chicken Divan or creamy poppy seed chicken. Here are 43 delicious ways to use rotisserie chicken for any meal.

Chicken Appetizers

Turn rotisserie chicken into easy appetizers, from extra-cheesy chicken sliders and chicken nachos to classic Buffalo chicken dip.

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Extra-Cheesy Chicken Sliders

For the best-ever sliders, mix shredded chicken (like leftover rotisserie chicken!) with mayo, sour cream, and scallions. Melty cheese and buttery rolls take things to the next level.

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Tex-Mex Quesadilla

You can use chopped pre-cooked chicken (grab a rotisserie bird from the store!) to make this a filling meal. Serve these Tex-Mex-style quesadillas with classic guacamole and ranchero sauce.

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Crispy Chicken Taquitos

Cheesy chicken taquitos are the dreamiest and easiest weeknight meal. Serve them with pico de gallo and classic guacamole.

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Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos

Want restaurant-style chicken nachos at home? This is your go-to recipe! Leftover rotisserie chicken is the best way to jump-start nachos at home.

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Quick and Easy Chicken Flautas

Served warm with plenty of shredded lettuce, tomatoes, crema, and avocado, these chicken flautas are a quick and easy weeknight dinner idea.

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Creamy, Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Puffs

Chopped cooked chicken is cooked in a creamy, cheesy buffalo sauce and wrapped in crescent roll dough for the ultimate party snack.

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Chicken Empanadas

This recipe for chicken empanadas draws from the empanadas found throughout Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, where the briny bite of olives is coupled with warmer spices like cumin and smoky paprika. Use rotisserie chicken for an easier version.

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Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Taquitos

For these chicken taquitos, tortillas are rolled around a creamy chicken filling and cooked in an air fryer.

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Chicken Soups

Soups are the best way to use rotisserie chicken! Whether it’s a classic chicken noodle soup and chicken tortilla soup, or a creamy chicken vegetable soup, we’ve got you covered with some of our faves.

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Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Soup

There are few things more comforting than a pot of creamy soup, and this one is the epitome of coziness. If really great mushroom soup joined forces with creamy chicken soup, then this creamy chicken and mushroom soup is exactly what you’d get.

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Chicken Tortilla Soup

Tortilla soup is like chicken soup, but with the flavor cranked WAY up. Aromatics like poblano peppers and cilantro stems, and spices like ancho chili powder and cumin add a depth of flavor to the tomato-y broth that just can’t be matched.

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Avgolemono (Greek Egg-Lemon Chicken Soup)

Assembled from just a few ingredients, this vibrant lemon and egg soup with shredded chicken might be better than grandma's chicken noodle.

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Lemon Orzo Chicken Soup

There are so many different types of delicious chicken noodle soup out there, but for us there’s something especially delightful about a version that adds in bright and bold lemony flavors. This lemon orzo chicken soup with fresh dill fits the bill.

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Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

This copycat Olive Garden chicken gnocchi soup has everything from the creamy broth to the pillowy gnocchi, chicken, and vegetables.

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Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

This hearty soup is packed with juicy chunks of chicken, earthy wild rice, and thick-cut vegetables, all swimming in a creamy, herb-infused broth.

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Creamy Chicken Potato Soup

One sip of this soup is like getting wrapped in your warmest, coziest sweater. Between the thick chunks of vegetables, tender cubes of Yukon gold potatoes, juicy shreds of chicken, and thick, creamy broth, it truly doesn’t get more comforting than chicken potato soup.

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Creamy Chicken Soup with Vegetables

Chicken soup with vegetables and herbs is pure cold weather comfort food, and this version takes it up a notch with a luxe, creamy broth.

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Chicken Salads

Got leftover rotisserie chicken? Shred or chop it for easy salads the next day.

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Chicken Salad

Skip the hassle of cooking the chicken yourself and pick up a rotisserie chicken. This chicken salad has grapes, a combination of mayo and Greek yogurt as the base, and celery seed.

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Chicken Caesar Salad

The homemade dressing and shredded rotisserie chicken are really what make this a hit. You can always swap in your favorite bottled Caesar dressing in place of homemade to make it even easier.

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Easy Chicken Shawarma Salad

This easy trick using rotisserie chicken delivers the fastest shawarma. The flavorful dressing is made with Greek yogurt, garlic, nutty tahini, and pickled pepper brine.

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3-Ingredient Costco Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps

By shredding the chicken breast meat (here’s how to do it in less than a minute!) and picking up just two other ingredients while you're at Costco, you can turn them into a super-quick and tasty meal that’s perfect on a busy weeknight.

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Curried Chicken Salad

Sandwiched between bread or wrapped up in lettuce leaves, this curried chicken salad a great way to use up leftover rotisserie chicken.

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French Bistro Salad with Rotisserie Chicken

A 20-minute dinner salad inspired by the roasted chicken salad at Buvette, a French bistro in NYC’s West Village. This easy salad relies on pantry ingredients like Dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, and olive oil for the dressing, then some shredded rotisserie chicken and asparagus to bulk it up.

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Gỏi Gà (Vietnamese Shredded Chicken and Cabbage Salad)

Gỏi gà (translated to “chicken salad”) couldn’t be simpler: shredded cabbage and chicken, mixed up with julienned veggies, all tossed in a vinegary dressing cut with sugar and fish sauce. This dish requires very little cooking (and can actually be made with rotisserie chicken!).

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Rotisserie Chicken Panzanella

Rotisserie chicken, toasted bread cubes, and sweet summer veggies combine for a shortcut panzanella you'll want to eat all week long.

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Avocado Chicken Salad

Juicy pieces of chicken, fresh corn, and ripe avocado are tossed in an herby lemon vinaigrette to make the perfect simple salad.

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Chicken Casseroles

Cozy casseroles like chicken pot pie casserole, chicken divan, or French chicken casserole are the perfect weeknight dinner – especially when you’re using rotisserie chicken.

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Million Dollar Chicken Casserole

This creamy chicken casserole tastes like — you guessed it — a million bucks.

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Poppy Seed Chicken

This simple, creamy poppy seed casserole is perfect for nights when you just can’t. It’s sure to become a new family favorite!

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Chicken Tamale Pie

A golden layer of tender cornbread bakes right in a skillet, forming a delicious crust that’s topped with a corn-studded, red chicken enchilada filling and plenty of melty cheese. This super-satisfying, one-pan dinner comes together in under an hour.

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Cheesy Enchiladas Suizas

Baked in creamy salsa verde sauce and topped with gooey Oaxaca cheese, these chicken enchiladas are unbelievably delicious.

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Dump Chicken Pot Pie

With a handful of store-bought ingredients, no planning ahead, and one single, solitary casserole dish, you can make a totally cozy dinner at home in no time.

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Chicken Parmesan Biscuit Bake

This weeknight-friendly chicken Parmesan biscuit bake is held together by two staples — and smart supermarket shortcuts — for an easy meal the whole family will love.

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Easiest-Ever Chicken Enchiladas

Tender chicken gets dressed up with spicy, piquant enchilada sauce, covered in shredded cheese, then wrapped in tortillas and baked until warm to make one of our favorite weeknight dinners.

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Chicken and Stuffing Casserole

An easy casserole recipe made from boxed stuffing, canned cream of chicken or mushroom soup, and a bag of frozen veggies.

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