1 Rotisserie Chicken=3 great meals

Three yummy recipes using 1 rotisserie chicken (in our case, from Sam's Club). If your family is big or your chicken is small, you may need to adjust your portions. :) You can also use a turkey breast (on the bone), cooked overnight in your slow cooker for these recipes.

BBQ Chicken Salad (1st day of the chicken)

-shredded/chopped rotisserie chicken (we go heavy on the beans/veggies and light on the meat so the chicken goes farther :) )
-chopped tomatoes
-lettuce
-chopped cucumbers
-thawed, frozen corn
-avocado, diced
-red onion, diced or green onion, diced
-red, yellow, or orange bell peppers, slivered
-croutons or crushed tortilla chips
-1 can black beans or kidney beans, drained and rinsed
-cilantro, chopped (for garnish)
-ranch dressing
-BBQ sauce (we find that the thing tangy flavors don't taste as good here--go for a thick traditional BBQ sauce)

Toss chicken with BBQ sauce until well coated. Layer all of your salad ingredients to your liking and drizzle with ranch dressing. Tossing individual salads (and serving immediately) allows ranch and BBQ sauce to mix and, really, makes the whole salad!

Faker Chicken Pot Pie

also known as my only recipe that calls for "cream of anything" soup

Filling:

-1 cup shredded/chopped chicken

-1 can cream of chicken soup

-few Tbsp of milk (to thin the soup)

-1 small (9 oz) package frozen mixed vegetables

-1-2 celery stalks

-1/2 small onion

-1 Tbsp butter

-black pepper

Crust:

-1 cup Bisquick mix

-1/2 cup milk

-1 egg

OR

-1 package biscuits in a tube

Melt butter in saute pan. Add finely chopped celery and finely chopped onion. Sprinkle with salt. Allow to cook covered on low to low-med heat until onion and celery are tender. Mix celery/onions, soup, milk, chicken, veggies, and generous sprinkling of pepper. Pour into pie pan.

Mix crust ingredients (or pop open the ol' biscuit tube). Top filling with batter/biscuits. For batter crust: Bake at 400 degrees until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbling. For biscuits: you're on your own. :) I haven't used those for the crust before but I hear it's yummy and easy. I'm guessing a little less time for cooking.

Chicken Club Sandwiches

-remaining chicken, shredded into largish pieces (I try to save the breast pieces for this day)

-lettuce

-slivered red onion

-sliced avocado

-cooked bacon

-toasted wheat or sourdough bread

-sliced tomatoes (if you still got 'em)

-mayo

-salt and pepper

Assemble and love it.