7 Easy Ways To Turn Leftover Chicken Into Brand-New Dinners

Add a few ingredients, change up the presentation, and your mouth will think it's chowing down on something new and exciting. Bonus: This cook-once-eat-twice approach to enjoying leftover chicken always saves you time and money.

1. Chicken Zoodle Soup

Prep tip: No spiral slicer? No problem. You can use a vegetable peeler to make wide, flat zucchini noodles.

Chicken Zoodle Soup
Photo by LilSnoo.

2. Ranch Chicken Tacos

Prep tip: Use pre-mixed taco seasoning, or try making your own.

Ranch Chicken Tacos
Photo by Deb C.

3. Enchiladas Verdes

Prep tip: Get there faster by using pre-made enchilada sauce.

Enchiladas Verdes
Meredith

4. Hot Buffalo Chicken, Bacon, and Cheese Sandwich

Prep tip: Lots of reviewers baked this open-faced to cut oven time and make the cheese extra melty.

Hot Buffalo Chicken, Bacon, and Cheese Sandwich
Photo by mommyluvs2cook.

5. Mom's Fabulous Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit Crust

Prep tip: To make sure extra tall biscuits bake all the way through, slice the dough in half horizontally, or bake them separately and pop them on top of the casserole before serving.

Mom's Fabulous Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit Crust
ashluv1

6. Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Prep tip: Just about any vegetables can be added or subtracted from this soup, and it would still be a 5-star winner.

7. Cha Cha's White Chicken Chili

Prep tip: Cha Cha warns this chili's "kinda spicy," so feel free to tone it down to your liking.

Cha Cha's White Chicken Chili
Photo by MesaMa.

Enjoy every bite today!

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