Leftover chicken recipes - 7 recipes
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Ingredients
- 4 slices of bread
- 4 slices of ham
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- Mozzarella cheese
- Flour
- Egg yolk
- Breadcrumbs
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- On a large piece of plastic wrap, press one slice of bread flat with a rolling pin.
- Add one slice of ham, cherry tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.
- Take the four corners of the bread, pull them in towards the center, pinch them together so that the bread maintains the shape.
- Envelope the bread in the plastic wrap. Gather and twist the ends on top to seal the sandwich dumpling.
- Repeat this step with the other slices of bread.
- Refrigerate.
- Remove the bread balls from the fridge and roll each one in flour, then egg yolk, then breadcrumbs.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Serve alone or with dipping sauces of your choice.
Top rated Leftover chicken recipes
Hot chicken sandwhichs
By Genevieve
Combine and serve!
- Leftover chicken
- hot chicken sauce
- Peas
- bread
Chicken and Dumplings Soup
By lisagayj
I came up with this recipe because I had leftover chicken
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 rib of celery diced
- ½ of a small onion diced
- 14 ounce can reduced sodium chicken broth
- 10.5 ounce can reduced sodium cream of chicken soup
- 1-2 cups of cooked chicken, shredded
- 5 count can flaky layer biscuits divided and cut into pieces
Warming Leftover Chicken Soup
By ?
DIRECTIONS: Remove any skin & excess fat from the chicken carcass and toss in the garbage
- INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups leftover chicken
- Leftover chicken stock
- 1 chicken carcass
- 1 large white potato
- 1 large onion
- 3 carrots
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 tbsp Mrs. Dash Original
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
By lisagayj
I came up with this recipe by using ingredients I had on hand one day when I was hungry
- 1 quart low sodium chicken broth
- 2 cans low sodium cream of chicken soup
- 1 box of long grain & wild Rice-a-Roni
- 2 stalks of celery chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 2 cups cooked chicken diced
favorite chicken salad
By brandipirich
add all ingredients and mix
- 2 c cooked chicken
- 1/3 c mayo
- 3/4 c halved grapes
- 1 apple (diced)
- 1/4 walnut pieces
- 3 crescents cut in half
Corn Chowder
By cheriarm
Smooth & Creamy
- 3 medium potatoes peeled and diced 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup water
- 1 can corn drained 1 can creamed style corn
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 Tbls butter
- 1/2 tsp salt and pepper
- for garnish chili pepper
The Best Chicken and Dumpling Soup
By racheljcooney
Also works really well with turkey, like leftover from Thanksgiving
- 1-2 lbs of chicken (whatever you have on hand is fine)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 4 large carrots
- 3 stalks celery
- 1-2 tbsp onion powder, to taste
- 4 cups chicken broth (you can add more if you like your soup less thick)
- 1 tsp rosemary
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup skim milk
- 2 tsp shortening
- 1 cup frozen peas, or mixed frozen veggies
- 2 tbsp parsley
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