Whether it's leftovers from your roast dinner or even a Christmas dinner, there’s so many tasty nutritious meals you can cook up with leftover chicken. From hearty soups to curries and pasta dishes, here’s some quick and easy leftover chicken recipes for your midweek meals.
Jamie Oliver’s Chicken Soup
You can never go wrong with a chicken soup during the colder months and this recipe by Jamie Oliver is packed full of nutritious veg, including carrots, celery and kale to help keep your health in check.
Leftover chicken pie
The ultimate comfort food, this creamy chicken pie recipe, using either leftover chicken or turkey, only takes one hour to make - perfect for those days you don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen, but also want to serve up something delicious.
Leftover chicken curry
Not only are chicken curries super tasty, but homemade ones are actually healthy too. This particular recipe by Mamma Loves To Cook includes lots of aromatic spices for maximum flavour, but don’t worry if you don’t have all of them as she says you can substitute for garam masala and ground cumin powder instead.
Leftover chicken stir fry
This yummy (and healthy) stir fry takes just 15 minutes to whip up. Neils Healthy Meals makes it with rice, but if you prefer noodles these will work perfectly too.
Leftover chicken fajitas
Whether it’s lunch or dinner, chicken fajitas are always a winner. Ready in less than 10 minutes, with a dollop of sour cream and sprinkling of cheese, they’re the ultimate mid-week meal.
Leftover chicken pizza
Who doesn’t love pizza? This one is a chicken cheesy fest as the recipe includes not just mozzarella, but blue cheese too and is topped with hot sauce. Mouth watering or what?
Leftover chicken pasta bake
Chicken, pasta and cheese - what’s not to love? This recipe also includes a homemade cheese and ragu sauce, but if you’re pushed for time you can always buy these.