Today's post is another Two for Tuesday! I'm sharing with you TWO different ways to eat leftover baked chicken. In my opinion, baked chicken in and of itself is not very exciting. For me, it's all about what you serve with it or how you spice it up.
These two simple meals came about from my husband baking off a bunch of chicken breasts and leaving us with leftovers to use. I am not a huge fan of leftover chicken so I knew I'd need to get creative in how I used it again.
My first reinvention was a delicious brown bag lunch. I simply packed just five ingredients in my lunchbox and headed into work. When lunch time rolled around I put together this healthy AND delicious pesto chicken with roasted veggies, brown rice and quinoa.
Ingredients:
- Leftover baked chicken
- Pesto from a jar
- Leftover roasted asparagus and tomatoes
- A bag of that 90 second quinoa and rice (microwave that bag for 90 seconds and you're good to go)
- Combine all and enjoy!
Not bad for a bring your own lunch to work meal!
My second version of the leftover chicken was turned into a Taco Tuesday type dinner. Except instead of tacos, I made stuffed peppers. Yum-o!
I took that leftover chicken, which looked even sadder by the 3rd day, cut it up into small bite sized pieces and got it into a large pan with some taco seasonings, corn, onions and tomatoes. Meanwhile, I roasted up some green peppers then filled the peppers with the taco chicken mixture, added some pepper jack cheese and popped them back into the oven.
Top with salsa and some crushed tortilla chips, serve with a couple slices of lime and you're good to go. That 3rd day leftover baked chicken tasted awesome in this taco reincarnation!
So next time you have some less-than-appealing left overs in the fridge, be creative and try using them in a different way! You save money, food and you get to have some fun in the kitchen. Two things I'm always striving for!
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