How about some leftover chicken ideas?

I'm planning on roasting a whole chicken this weekend, any ideas for leftovers? Something kid-friendly please!

I think I'm going to do Ina's Engagement chicken (very lemony) - what could I make with the leftovers? Otherwise I will just do a simple roast chicken (not too strong in flavors)

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We usually don't have enough for anything big so we'll usually just do sandwiches or salad. I think the engagement chicken would be good on a salad with a sweeter dressing.. maybe a raspberry vinaigrette?

You could also do a mayo based chicken salad and serve on toasted focaccia with some nice peppery rocket lettuce!

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chicken quesadillas or enchilladas?

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ok...this probably falls into too complicated but I gotta give you my mom's chicken pot pie recipe(s). You wont be sorry Oh and ignore my mom's pea comments to me...40 years old and she is still trying to get me to eat my peas

My Chicken Pot Pie Recipe (Irene)
This is a combination of two recipes which I created

3 cups of skinless boneless chicken breasts or cutlets – cubed
1 cup of sliced carrots fresh…..unless you use mixed frozen veggies
1 cup of frozen peas or string beans or lima beans (Just put in a few peas, please…(I only put a few peas in and sometimes I just use a bag of frozen mixed veggies)
½ - 1 cup of sliced celery (2-3 stalks)
1 small potato chopped or cubed

In saucepan, combine chicken and the above ingredients with water to cover and boil about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside. (skip this step if you are using leftover chicken)

Preheat oven to 350 or 375 degrees. Or, if using a pie crust raise temperature to 425.

1/3 cup of butter
½ cup of chopped onions
1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon of salt
¼ teaspoon of pepper
¼ teaspoon of celery seed (if you have it)
1 ¾ cups of chicken broth or 2 bouillion cubs with the water content
2/3 cup of milk

In a saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat heat until thicker. Remove from heat and set aside.
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1st way to make this, which includes a whole lot of butter…This is the one I usually make………….Requires no pie crust……………Don’t use a very deep dish…….
Grease a 2 qt. Casserole (one of those corningware skillets is a good one to use)
Pour the drained veggies and cream sauce into greased casserole dish. You could even use a deep dish pie plate if you don’t have a 10-12 inch corningware skillet or casserole.

Measure 1 ½ cups of biscuit mix (substitute ½ cup of bisquick for cornmeal (I buy the little cornmeal muffin boxes or bags for around a dollar) If you don’t have the cornmeal just use the bisquick..
1 cup of milk and one stick of melted butter………
Pour or drizzle over top of casserole veggies then dot with a teaspoon of butter over top of bisquick and cornmeal mixture. Cook this in a 350 or 375 degree oven or 30-40 mins.

2nd way………..Pour chicken and veggie mixture drained into bottom of pie crust. Pour hot liquid cream mixture over it. Cover with top crust and seal edges and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

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Does Loey eat pizza? Weelicious has that pizza roll-up recipe, you could shred the chicken and make pizza with cheese, chicken and BBQ sauce, maybe add corn?

The pot pie idea is good too.

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Pot pie or greek lemon chicken soup! My fave!

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chicken tetrazzini or chicken potpie

chicken salad, tacos/quesadillas, pulled barbecue chicken