For Extra-Fast Weeknight Dinners Pick Up a Rotisserie Chicken...11 Easy, Delicious Recipes!

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on November 4, 2023

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Make dinner easier and pick up a rotisserie chicken from the store. We've rounded up 11 delicious ways to use it that everyone will love!

A store-bought rotisserie chicken is one of our favorite kitchen shortcuts! The chicken is juicy, delicious and full of flavor and great in all kinds of recipes. These are some of our favorites.

Rotisserie chicken is perfect for soups, enchiladas and so much more! If you want something a little lighter, we love adding rotisserie chicken to a fresh salad. Grab a rotisserie chicken and add some of these to your menu. Enjoy!

Mexican Chicken Soup in a blue and white bowl with tortilla strips and cilantro.

Mexican Chicken Soup (Sopa de Pollo Mexicana)

This Mexican Chicken Soup comes together quickly with rotisserie or leftover chicken and is loaded with fabulous South-of-the-Border flavor!

Vertical overhead picture of Italian Chicken Pasta Veggie Soup in a large white pot with herbs and cheese

Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup

This Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup is bursting with the fabulous flavors of Italy and is chocked full of healthy veggies, lean chicken and ditalini pasta for a delicious splurge. It comes together easily and makes great leftovers!

Vertical close up picture of chicken pasta soup in a blue pot

Homemade Chicken Pasta Soup

This delicious Homemade Chicken Pasta Soup tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen, but in reality, you can put it together, start to finish in less than an hour! It's also fabulous with leftover turkey!

Black Bean Chicken Tortilla Soup (Sopa De Tortilla De Pollo Y Frijoles Negros)

This Black Bean Chicken Tortilla Soup is bursting with lean chicken, healthy veggies and South-of-the-Border flavor and it comes together in under an hour!

The BEST Chicken and Rice Soup

This really is one of the best, most flavorful chicken and rice soups we've ever tasted! And with the help of rotisserie chicken (or leftover chicken), it's super easy too!

Overhead picture of two bowls of vietnamese chicken soup with lots of toppings

30-Minute Vietnamese Chicken and Rice Soup Bowls

Fresh, vibrant and easy, these Vietnamese Chicken and Rice Soup Bowls take 30 minutes and are so delicious you'll crave them again and again!

Overhead picture of Chicken Black Bean Chili in a dutch oven with small bowls of toppings

Hearty Healthy Chicken Black Bean Chili

This healthy, delicious Chicken Black Bean Chili, made with rotisserie chicken and lots of fresh veggies, is a perfect way to warm up a chilly day.

Vertical overhead photo of a pot of Avgolemono (Greek Chicken Pasta Soup) on a wood table.

Avgolemono (Greek Chicken Pasta Soup)

This Avgolemono, a lemony Greek chicken pasta soup is healthy and hearty (lots of satisfying protein), creamy (no cream!) and so delicious!

Enchiladas verde in a white dish with small bowls of toppings

Super Easy Chicken Enchiladas Verde

With a few easy shortcuts, you can have these delicious Easy Chicken Enchiladas Verde on your table in less than an hour! No one will know you cheated (just a little)!

Chicken Cauliflower Cheddar Chowder

This healthy, hearty Chicken Cauliflower Cheddar Chowder is creamy and rich with no cream! It's loaded with veggies and lean chicken (or turkey) and comes together quickly!

Overhead vertical photo of Creamy Chicken Pasta Soup in blue and white bowls on a wood table.

Creamy Chicken Parmesan Pasta Soup

If you're looking for a creamy, delicious comfort soup that's loaded with healthy veggies lean chicken AND comes together quickly, this Chicken Parmesan Pasta Soup is IT!

Thought for the day:

God also said to Moses,
"Say to the Israelites,
'The LORD, the God of your fathers,

the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac and

the God of Jacob has sent me to you.'
"This is my name forever,
the name you shall call Me

from generation to generation."
Exodus 3:15

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  1. These all look so good, I don't know which to make first. I am planning to make the butternut squash risotto with shrimp you featured recently first, though. I love your recipes.
    I hope Scott is doing well and on the mend. My husband had his second knee replacement in mid-September. He's good as new now and finishing up with physical therapy in a few weeks.