Recipes Everyday Cooking Everyday Leftovers Recipes Chicken 7 Easy Ways To Turn Leftover Chicken Into Brand-New Dinners By Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves Instagram Vanessa Greaves is a Senior Editor at Allrecipes with nearly two decades of experience helping home cooks gain confidence in the kitchen. A self-taught cook who grew up reading cookbooks for fun, Vanessa lives and breathes the challenges faced by busy everyday cooks to get dinner on the table. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on February 28, 2015 Share Tweet Pin Email Add a few ingredients, change up the presentation, and your mouth will think it's chowing down on something new and exciting. Bonus: This cook-once-eat-twice approach to enjoying leftover chicken always saves you time and money. 1. Chicken Zoodle Soup Prep tip: No spiral slicer? No problem. You can use a vegetable peeler to make wide, flat zucchini noodles. Photo by LilSnoo. 2. Ranch Chicken Tacos Prep tip: Use pre-mixed taco seasoning, or try making your own. Photo by Deb C. 3. Enchiladas Verdes Prep tip: Get there faster by using pre-made enchilada sauce. Meredith 4. Hot Buffalo Chicken, Bacon, and Cheese Sandwich Prep tip: Lots of reviewers baked this open-faced to cut oven time and make the cheese extra melty. Photo by mommyluvs2cook. 5. Mom's Fabulous Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit Crust Prep tip: To make sure extra tall biscuits bake all the way through, slice the dough in half horizontally, or bake them separately and pop them on top of the casserole before serving. ashluv1 6. Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup Prep tip: Just about any vegetables can be added or subtracted from this soup, and it would still be a 5-star winner. 7. Cha Cha's White Chicken Chili Prep tip: Cha Cha warns this chili's "kinda spicy," so feel free to tone it down to your liking. Photo by MesaMa. Chicken's not the only leftover that deserves a makeover. Here's how to turn all kinds of main dishes into easy lunch wraps. Enjoy every bite today! Check out our collection of Chicken Leftovers Recipes. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit