Recipes that stretch Chicken?

[LuvOrlando]

The cooking board is very quiet so in the spirit of adapting to price jumps and lack of availability I was looking for tried and true recipe thread with new ideas to adapt, anyone know of good ones with Dis member suggestions?

It's nice people can do grab and go but I still need to do all my own cooking because sodium seems to make make my arthritis & carpal tunnel agonizing so uggh.

This week I'm thinking of chicken cacciatore in a slow cooker and stir fry chicken, both on top of rice and both are better with thighs

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/223382/chicken-stir-fry/

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-cacciatore-recipe-1943042


Today I want Chinese Food but I can't do restaurant versions, so this is my go to since 2020, it is salty but I put the sauce on the side to control how much I get vs the family sauce portion.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/91499/general-tsaos-chicken-ii/

 

[mjkacmom]

Chicken fried rice, chicken and broccoli, chicken tikka masala, chicken tacos, chicken fajitas, tonight it’s chicken parm and pasta here.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I make crockpot pulled chicken.

 

[HeatherC]

Chicken stew or chili.

 

[goooof1]

chicken alfredo with pasta; orange chicken or sweet and sour chicken over rice; chicken enchiladas; braised chicken in BBQ sauce; .....

 

[nw6675]

Ironically. I spent the morning making chicken recipes with a huge pack of thin cutlets that Walmart substituted for my small pack

I now have chicken out the wazoo-

1. Chicken noodle soup
2. Chicken salad
3. Chicken pitas
4. Container of pulled chicken

Eta: just remembered you are stretching and I had thmoo much. Hope this still helps!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I make a big chicken pot pie with store-bought ready made two crust pie dough. You put the bottom crust in a pie plate, mix together two cups of cubed cooked chicken (leftover is fine), two cans of cream of chicken soup, and two cans of mixed vegetables and pour it on top of the crust. Then you add the top crust and pierce it in a few places to let the steam escape (make sure you pinch the two crusts together all the way around. I use a fork). Bake at 375 for about 45 minutes, until the crust is golden brown. Very comforting.

 

[seven dwarfs]

Chicken with black beans and some salsa, taco seasoning. I love making this in the croc starting with frozen chicken breasts. You can add other things as well like sour cream. Serve with chips or tortillas.

 

[goooof1]

forgot about arroz con pollo.... chicken, onions, peppers, corn cooked with diced tomatoes and rice. Add jalapenos and spices to taste.

 

[Skywalker3]

chicken gumbo and/or chicken stew, can use the chicken on bone, or just pieces of chicken, served over rice. both take a bit of prep time w the vegetables, and roux if you make your own, but then can just simmer/cook after all that
chicken and dumplins, although I never make it, they're so good, and chicken will go a long ways.

 

[karen4546]

I love roasting heavily seasoned thighs and using them for my copy cat chicken gnocchi Olive Garden soup.

if I us my own whole chicken, I cut it up and boil the back, wings and one breast for chicken and spaghetti, chicken and dumplings or anything else that used chicken broth so that I can control the salt.

I roast the legs and thighs and use that meat for fajitas, quesadilla, fried rice, etc.

the breast, i roast and shredded for chicken salad or slice into thin strips and fry up with corn starch to make orange chicken or sesame chicken or just shred it and add bbq sauce.

I used to have a cookbook that had 365 recipes using chicken….hmmm I wonder where it is?

i Cook at least 5 days a week but most weeks I cook 6 . Mostly dinner but I do cook lunch on the weekends.

it is normally just my husband and I, except on the weekends.

 

[Minnesota!]

One of my kids favorite dinners is when I cube up chicken and marinate in oregano, salt, pepper, garlic, Greek dressing, etc.

Then I use my grill pan and grill them each. I serve it in pitas with lettuce, onion, tzatziki.

I cooked a family pack from Aldi (B/S) and we've used it for 4 meals now...

 

[barkley]

discovered this recently-super fast, easy and tasty

8 can chicken taco soup (low sodium and healthy choice canned works fine)

1 can (or 15 oz) chicken shredded or chopped
1 can black beans-drained
1 can pinto beans-drained
1 can diced tomatoes-drained
1 can corn-drained
1 can (10 3/4 oz) cream of chicken soup
1 can (15 oz) chicken broth (or equivalent cubes/water)
1 can (10 oz) green enchilada sauce

combine in pot, bring to boil, add taco seasoning to taste, simmer 20 minutes.

chicken tikka masala

i get jars of tikki masala, rogan josh and korma sauces, i cube chicken and saute it with mushrooms, bell peppers and red onion. add the sauce and simmer. great over rice or with a some naan.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Chicken fried rice, chicken and broccoli, chicken tikka masala, chicken tacos, chicken fajitas, tonight it’s chicken parm and pasta here.

I would love to have a good chicken fried rice recipe if you have a good one, there are a thousand bad recipes out there. In fact, I would love if people would share their favorite recipes.

I still struggle with rice but it is way better now that I got a tip to only use 1 cup water per cup of rice.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I make crockpot pulled chicken.

Can I coax you to share the recipe you enjoy?

 

[LuvOrlando]

chicken alfredo with pasta; orange chicken or sweet and sour chicken over rice; chicken enchiladas; braised chicken in BBQ sauce; .....

I have recently discovered chicken enchiladas with the green goya sauce, it is such a nice switch up. Is this the kind you make? I have never had braised chicken and not in BBQ sauce, what is it? I usually use BBQ only with the grill.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Ironically. I spent the morning making chicken recipes with a huge pack of thin cutlets that Walmart substituted for my small pack

I now have chicken out the wazoo-

1. Chicken noodle soup
2. Chicken salad
3. Chicken pitas
4. Container of pulled chicken

Eta: just remembered you are stretching and I had thmoo much. Hope this still helps!

Don't you love substitutions? At first the swaps were so aggravating but it forced me to pivot. I started to cut up my own chicken because of supply issues when they'd send big chunky breasts instead of thin slices as a substitution but I just kept doing it because it's so much more cost effective if I just cut it myself. I now get big family size packages of chicken breast on purpose & I carefully slice it into cutlets for parm, for nice sandwiches or marsala and then I collect all the misshapen bits for pot pie, the meat in chicken soup, chicken salad and enchiladas. One big package is at least 4 meals for us

 

[LuvOrlando]

chicken gumbo and/or chicken stew, can use the chicken on bone, or just pieces of chicken, served over rice. both take a bit of prep time w the vegetables, and roux if you make your own, but then can just simmer/cook after all that
chicken and dumplins, although I never make it, they're so good, and chicken will go a long ways.

Chicken gumbo? Interesting, do you make it hot or have ways to soften the heat? My family loves heat but I can't do it so I discovered tasty Poblano peppers these days and the family adds something from the Hot Ones show to their liking. If you are of the mind to share how to I would be of the mind to try it

 

[bcla]

Stretch chicken? Like this?

 

[Pea-n-Me]

This is one of my favorites, it’s very low sodium if you use low or no sodium chicken broth and other ingredients.
I use one large chicken breast, shredded. It’s delicious. (You can crumble some low sodium tortilla chips and add some sour cream to the top if you want to, or add more frozen corn.)

https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Sou...f3_0o_wf?qid=1673824868&sr=8-2&srs=2592237011