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5 Quick & Easy Rotisserie Chicken Recipes

Every working parent's best friend

Let’s face it - being a working parent is not an easy job. There are days when an authentic home-cooked meal simply won’t be an option. But don’t hit the drive thru lane just yet. There is an item in your local grocery store that can help you get a jumpstart on a semi-homemade dinner - the rotisserie chicken. This pre-cooked chicken can be the base for a number of different recipes that you can include in your weekly repertoire.

Here are five easy and quick recipes from Hall Acura Virginia Beach you can make with a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket:

1. Turn your rotisserie chicken into chicken salad and serve on top of mesclun greens. Want to try a twist on the classic chicken salad? Make your chicken salad sophisticated by adding sliced grapes, walnuts, apples and Gorgonzola cheese (also known as Waldorf chicken salad). Another option: add mango and curry spices to your chicken salad, or make your family chicken salad sandwiches. Use a different kind of bread than you normally do such as ciabatta or foccacia and switch your plain old American cheese with something a bit tangier like goat cheese.

2. Want something warm and fast, but still healthy? Try a warm chicken salad with whatever vinaigrette suits your fancy. Use any mix of greens - spinach, arugula or mesclun - add a fruit such as pear or apple, maybe some pistachios and blue cheese, and you have yourself a simple, gourmet salad.

3. If you’re in the mood for some good old comfort food, why not make chicken noodle soup? Simply sauté chopped onion, carrot, and celery and combine that with chicken broth. Toss in some noodles or shaped pasta and finish it off with shredded rotisserie chicken. You can even serve a grown-up grilled cheese sandwich on the side made with Gruyere cheese and prosciutto.

4. Want to make something light and relatively healthy? Add pieces of the rotisserie chicken to a bag of Caesar salad mix and stuff it in a pita pocket or wrap. Like Mediterranean-style salads better? Just mix the chicken with roasted red peppers, feta cheese, kalamata olives and cucumbers and stuff it in a pita pocket or wrap.

5. You can, of course, always just serve the rotisserie chicken as you would a whole cooked chicken at home. Just whip up some garlic mashed potatoes and roast some carrots or broccoli. Toss together a salad and you’ve got an almost home-cooked meal.