Cold Chicken

pollyanna24

I cooked a chicken last night for tonight's dinner as I don't get home in time from work to actually start from scratch tonight.

What can I have with it besides salad (as I would have to go and buy all that stuff after work)? I'm not sure spuds and peas would go with cold chicken which is what I would normally have with a roast chicken.

odds-n-sods

Make a potato, chicken + pea salad! Cook the pots and peas, chop the pots, add in some mayo, yogurt, chopped onion, garlic, mustard or chili or curry powder. Stick in some of the chicken and eat. Mango chutney with the curry powder if you've got it....... and make enough for lunch tomorrow!

scuzz

Make a sweet and sour with the left over chicken. Just make sure it's really hot before eating it.

Or you could make a chicken pie - do you have any mushrooms or sweetcorn to go in with it?

Or a basic chicken curry

Not knowing what else you've got in the cupboards means I'm clutching at straws a bit

denise_h_2

Hi, I've just poted a recipe for an easy chicken pie on this thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=539683
(don't know if this will work)
cheers

denise_h_2

Sorry, posted wrong link - here's the correct one : http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=539583

Cheers

Bongedone

pollyanna24 wrote: »

I cooked a chicken last night for tonight's dinner as I don't get home in time from work to actually start from scratch tonight.

What can I have with it besides salad (as I would have to go and buy all that stuff after work)? I'm not sure spuds and peas would go with cold chicken which is what I would normally have with a roast chicken.

You could still have your spuds and peas as you can reheat chicken once. Just take the bit you will eat off it then microwave them or wrap them in foil and put them in the oven (you can put a bit of gravy on it to keep it moist).

Don't re-heat the whole chicken or you will end up with wastage.

skintchick

I would use it in a stir fry, or in a chicken risotto - no need to just have it cold, but you could mix it cold with mayo and crsipy bacon as a sandwich filler.

Melissa177

So, what did you have for dinner?


I had the same dilemma tonight, and went for chicken and salad with honey mustard dressing...

I also recommend throwing it in paella.