This is my tenth year as a food blogger, and I’ve experienced my fair share of cooking burnout during that time. Whenever I don’t feel like cooking, rotisserie chicken always saves the day.
In this post I’ve put together 25 of my favorite healthy rotisserie chicken recipes from over the years. But first, a handful of quick tips I can give you based on my experience.
Tips for Cooking with Rotisserie Chicken
- Buy in bulk. I always buy multiple rotisserie chickens on grocery runs and shred all the chicken right away. That way you have pulled chicken ready to go at any given time. It refrigerates and even freezes well.
- Most stores sell pre-shredded rotisserie chicken. It’s more expensive than buying a whole rotisserie chicken, but it sure is convenient. (Whole Foods has my favorite pulled rotisserie chicken option.)
- Kitchen scissors are great for making “chopped” rotisserie chicken without getting your cutting board dirty.
- Most of my recipes call for one pound of pulled rotisserie chicken, which is about one chicken. It’s easy to cut the recipes in half if you’d like to try two recipes with one pound.
- You can make homemade chicken stock with the leftover bits of chicken once you’ve pulled the meat.
Now, let’s get to the recipes.
High Protein Rotisserie Chicken Enchiladas
Pulled rotisserie chicken and blended cottage cheese enchilada sauce inside jack cheese smothered corn tortillas. Each serving has 42g of protein, 37g of carbs, and 475 calories.
High Protein Rotisserie Chicken Lasagna
Cheesy lasagna made with a creamy vodka and blended cottage cheese sauce, rotisserie chicken, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese. Each slice has 50g of protein!
Shortcut Chicken Ramen Bowls
Crispy caramelized chopped rotisserie chicken and Japanese barbecue sauce is served on top of miso peanut rice ramen with fresh cucumber and herbs. 38g of protein and just 12g of fat per bowl.
Korean BBQ Chicken Bowls
Leftover rotisserie chicken and Korean BBQ sauce are broiled in the oven to create caramelized edges in minutes. The chicken is served with rice, pickled carrots, cucumber crunch salad, and a blended kimchi sauce. It's like a high protein choose your own adventure.
Thai Curry Chicken Soup
Chopped or shredded rotisserie chicken and rice ramen are served in a creamy Thai peanut coconut curry. This one has 31g of protein and only 350 calories per bowl.
Chicken Parm Sandwiches
Rotisserie chicken, marinara, and mozzarella in crispy baked French baguettes.
Rotisserie Chicken Quesadillas
Air fried or sautéed peppers and onions with seasoned rotisserie chicken inside flour tortillas with pepper jack cheese. This is a personal meal prep favorite. They're even better reheated in an air fryer.
High Protein Breakfast Burritos
Chicken breakfast burritos made easy thanks to frozen hash browns and fajita veggies. The veggies are oven baked then combined with pulled rotisserie chicken, scrambled eggs, and jack cheese. Everything goes in flour tortillas before being grilled in a pan to crisp and seal.
BBQ Chicken Flatbread
All of these recipes are pretty easy to make, but this might be the easiest. Flatbreads are topped with rotisserie chicken, BBQ sauce, sliced red onion, and fresh mozzarella or havarti then baked until crispy, melty, and delicious.
Sweet Chili Chicken & Cucumber Crunch Bowls
Another sauced and broiled chicken option. This one is paired with a chili crisp and tahini cucumber radish crunch salad and low calorie rice blend.
BBQ Chicken Wraps
Saucy BBQ rotisserie chicken is wrapped in a high protein flatbread with a low calorie Greek yogurt coleslaw, cheddar, and pickles. No cooking required for these wraps, making them perfect for warmer months.
Classic Chicken Salad
A lower fat alternative to the classic creamy chicken salad made with nonfat Greek yogurt and light mayo as its base.
High Volume Chicken Fried Rice
No veggie prep required for this fried chicken thanks to a blend of frozen rice, cauliflower rice, and mixed vegetables. The trio is combined with chopped rotisserie chicken and a sweet and spicy homemade stir fry sauce. Super filling with all the veggies.
Fajita Chicken Casserole
This casserole takes maybe five minutes to assemble and get in the oven. It's made with pulled chicken, frozen onions and peppers, a can of your favorite beans, enchilada sauce, chopped corn tortillas, and shredded Mexican cheese. Highly customizable with add-ins and seasoning blends.
Honey Sesame Chicken Stir Fry
Green beans, yellow bell peppers, chicken, and a hot honey sesame sauce are stir fried then served over rice.
Fire Roasted Rotisserie Chicken Tacos
Pulled chicken is tossed in a fire roasted tomato and chipotle sauce then baked before serving on tortillas with all your favorite taco fixin's.
Roasted Cauliflower Chicken Soup
Creamy turmeric and ginger roasted cauliflower soup with chicken, green peas, and roasted carrots.
Cheesy Cowboy Chicken Dip
Cowboy caviar is mixed with chicken, fire roasted corn, low fat cream cheese, and a blend of shredded cheese then baked. With 22g of protein and just 9g of fat per 1/2 cup serving, it's a surprisingly great high protein snack for game days.
Honey Harissa Chicken Gyros
Honey harissa sauce meets pulled chicken and a short trip under the broiler before going on pita bread with tzatziki and all the gyro fixin's.
Air Fryer Chicken & Veggie Enchiladas
The roasted zucchini, peppers, onion, and corn are the stars in these enchiladas, but the chicken adds a ton of protein. Factor in the high fiber tortillas and you're looking at one of the most filling and fiber-rich recipes in this group.
Cheesy Chicken Burritos
Another blended green chile cottage cheese sauce makes the list. This time, it's paired with chicken, onions and peppers, corn, and black beans inside high protein tortillas.
Chicken Mole Enchilada Casserole
Black beans, a jar of mole, and chicken are layered between corn tortillas and jack cheese. Super easy and surprisingly flavor packed for something so simple.
Buffalo Chicken Wraps
Another no-cook recipe, these 10-minute wraps combine rotisserie chicken with a creamy buffalo ranch slaw and cheese.
Black Pepper Chicken Bowls
Bell peppers and chopped chicken are sautéed with a tasty black pepper sauce and served over a blend of jasmine and cauliflower rice with toasted sesame seeds and scallions.
BBQ Chicken Butternut Squash Nachos
Air fried butternut squash (or sweet potatoes) are the perfect base for rotisserie chicken, jack cheese, red onion and jalapeño, and BBQ sauce.
Healthy Rotisserie Chicken Meal Plan
Can’t choose which recipe to make first? I’ve done the work for you in my free printable meal plan. There are five recipes and a full grocery list with everything you need to make a week’s worth of meals with rotisserie chicken. Click here to get your copy.
