{"id":45414,"date":"2015-11-16T11:15:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=45414"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:30:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:30:53","slug":"rotisserie-chicken-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/rotisserie-chicken-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Easy Dinner Ideas, 1 Rotisserie Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you\u2019re short on time \u2014 and not looking to drop a lot of cash on groceries \u2014 it can be tough to snag all the fixins to make a delicious, home cooked meal. But then, it hits you: that unmistakable scent of rotisserie chicken wafting through the deli section.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> 30-Minute Meals for Quick, Healthy Dinner Ideas<\/a><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s where dinner starts. In fact, according to Betty Crocker, you get three cups of meat off a single chicken<\/a>: one cup of dark and two cups of white meat. And with all that lean protein, you can make a plethora of dishes that appeal to every taste bud. Plus, not only is it inexpensive (a 2014 study<\/a> noted a rotisserie chicken cost about five dollars less at any given supermarket versus a pound of the raw meat), but it also cuts down your cooking time by quite a bit. Here, five inventive ways to use the bird for dinner this week.<\/p>\n

5 Drool-Worthy Rotisserie Chicken Recipes Everyone Will Love<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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1.\u00a0Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Potatoes
\n<\/a><\/strong>Twice-baked potatoes are delicious: ultra soft on the inside, crispy on the outside and topped with all sorts of goodness, like cheese, scallions and bacon. Now they\u2019re even better thanks to the addition of buffalo chicken. (Why didn\u2019t I think of that, right?) Best of all, this easy recipe is ready to eat in just 15 minutes. It’s also gluten-free and each serving is under 400 calories with 25 grams of protein. Photo and recipe: Layla Atik \/ <\/em>Gimme Delicious Food<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Sandwich
\n<\/a><\/strong>With a Greek yogurt base and fresh, antioxidant-rich fruits like apples, cranberries and grapes, this chicken salad is lightened up in all the right ways. How you eat it, though, is up to you: The chicken salad is perfect on bread, a bed of lettuce or by its lonesome. Clocking in at just 212 calories with 41 grams of protein, it\u2019s a solid post-workout recovery snack<\/a> choice \u2014 not to mention it\u2019ll only set you back 10 minutes for meal prep. Photo and recipe: Chungha \/ <\/em>Damn Delicious<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0Thai Chicken Pizza
\n<\/a><\/strong>Got kids? This pizza recipe is your lifesaver, especially for parents with picky eaters. The base is made from everyone\u2019s favorite, peanut butter, and you can let the whole family make individual pies to customize, should the green onions, carrots, cilantro and\/or bean sprouts aren’t everyone’s top topping choices. To save time, use store-bought pizza dough (whole wheat if you can find it!), then get ready to be quickly impressed. Photo and recipe: Gaby \/ <\/em>What\u2019s Gaby Cooking<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0Chicken Tamale Pie
\n<\/a><\/strong>Gooey, bubbly, cheesy and spicy\u2026How could you possibly go wrong? The ultimate comfort food, this crazy-quick (just 15 minutes of prep work!) chicken tamale pie will leave you feeling warm and full any day of the week. Miraculously, it’s also under 300 calories per serving. We\u2019ll have two, please. (Fine, maybe one and a half.) Photo and recipe: Lindsay \/ <\/em>Pinch of Yum<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> 15 One-Pot Meals You\u2019ll Love<\/a><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
\n<\/a><\/strong>This simple, healthy soup is a breeze to make and will keep you cozy on cold nights. For a slew of leftovers that’ll keep you going all week long, prep all eight servings and freeze what you don\u2019t eat. Feeling ambitious? Use the chicken bones to make homemade broth in a slow cooker<\/a> first, then proceed with the recipe. Photo and recipe: Maria and Josh \/ <\/em>Two Peas and Their Pod<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Put dinner on the table in a flash with these rotisserie chicken recipes that are delicious, filling and quick to make. Who knew the deli aisle could make dinnertime so good? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,27,9],"tags":[162,204,155,304,248,158,341,388],"class_list":["post-45414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dinner","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-chicken","tag-cooking","tag-dinner","tag-pizza","tag-sandwich","tag-soup","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}