9 Scrumptious Dinners You Can Make With a Rotisserie Rooster

Rotisserie hen is one in every of my stealthiest weeknight cheats to get dinner on the desk FAST. (And I’ve a sense I’m not alone.) It’s able to go on the grocery and succulent and juicy. What’s to not love? There’s no want to easily put an entire hen in your dinner desk when a world of fast and scrumptious rotisserie hen recipes is virtually begging to be whipped up.

I’ll say that the flavour of the chickens can differ fairly a bit from retailer to retailer. My favorites in Austin are from Central Market—the Hatch Chile is next-level falling-off-the-bone good. However regardless of the place you reside, any good grocery retailer will possible have a good model. On the times after I need nothing greater than to choose up a fast-food meal, I’ll merely lower up a rotisserie hen and serve it with a salad and candy potatoes that I baked in my meal-prepping that week.

When you’ve only a little extra time or are feeling a burst of cooking inspiration, strive one in every of these 9 recipes that take your store-bought hen and switch it into one thing that tastes such as you’ve been slaving on the range all day.

Featured picture by Ashleigh Amoroso.

9 Rotisserie Rooster Recipes to Streamline Weeknight Cooking

Thai Rooster Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing

Why We Love It: I’ve but to discover a dish that spicy peanut sauce doesn’t pair effectively with. The toppings are countless with this summer-style salad: lower up a recent avocado or cube a ripe and juicy mango. No matter you select to brighten your salad, the colours and flavors don’t disappoint.

Hero Ingredient: This salad’s declare to fame? Its spicy peanut dressing. Should you’re not huge on the warmth packed into this dressing, go for rather less sriracha.

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Hoisin Rooster Cabbage Tacos

Why We Love It: Not solely is that this recipe an ideal method to make use of up your rotisserie hen, however lettuce wrap tacos are additionally an effective way to make the most of the remaining romaine that all the time appears to linger within the fridge. Prime with spices like chili and crimson pepper flakes for a kick and cucumber and lime to maintain these tacos gentle, recent, and flavorful.

Hero Ingredient: Hoisin sauce flavors this hen to perfection.

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Turmeric Rooster Soup

Why We Love It: Should you’re trying to wind down with a heat and comfy however nonetheless wholesome dish, look no additional than this turmeric hen soup. We love turmeric and all of its advantages in nearly each dish. Nutrient-packed substances like ginger and hen broth make this soup one to maintain in your radar throughout chilly and flu season, or everytime you want a little bit pick-me-up (spring allergy symptoms are actual).

Hero Ingredient: Buckwheat soba noodles are the brand new elevated take in your basic hen soup noodle.

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Lime-y Rooster Tacos with Carrot, Jicama, & Mint

Why We Love It: I discover hen tacos to generally be a trouble, particularly after I’m on a good schedule. Rotisserie hen is the right possibility that can be utilized in a pinch for these scrumptious cilantro-lime tacos.

Hero Ingredient: Don’t move up the chipotle aioli!

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Pesto Rooster Cobb Salad, Household-Type

Why We Love It: This family-style salad is an effective way to throw collectively quite a lot of wholesome substances in a brief time period. Rotisserie hen and soft-boiled eggs carry the protein element to this hearty salad and recent toppings like crimson onion and lemon juice add a contact of brightness.

Hero Ingredient: Pesto is the bottom of this easy dressing, and belief us, it’s going to carry this (or any) summer time salad to the following stage.

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Thai Rooster Pizza from The Fashionable Correct

Why We Love It: This recipe has my coronary heart. Thai flavors, particularly these present in pad thai and pad see ew, rank excessive on my all-time favourite dishes. Pizza is true behind these dishes on that record, so what higher than combining each and serving them as one? Savory Thai peanut sauce coats this hen and creates a mouth-watering distinction to the hoisin sauce.

Hero Ingredient: Prime with dry roasted peanuts for a crunchy textural addition.

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Salsa Verde Rooster and Zucchini Enchiladas with Mango from Half Baked Harvest

Why We Love It: Whereas recipe curator and creator of Half Baked Harvest Tieghan Gerard makes use of baked hen in her recipe, this can be a nice alternative to sub in a rotisserie hen to avoid wasting time and maximize taste. These enchiladas have a little bit of a kick, the flavors are mellowed by candy toppings like mango and acidic additions like lime juice.

Hero Ingredient: Do-it-yourself or store-bought, salsa verde is your key to essentially the most scrumptious enchiladas.

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BBQ Rooster Quinoa Salad from What’s Gaby Cooking

Why We Love It: Quinoa salads are one in every of my favourite methods to maintain my meals filling whereas not consuming unhealthier grain choices. This loaded recipe tosses your cooked hen in a little bit of BBQ sauce for a tangy and candy taste. Plus, it makes use of toppings like corn and avocado to offer the bowl a little bit of a southwestern vibe.

Hero Ingredient: Garnish with cilantro for a pop of inexperienced goodness.

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White Bean Rooster Soup from The Fashionable Correct

Why We Love It: This garlicky white bean soup is the right dish to wind down with after a jam-packed day. Cannellini beans are an incredible supply of protein along with your rotisserie hen, and daring flavors like jalapeno and lemon juice can have your tastebuds dancing.

Hero Ingredient: Minced garlic shouldn’t be skipped.

This publish was initially printed on October 17, 2018, and has since been up to date.