Leftover Chicken Recipes are pretty popular in our home. If you have ever wondered what to do with leftover chicken, then read on.
You’re going to love this easy and delicious leftover chicken recipe!
This easy leftover chicken recipe is ready in less than an hour.
Leftover Chicken Recipe for Crispy Shells Casserole
This leftover chicken recipe is the second act of our previous recipe, French Fried Onion Ring Baked Chicken. The great flavor and convenience of the first recipe carried directly over to the next, making this a popular meal with our kids and their parents.
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- Start with leftover fried chicken
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- Cut your chicken leftovers into cubes.
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- Mix the leftover chicken with the other ingredients, bake and enjoy!
Have you ever wondered what to do with leftover chicken?
Leftover chicken never tasted so good. It’s combined and then baked with cream of chicken soup, cheese, milk, breadcrumbs, and pasta.
You may not find this leftover chicken recipe on the menu of a Michelin-starred restaurant, and fortunately for me, our boys were O.K. with that. They loved this comfort creation that was made from a dinner they loved a couple of nights earlier.
Have you ever made oven-fried chicken? We’ll show you how!
Ingredients for this leftover chicken recipe
- 8-16 oz leftover chicken, coarsely diced
- 16 oz. pasta shells
- 8 oz. shredded cheese (we used Mozzarella)
- 1 10.5 oz. can cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
This recipe that uses leftover fried chicken is a great way to get more bang for a buck by not wasting tasty leftovers.
The real purpose of this leftover chicken recipe is to show that you can use almost any leftover chicken or turkey and achieve a similar and great tasting result.
It’s not only good tasting and convenient, but it’s also darn affordable too.
This meal costs well under a single greenback per serving. On top of everything else, its affordability helps to make it hard to beat, especially on a chilly winter day.
Grab a bite of comfort and enjoy! -Dan
See some of our other leftover recipes, including leftover beef roast pot pie, steak and beef enchiladas, and leftover pork tacos.
Do you have any great leftover chicken recipes? We would love to hear from you. Drop us a comment below!
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Crispy Leftover Chicken and Shells Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 oz. fried chicken coarsely cubed
- 16 oz. pasta shells
- 8 oz. shredded cheese
- 1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F°
- Grease a 9 x 13 casserole pan.
- Prepare pasta as directed, drain.
- In large mixing bowl, cube leftover chicken. Add grated cheese, soup, milk, breadcrumbs and pasta.
- Stir mixture thoroughly then evenly distribute in prepared casserole dish.
- Bake for about 35 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
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This recipe has been updated from the original post of March 3, 2016.
Maria says
February 10, 2019 at 2:12 pmThis must be a silly question as no one else asked it, but the cream of chicken soup–is it the condensed or ready to serve kind?
Dan from Platter Talk says
February 12, 2019 at 5:26 pmMaria, You’ll want to use condensed cream of chicken soup for this easy leftover chicken recipe. Thanks for the question!
Veena Azmanov says
October 25, 2018 at 7:49 amSuch a great way to use up leftover chicken. We love casseroles in our home, especially in winter. This sounds like something I wanna try. Saving for later
Marisa Franca says
October 25, 2018 at 6:58 amWhat a great way to use chicken! Everyone loves pasta so stick some chicken with it and add some cheese and you’ve got a delicious meal everyone ties into. I’ll be saving this recipe.
Kylee from Kylee Cooks says
October 24, 2018 at 9:28 pmSuch a yummy way to repurpose leftovers! This could be good for thanksgiving turkey too!
Lauren Vavala says
October 24, 2018 at 7:42 pmThis is a great idea for leftovers! Such a family friendly meal too – anything I can get my kids to eat without any whining is perfect!
Mahy Elamin says
October 24, 2018 at 1:40 pmWow, this is a really great idea for my children. A simple and easy list of ingredients is what I love. Now I know how to use leftover chicken. This recipe looks super easy and full of ingredients my family loves. Looking forward to trying soon. Thank you for a great idea!
Claudia Lamascolo says
October 24, 2018 at 12:40 pmI love using shells in a casserole, the kids love them too, This is one the whole family will love what a great all in one meal!
Jennifer A Stewart says
September 12, 2018 at 10:59 amI usually use my leftover chicken for chicken and rice but I am going to switch up with this next time!
Madi says
September 12, 2018 at 9:57 amThis sounds like the perfect comfort food! I can’t wait to make this for dinner!
Michaela Kenkel says
September 10, 2018 at 10:23 pmRepurposing leftovers is always a great idea!! Fried chicken in anything has GOT to be good!
Angela says
September 10, 2018 at 9:17 amOh how I am loving this one! Food waste is such a pet peeve of mine and I LOVE how you’ve used these leftovers! Plus… fried chicken is delicious!
Kathy says
September 9, 2018 at 11:39 pmWhat a great way to use leftover fried chicken. We always buy too much of it and end up wasting it. Thanks to this recipe that won’t happen again. I know my family would love this dish!
debi at Life Currents says
September 8, 2018 at 8:27 amThis is such a fabulous way to use up leftovers. I love a big casserole that gives us lots of meals. I think I’ll add frozen green peas when I make this.
Dan from Platter Talk says
September 8, 2018 at 5:21 pmThanks, Debi. We never knew how many people face this dilemma (leftover chicken), until we put this leftover chicken recipe together. We hope you try it soon!
michele says
September 8, 2018 at 7:23 amWe don’t ever have leftover fried chicken (yes, we overindulge, but its fried chicken, but we do however have a LOT of leftover roast chicken… what a great way to use it up in such a comfort food that we’ll all LOVE!
Dan from Platter Talk says
September 8, 2018 at 5:21 pmTake my word for it, this leftover chicken works well for either version!
Diana says
November 5, 2016 at 5:52 pmWhat a wonderful idea! I never know what to do with leftover chicken, so I just throw it in pasta. Pinning to try later!
Dan from Platter Talk says
November 5, 2016 at 5:55 pmThanks so much, Diana. Our boys really enjoyed this one!
Allison - Celebrating Sweets says
November 5, 2016 at 5:27 pmI love finding new ways to use up leftovers. Sounds great!
Dan from Platter Talk says
November 5, 2016 at 5:54 pmOur kids loved this, as did their dads – win/win!
[email protected] says
November 5, 2016 at 4:10 pmIt’s all about the comfort foods. You’re right that good food can be affordable. Looks good.
Elaine @ Dishes Delish says
November 5, 2016 at 3:38 pmThis looks super tasty. I don’t usually like shells but I can’t wait to try them like this because my hubby loves them. Thanks for sharing.
Jeff the Chef says
May 22, 2016 at 11:02 amWhat a fantastic way to reinvent a leftover! For a home chef, those kinds of recipes are must-haves. Nicely done.
Jeff @ Make It Like a Man! says
March 4, 2016 at 2:47 pmI love these kinds of dinners! These soerts of recipies need to be in every home cook’s arsenal.