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    Home / Recipes / Main Dishes / Chicken Recipes

    Stovetop Chicken

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    A red square soup bowl with a soup with sliced mushrooms and linguini. There is a spoon in the bowl. Text #plannedleftovers Stovetop Chicken Add Salt & Serve formerly menus4moms

    This tasty stovetop chicken recipe is quick and easy and can be adapted to use what you have on hand—just about everything about it can be changed as needed or desired. Add more or less chicken, noodles, vegetables, or even broth, or change the vegetables and/or seasonings for variety or personal preference.

    A red square soup bowl with a soup with sliced mushrooms and linguini. There is a spoon in the bowl.

    Stovetop Chicken is a great example of planned leftovers, which prevent waste and save money. I make several versions of it and have found that it’s the perfect recipe to use up leftover chicken. Whenever you serve rotisserie or roast chicken, put the bones and skin to good use making rich broth (see homemade chicken broth recipe at the bottom of this post).

    Use the broth and leftover meat from your roast chicken to make Stovetop Chicken, which can be adapted to include vegetables, different types of pasta, Italian or Mexican seasonings, and any number of other variations. And if you have cooked chicken and cooked onions in the freezer, you can make this as a last minute supper with very little effort.

    A red square soup bowl with a soup with sliced mushrooms and linguini. There is a spoon in the bowl.

    Stovetop Chicken

    This tasty stovetop chicken recipe is quick and easy and can be adapted to use what you have on hand—just about everything about it can be changed as needed or desired. Add more or less chicken, noodles, vegetables, or even broth, or change the vegetables and/or seasonings for variety or personal preference.
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 363

    Ingredients
      

    • 5 cups chicken broth
    • 12 oz frozen egg noodles
    • 8 oz. mushrooms, sliced
    • 1 medium onion, chopped
    • 1 Tbsp. butter
    • 1 cup cooked chicken, chopped or shredded
    • 1 condensed cream of chicken soup
    • Preferred seasonings to taste, salt, pepper, adobo, Montreal Chicken Seasoning, etc.
    • 1 Tbsp. corn starch if needed for thickening
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    Instructions

    • Heat the broth in a large saucepan or pot.
    • While it is heating, heat the butter in a fry pan and cook the onion and mushrooms.
    • When the broth is boiling, add the egg noodles and cook according to package directions.
    • In the last 5 minutes of cooking, add the chicken, onions, mushrooms, cream of chicken soup, seasonings. Stir gently until cream soup is mixed in and everything is heated through. If needed, add corn starch to thicken.

    Notes

    Variations:
    Mexican – Use cumin and cilantro for seasonings and add any combination of corn, black olives, black beans, or green chilies; use corn tortilla strips instead of pasta (shorten cooking time)
    Italian – Use Italian seasoning, basil, or oregano for seasonings and add any combination of tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, black olives, or roasted red peppers; use hearty pasta shapes like orecchiette instead of egg noodles
    French – Use garlic salt for seasoning and add mushrooms, capers, lemon juice, and white wine; use linguini or fettuccine instead of egg noodles

    Nutrition per serving

    Calories: 363 calCarbohydrates: 51.52 gProtein: 18.98 gFat: 6.01 gSodium: 1145.99 mgFiber: 2.41 gSugar: 3.67 g
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    Never made chicken broth from scratch? Look below for instructions—it's super easy!

    Large jar of chicken stock with a layer of fat at the top

    Homemade Chicken Bone Broth

    Homemade chicken bone broth is easy to make with the leftovers from a rotisserie or roast chicken, and it makes a rich and flavorful base for soups, stews, and other recipes calling for chicken broth.
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 10 hrs
    Total Time 10 hrs 30 mins
    Course Ingredient
    Cuisine American, Gluten-free
    Servings 8 cups
    Calories 29

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 roast chicken carcass
    • 8 cups water
    • 1 skin from roast chicken
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    Instructions

    • Prepare the carcass by picking any remaining edible meat off of the bones and refrigerate the meat for use as leftovers.
    • Place the bones and skin in a stock pot or crockpot, cover with water, and simmer covered for several hours (if using a crockpot, you can cook on low for 8 to 10 hours overnight).
    • When the broth is ready, strain the broth and discard the bones and skin.
    • Refrigerate the broth for several hours until the fat rises to the top and solidifies. Remove and discard the fat and use the broth as a base for soup.

    Notes

    Homemade broth differs from canned broth because the collagen in the bones creates a gelatinous texture—some cooks think they have done something wrong when they see this, but it’s actually a sign of a good, rich broth. When heated, the broth will once again become liquid.
    Nutrition data is calculated using 1 lb. of chicken bones and 2 Tbsp. chicken fat for entire batch of broth.

    Nutrition per serving

    Serving: 1 cupCalories: 29 calFat: 3 gSodium: 13 mg
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    A red square soup bowl with a soup with sliced mushrooms and linguini. There is a spoon in the bowl. Text #plannedleftovers Stovetop Chicken Add Salt & Serve formerly menus4moms

    A red square soup bowl with a soup with sliced mushrooms and linguini. There is a spoon in the bowl. Text #plannedleftovers Stovetop Chicken Add Salt & Serve formerly menus4moms
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    Posted by Mary Ann on June 27, 2012; Updated on September 16, 2021Filed Under: Chicken Recipes, Quick & Easy Recipes, Recipes Using Cooked Chicken, Recipes Using Grilled Chicken, Recipes Using Leftover Roast Chicken, Stovetop Recipes, Use What You Have Recipes

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