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Related: About this forumWhat should I make for dinner?
Thinking ahead to dinner. To work with today, I have half a leftover Costco rotisserie chicken, a head of cabbage, carrots, a red pepper, green onions, and some celery. Stir fry would be obvious, but I'm getting kind of tired of stir fry. Maybe I could construct some kind of salad?
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)really good curry.
On edit: well they don't actually make it, but.....
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)I have some red curry paste in the fridge but no coconut milk.
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)She just sautés the veggies and chicken, adds a bit of flour and milk or cream to thicken, some thyme, salt, pepper. Very filling and tasty. I sometimes make it for scratch with my kids but I add a ton of kale and spinach (like 2 whole bunches of kale and a whole bag of spinach). It cooks the greens right down and the kids don't even realize the amount of greens they are eating because...well, creamy chicken! Oh, and I always start out with an entire onion in addition to the other veggies.
Sometimes I also use left over rotisserie chicken for my 'southwest' chicken salad. It's just lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded cheese, sliced hardboiled eggs and corn, with the chicken too, and I use Renee's southwest dressing. You could use any vegetables though...I just chose ones that seem 'southwest-y' to me
bif
(22,720 posts)spinbaby
(15,090 posts)After I get another meal out of it, THEN I make soup.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)Chicken, celery, carrots, onions, mayo on good crusty rolls. Add bacon, lettuce and tomato for chicken salad club. With a side of coleslaw to use your cabbage. (crap now I'm hungry!)
rdharma
(6,057 posts)Chicken salad and coleslaw.
littlewolf
(3,813 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)You don't need coconut milk for curry, really.
Another thought is spicy mulligatawny soup. You need:
onion
apple
celery
carrot
bell pepper
you dice and sweat those with some curry powder and ginger
then add the chicken meat and 6 cups chicken broth (sometimes I just use bouillon cubes and water).
simmer.
the recipe is available on google: spicy mulligatawny soup from cooking light. I don't add the chutney or hot pepper or any tomato, but you can tweak as you like.
It really is satisfying and delicious.
NJCher
(35,685 posts)I was looking at this recipe last night and I think I'll make it, even though I have regular cabbage and not savoy.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Japanese-Style-Quick-Pickled-Slaw-103610
If I had your rotisserie chicken, I'd warm it and serve it with hoisin sauce. That would be a nice contrast to the Japanese Slaw.
Then I'd add some type of vegetable like broccoli or something along that line.
Cher
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)I think a nice Asian slaw with chicken is the way to go tonight.