# Canned chicken recipes
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** food-cooking
**Created:** [January 31, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123 "2023-01-31T21:49:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/1 "2023-01-31T21:49:36Z")
We have a couple of cans of chicken breast meat in the cupboard. Since I’m not at home, I don’t know what brand it is. So what do I do with it?
1. Make chicken salad for chicken salad sandwiches;
2. Make chicken enchilada casserole (chicken, cream of mushroom soup, corn tortillas, cheddar cheese, olives)
I’m always up for a meat salad. Tuna salad, SPAM® salad, crab salad, chicken salad… They’re all good, and chicken salad would be a decent default.
I pretty much object to chicken enchilada casserole. I’ll eat it if my wife makes it, but it’s heavy and it’s a carbohydrate bomb.
Of course a chicken pasta salad with grapes and gorgonzola and maybe some chopped walnuts is good, only not good for the diet. I like to avoid pasta, rice, and bread.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/2 "2023-01-31T21:52:29Z")
I sometimes use canned chicken in soup or stew, and might also add it to fried rice.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/3 "2023-01-31T22:34:23Z")
The stuff that’s in a tin like tuna? I always make chicken salad from that. Usually a curried version with some fruit component (I like underripe apricot or apricot preserves; sometimes apple; sometime raisins and dates; it’s all good), mayo, celery, cilantro, maybe some green onion or red onion. You can throw in some nuts or seeds in there, too.
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/4 "2023-01-31T23:34:24Z")
Chicken taco meat. Add a couple cans of chicken to a can of El Pato sauce, heat, et voila!
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### Author:  [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/5 "2023-02-01T00:22:21Z")
Buffalo chicken dip for Superbowl snacks.
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### Author:  [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/6 "2023-02-01T00:23:48Z")
That’s chicken salad/sandwich territory for me. The chicken, some sliced grapes, slivered almonds, tarragon, a little mayo, some pepper.
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### Author:  [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/7 "2023-02-01T00:51:21Z")
I’d go chicken salad. I tried to add it to a packaged mushroom risotto. I will never do that again; it made me a bit nauseous. I will not try package risotto again nor will I do much other than chicken salad with canned chicken. Bleh.
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### Author:  [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/8 "2023-02-01T00:56:31Z")
I buy it to use in Tuna Helper instead of tuna.
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### Author:  [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/9 "2023-02-01T01:42:36Z")
I’d also do salad. But hold the nuts and grapes on mine.
The real treat is slurping off the broth the chicken is canned in.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/10 "2023-02-01T12:46:03Z")
There’s always Chicken Spaghetti, a dish my gf’s family makes. It isn’t bad.
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/11 "2023-02-01T16:31:39Z")
It sure isn’t good either, unless your chicken spaghetti is light-years better than the versions I’ve had around here at pot-lucks and the like.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/12 "2023-02-01T16:34:38Z")
The only time I’ve had Chicken Spaghetti is when my gf has made it (once every 3-5 years) and she always apologizes. Likewise, I occasionally make ham barbecue sandwiches just like Isaly’s used to make and I apologize to my gf.
There are never leftovers for any of those dishes, though.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/13 "2023-02-01T16:42:53Z")
I’ve done chicken salad, a quick chicken and rice soup, a chicken noodle, and added it to other rice/noodle dishes. I never thought of using it in a casserole, largely because I don’t generally make casseroles.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/14 "2023-02-01T17:13:53Z")
I sometimes make chicken veg quesadillas if I’m short on the onions, peppers, and mushrooms. I drain a can of chicken and add it to the tortilla with vegetables, a little cheese, fold, and saute briefly in a nonstick pan (maybe with a teeny bit of butter or oil). Can also add it to soup, packaged soup like Lipton noodle, or matzoh ball soup.as a base -maybe with some frozen mixed vegetables.
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### Author:  [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/15 "2023-02-01T17:29:46Z")
I do a enchilada casserole that’s basically canned chicken, cream of chicken, green chilies and pepper jack with a green sauce. It’s pretty good and the green chilies add a good flavor. Like you, I just don’t do many casseroles anymore so I maybe make it once every two years.
A can of chicken and one of those “Bear Creek” soup mixes are my emergency rations.
You could try stuffing some big shells with a white sauce.
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### Author:  [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/16 "2023-02-01T18:19:52Z")
Sounds like something that would work in a pasta (radiatori) dish that I make with chicken, broccoli, crushed almonds, Parmesan and abundant oregano. I usually just grill a thawed chicken breast from the freezer, which sometimes turns out dry. Maybe canned chicken would avoid that problem.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/17 "2023-02-01T18:26:06Z")
What I like the most from the canned chicken is the broth. It’s quite salty, but so good. So, yeah, it stays quite moist.
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### Author:  [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/18 "2023-02-01T18:58:29Z")
In that sense, it might work well in [cannelloni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannelloni), too.
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### Author:  [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123/19 "2023-02-02T13:36:20Z")
1.make chicken ala king–chicken,gravy over rice or pasta, maybe add peas
2. chicken noodle soup with peas and carrots, celery (you can even use ramen)
3 add to salad, though I prefer chicken strips