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Add a touch of the Mediterranean with these Greek-inspired kebabs served with pita bread, salad and tzatziki or hummus.
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Add a touch of the Mediterranean with these Greek-inspired kebabs served with pita bread, salad and tzatziki or hummus.
Loaded with vegetables, this quick and tasty one-pot meal is ready in under 30 minutes. This recipe is easy to make your own by using your favourite spices and seasoning, plus you can add more greens with peas or spinach.
For a Friday night treat, gather the whānau to devour these pulled chicken sliders! The BBQ chicken pairs perfectly with a zesty corn and stone fruit slaw.
Served in a fragrant coconut broth, this Southeast Asian-inspired laksa is light, creamy and a great meal for a summer night.
This Korean-inspired fried chicken recipe is a tasty dinner for any night of the week. Perfect for sharing, serve the crispy chicken with a side of cheesy corn and an easy homemade pickle.
Inspired by the aromatic and bright flavours of Hainanese chicken, this simple chicken and rice recipe will be enjoyed by everyone.
A Louisiana style bread roll inspired by the po’boy sandwich. We’ve filled ours with smoky grilled chicken and fresh salad.
Elevate a humble chicken and rice dish with the addition of tasty herbs, spices and veges. Prepped in just 10 mins, this recipe is suitable for the whole family.
Inspired by Southeast Asian hawker style skewered meat, this is a deliciously rich satay chicken dish served with rice and a fresh seasonal salad.
Warming and comforting, this easy chicken casserole is great to warm yourself on cooler weeknights. Loaded with vegetables, serve this hot with a side of creamy mashed potatoes.
This quick and easy classic chicken curry recipe is bound to become a weeknight go-to family meal! This is a great recipe to eat the next day too.
Loaded with fragrant Moroccan-inspired flavours, this simple chicken recipe is a hearty winter meal. Served with a zesty lemon couscous, this nutritious tagine is mild enough for the whole family to enjoy.
Everyone’s favourite crispy, fried chicken served as a Japanese-style donburi bowl with a fresh, zesty slaw on rice.
Gather the whānau to share this towering tortilla stack, layered with veges, beans and tender, shredded chicken. Serve it with a zesty orange and walnut salad.
A quick and easy baked chicken dish inspired by Chinese takeaway style lemon chicken.
This salad is fantastic to use up any leftover roast or BBQ chicken. The flavours are incredibly complimentary and it makes for the perfect lunch box.
This Mexican inspired dish, is traditionally served as a breakfast with green tomatillo salsa, but is delicious as either a light brunch or quick and tasty midweek meal.
These Chicken Drumsticks with Potato Salad are quick to prep, affordable, and totally family-approved.
A warm, fragrant Moroccan chicken couscous that’s bursting with spices, tender veggies, and pops of sweetness. Also perfect for using up leftover roast chicken or odds and ends from the crisper.
A fresh, zingy Vietnamese-inspired chicken noodle salad bursting with herbs, crunch, and colour.
This chicken donburi uses simple, seasonal ingredients for a nourishing and low-cost meal, making it an easy weeknight upgrade from takeaways with flavour, colour, and comfort in every bowl.
A vibrant chicken pasta salad bursting with flavour, great for dinner or to bring along for a pot luck meal.
A delicious easy family meal - great for using up leftover uncooked chicken from your BBQ or another meal.
Brent Martin's main dish as seen on Three and ThreeNow's Food Rescue Kitchen.
Use up leftover chicken, rice and cooked pumpkin in a cheesy casserole.
These crispy chicken rice paper cups are easy to make, impressive to look at and delicious to eat.
A small amount of leftover chicken goes a long way in this delicious chicken and asparagus quiche. Use tinned asparagus if it is not asparagus season.
Turn your leftover roast chicken into this comforting chicken noodle soup.
Need some dinner inspiration? Try this chicken and vegetable pie - we're pretty sure it will soon be your new family favourite.
Making pâté sounds intimidating, but it’s one of the quickest and easiest nose-to-tail dishes to make. You can serve this easy chicken liver pâté at home without breaking the bank.
Bone broth is a great way to warm your body, soothe your gut and make sure you’re using all parts of the animal. Bone broths taste great and can be used in place of any stock or simply in a cup on their own with turmeric or other spices.
These croquettes are a delicious way to use up leftover chicken or turkey.
This combination of chicken, leeks, brie, white wine and cream topped with crispy filo pastry is ideal for entertaining or a delicious family meal.
Making a strudel out of filo pastry is a simple way to make a pie. This chicken and cranberry strudel can be made using your leftover Christmas turkey.
Vanessa Baxter shares her recipe for a hearty chicken, apple and potato pot pie that the whole family will love.
This warming soup is a great way to use up leftover chicken and vegetables.
Jambalaya means jumbled or mixed up, which is a great way to describe this dish as it contains a mix of spice, chicken, prawns, vegetables and rice. You can experiment with different meats and veg, depending on what’s in the fridge!
Once you have mastered this pancake recipe you will be whipping these up all the time to fill with your leftovers.
Making your own chicken stock is cheap and easy and is a great way to extract all of the goodness from a whole chicken.
Turn your leftover chicken into a tasty Asian-inspired filled roll with pickled carrots.
Use leftover chicken or turkey in this fast and tasty meal.
Wrap your leftover chicken and vegetables in a tortilla to make these tasty fajitas.
MasterChef NZ winner Aaron Brunet shares his Panzanella recipe to breathe new life into stale bread.
This single-serve lasagne is a great way to use up your leftover chicken. Increase the recipe if you want to feed more people.
This deliciously thick stew can be varied depending on what you have in the fridge. Its good served with couscous, rice, baked potatoes or warm pita bread and salad. It’s also really tasty cold the next day served in a wrap.
