What to make with a baked chicken?

[Anonymous]

I have 2 crockpot cooked chickens and about a 1/2 gallon of broth. Usually I make a simple chicken and rice or pasta dish but this sounds really boring to me now. I need some ideas on what make. But not chicken pot pie. I have some cans of beans, some cooked asparagus, some cooked rice and leftover mashed potatoes. Help!

[Anonymous]

Shepherd's pie. chop and fry some carrots and onions to mix with the asparagus. Add some thickener (flour, arrowroot, whatever), stir in stock to make a filling (thicker than for a pot pie), mix in the chicken. Put in a pie dish, top with the mashed potatoes, bake.

[Anonymous]

Tex-Mex "pie": Saute some onion and garlic, add in cumin, oregano, a bit of chili powder and drained canned beans, plus a jar of salsa if you have it, a drained can of tomatoes if you don't. Bonus if you have canned green chiles in the house. Stir in shredded chicken. Great soft taco filling, or make a "tamale" topping (boiling water + salt + pour in some corn meal and stir), top chicken mixture with some cheese and then the tamale topping, and bake in a pie dish.

Another option: chicken and asparagus crepes. Look up a crepe recipe (they are simple) and make a few crepes, fill with some sauteed onion, chicken and asparagus, cover with a white sauce (3 Tbsp butter + 3 Tbsp flour, cook to remove floury taste, add milk until reaches a nice consistency, s + p to taste). Bake. Can make the white sauce with chicken broth instead of milk and then it's a veloute. Could also saute some mushrooms with the onions if you have them, in which case add a bit of thyme while sauteeing.

Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

OP here - Sheperds Pies and Tex Mex Pie sounds great! I'm going for one pot meals.