The Secret to Easy Rotisserie Chicken Recipe You Can Make at Home + 13 Delicious Ideas for Leftovers IF You Have Any!

I love easy recipes and You won’t believe the secret to this Easy rotisserie chicken recipe…psst, it’s a bundt pan!

I have a secret. A couple Thanksgivings ago, I lied to my kids. I tried to tell them the truth, I really did. But it was just the 5 of us for Thanksgiving dinner and I had made this surprisingly easy rotisserie chicken recipe. They thought it was a traditional Thanksgiving turkey and I could not convince them otherwise. It looked like a turkey, it tasted like a juicy, flavorful turkey…ok, I conceded, it’s a turkey. If they are devouring my food, who am I to argue?

And just like that a new holiday tradition was born in our house. Even if we have company come for a holiday dinner, they’re getting anything more complicated than my easy rotisserie chicken. If they want a huge turkey and a holiday meal that’s slaved over in a kitchen all day, they can go to someone else’s house. When my kids think back to the holidays, I want them to remember the delicious meal and the fun we had together. I don’t want to be in the kitchen cooking and cleaning all day and miss out on all the fun! 

The name of the game for me to survive the holidays with Rheumatoid Arthritis, is to keep it deliciously simple. And the best part of this recipe is it takes a mere minutes to prepare, the oven works the rest of the magic and there is very little to clean up. I make side dishes ahead of time and reheat them while the chicken is cooking. I could even cook 2 of these chickens in the space it takes for one humungous turkey roaster and in half the time.

Of course, I do make this easy rotisserie chicken recipe even when it’s not the holidays. When whole chickens are on sale for less than $1 a pound, it’s $5 for a main dish to feed my hungry boys. You can’t beat that when you spend as much as we do on groceries. As they become teenagers, it’s easy to spend more on groceries in a month than on our mortgage! 

IF we have any leftovers, it’s easy to incorporate shredded, cooked chicken into another meal during the week. Below the recipe, I’ve given you my favorite ways to use the leftovers.

Wanna know the the SECRET to cooking a perfect, easy rotisserie chicken? I’ll give you a hint, it’s NOT an expensive rotisserie…it’s a BUNDT PAN*! 

Easy Rotisserie Chicken Cooked in a Bundt Pan Recipe

I came upon The Perfect Roast Chicken in a Bundt Pan from The Gardening Cook on Pinterest and decided to modify the recipe a bit to make it taste like rotisserie chicken. I had accidentally bought 2 of the McCormick’s Perfect Pinch Rotisserie Chicken Seasonings* in one of my overzealous couponing trips so figured now was a good time to use it to try and recreate my own chicken that only tastes like it’s been on a rotisserie for hours. 

Since I started using this recipe, my bundt pan* might be getting more use as a chicken roaster than as a cake maker!

Helpful Tips:

• Add any vegetables you like to the bottom of the pan to make this a one dish meal. These would be great veggies to try:
  • White potatoes (cut them smaller if you want them to finish cooking in time with the chicken).
  • Butternut squash
  • Baby carrots or small slices of carrots
  • Brussel sprouts
• Stuffing the cavity with lemon and onion makes the chicken extra moist and tasty. You could also put celery, onion and carrots.
• I topped the chicken with rotisserie seasoning. Other suggestions to top the chicken: 
  •  lemon juice, garlic dill or thyme seasoning
  • Caribbean Jerk seasoning*
  • Lemon & Pepper seasoning*
  • Italian seasoning*
  • Cajun seasoning*
• The dark meat will fall off the bone but if you need it, I had an electric carving knife* to help cut the chicken breast.
• Use a KitchenAid Mixer* to shred the leftover cooked chicken quickly and easily. 
• Use the chicken bones to make a gut healing bone broth. I found this recipe in the Autoimmune Solution by Dr. Amy Myers book, one I recommend if you are trying to understand your chronic illness.

RA Ease of Prep Rating: 5 of 5 stars
Family Yumminess Rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you need an easy rotisserie chicken, you’ve got to try this recipe, you won’t be sorry! 

13 Delicious Ways to Use Leftover Rotisserie Chicken

Honestly, I love the leftover chicken from this easy rotisserie chicken recipe as much as when I first cook it. Next time, I’m going to make 2 of these chickens at the same time so I have more leftover meat to use throughout the week for lunches and dinners.  Here are some delicious ways to use the leftover rotisserie chicken:

Chicken and Cheese Chimichangas 

Salad with Cilantro-Lime Dressing

Rotisserie Chicken Salad Sandwiches from Gluesticks Blog

• 25 Ways to Use Rotisserie Chicken by Crystal and Comp
• Salsa Verde Enchiladas from Daily Momtivity
• Almost Traditional Cuban Sandwich from O Taste and See Blog
• Make Ahead Chicken Casserole from Little House Living
• Chicken Pot Pie Casserole (I use refrigerated biscuits, cook them separately and split them in half to put on top of each serving of pot pie so the biscuits don’t get soggy)
• Easy Rotisserie Chicken Lunch Ideas
• BBQ Chicken Pizza (prepared pizza crust topped with bbq sauce, mozzarella & gorgonzola cheese, shredded chicken, red onion, cilantro and jalapeno)
• BBQ Chicken and Cheese or Ceasar Chicken Wraps 
• Chicken Nachos (topping suggestions: salsa, corn, black beans, sour cream, jalapeno, fresh tomatoes, cilantro and cheese)
• Chicken Philly Sandwiches (sauteed onions, peppers, mushrooms and/or jalapenos, chicken, melted provolone or pepper jack cheese on a toasted hoagie bun)
• Chicken Noodle Soup

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Have you ever tried to cook a whole chicken in a bundt pan? I love it when I can find multiple uses for things in my kitchen! What’s your favorite roast chicken recipe? Let me know and thanks for visiting!