Leftovers for Lunch: Ways to Use Chicken Leftovers!

When I am meal planning for the week, I purposely buy chicken and have it once a week just so I can have the leftovers for lunches. The fella actually teases me about my love of chicken leftovers.
It's my favorite! So versatile and so many ways to incorporate it into different meals.
I figured it would be a great idea to put some of those into one post so the next time you have a leftover chicken breast or two in the fridge, or a container of leftover chicken from a fryer or roaster, you'd be inspired to make some fantastic lunches from the leftovers!

Note: You could take the chicken and make heartier meals like Chicken Pot Pie or Chicken Soups, but my goal of this post was to try and focus more on quick fix lunch items or each to assemble items. Enjoy!

Chicken Salad: Turn leftover roaster chicken or diced up chicken breast into chicken salad for lunches. You can serve it with bread slices, crackers, or on lettuce leaves for a delicious lunch. I even like to stuff it inside tomatoes, yum!
Salad with Chicken: I usually make this for my own lunches more than for Little Miss, but I love packing a fresh salad in my EasyLunchboxes container and topping it with sliced leftover grilled chicken breast for a healthy lunch. 

Quesadilla: One of Little Miss' most requested lunch box items are quesadillas. Add some cheese (dairy or non-dairy, depending on your allergens) and diced up leftover chicken for fun change-up from the usual sandwich. You could also try my BBQ Chicken Quesadilla recipe. 
Chicken Tacos: Reheat the chicken with some taco seasoning and pack in a thermos with shells and toppings.
Chicken Nachos: Just like above, reheat with taco seasonings and pack with tortilla chips & toppings for DIY Nachos.

BBQ Pulled Chicken: Reheat the chicken with BBQ Sauce and pack in a thermos. Pack with a GF bun or bread slices to build a delicious BBQ Chicken Sandwich for lunches. Or you could make them into BBQ Pulled Chicken Nachos. 
Chicken Wraps: Instead of a quesadilla, make a wrap sandwich with leftover chicken, romaine, and dressing. You could use hummus, ranch, or I personally love the zip that Just Mayo Chipotle gives to the wrap.
Chicken Pizza: Top a lunchbox sized pizza crust with chicken dices, in lieu of pepperoni or sausage. For the crust, try my cauliflower pizza crust recipe or my DIY Mini Pizzas. 

Pasta Salad: Cold pasta salads are such a great lunch box item! Like this Mesquite Chicken Pasta Salad from the Gluten Free on a Budget cookbook. 
Chicken Dunkers: Keep it simple. Slice leftover chicken breast into strips. Pack along side a dip container of ketchup or BBQ sauce and let the kids go to town at lunch. 
Chicken & Rice: Make a quick stir fry or simply pack up the reheated dinner leftovers in a thermos of chicken, rice, & veggies. OR you could make these Chicken & Rice Patty Cupcakes.   

What are your favorite ways to use chicken leftovers for lunches?  Share below in the comments!