I had no idea what “tailgating” was until I married a Southerner. And then, I had to learn all about tailgating food. I’m quite sure it’s considered its own food group around these parts. Anything that fits in the pit is game. And then there are dips, and sauces, and chips, and well… lots of glorious food.
This roasted chicken flatbread bar is one to add to any tailgating menu. You can roast the chicken, barbecue it, even smoke it! But once it’s cooked… the food is on!
This is exactly what I envision easy entertaining food to be. Food that can be made ahead of time, needs little maintenance throughout a party, and allows the guests to customize their serving to their liking. Of course, this also makes the best mid-week family meal! Pick up a rotisserie chicken at the store and you are good to go!
I cook whole chickens nearly every week. You could say, it’s a staple in my weekly meal plan. The recipe possibilities are endless and having roasted chicken in the fridge allows me to prepare a meal in record time! I can make soups, quesadillas, tacos, pasta bakes, burrito bowls, nacho trays, and of course, I can repurpose it for lunch!
I also used one of my favorite ingredients in a non traditional way for this recipe. Hummus dressing! Whoa. I did just say hummus and dressing in the same sentence (although I’m pretty sure my 3rd grader would correct me and say it’s an incomplete sentence). Anyways, have to try it.
Since I’m a go-big or go-home type of gal, I had to make sure I didn’t serve a plan chicken flatbread to my guests. I’ve got toppings! I love using all the other awesome mediterranean flavors like Feta cheese, kalamata olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, an olive oil. I made a quick cucumber + tomato + onion salsa to give these a little crunch. There is no recipe really. Just mix cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, a little red onion in a bowl. Drizzle it with olive oil and a little of your favorite Italian seasoning. Viola! crunchy salsa.
Next time you barbecue or smoke a chicken think of this recipe. Doesn’t this flatbread look delicious? Come on, you know you wan to take a big bite!
Easy Entertaining: Roasted Chicken Flatbread Bar
This roasted chicken flatbread recipe is perfect for easy entertaining. It has all the Mediterranean flavors and a bonus hummus dressing recipe.
- Yield: 6 servings
- Category: Easy Meals – Family Style & Entertaining
Ingredients
- 1 whole smoked, barbecued, or roasted chicken, shredded
- 6 whole grain flat breads
- 10–12 whole romaine heart leaves, washed
- 6–8 ounces kalamata olives
- 8 ounces crumbled feta cheese
- 1 batch creamy hummus dressing
Tomato-Cucumber Salsa:
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, quartered
- ½ small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 medium cucumber, ends cut and diced small
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- ¼ teaspoon dill (or Italian seasoning)
- Olive oil, drizzle
- salt, to taste
Creamy Hummus Dressing
- ½ cup hummus
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon water
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- On a flat surface, shred chicken meat using two forks. Discard bones.
- Place remaining ingredients in their own dishes in an assembly line on the table.
- To assemble: hold your flatbread on your hands or on a plate. Place romaine leaves as the base to hold your chicken. Top with olives and feta cheese, drizzle with about a tablespoon of hummus dressing.
For Salsa:
- In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients. Drizzle with a little olive oil and add a little salt to taste.
For Dressing:
- Whisk hummus together with lemon juice and water; season with salt and pepper. Add an additional tablespoon of water if the dressing is to thick.
Equipment
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- Yield: approx ¾ cup
- Category: Dressings & Condiments
Ingredients
- ½ cup Sabra Classic Hummus
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon water
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Whisk hummus together with lemon juice and water; season with salt and pepper. Add an additional tablespoon of water if the dressing is too thick for your liking.
Notes
Recipe: Martha Stewart
Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. I did receive a huge shipment of Sabra Hummus to try this fabulous recipe. All opinions are, of course, my own.
Lana
My favorite things to grill are veggies! If I won the Big Green Egg Giveaway I would use it for family cook-outs and summer pool parties! =)
Erin
If I won the big green egg, I’d use it to feed my Army Unit, at least once… and my kids… a lot. Being a single mom in the military can be tough and I love the quick simplicity of grilling, as much as I enjoy the lazy weekender smoke-fest! If I won, I’d have to work out new recipes for brisket and develop a new sausage mix for a brat-burn you won’t soon forget.
Erin
Uses for hummus: I never used hummus as a dip until recently. I normally use it as a protein punch in a veggie wrap, and I often use it to top falafel if I can’t find plain tahini.
Erin
Grilling? What don’t I like to grill. In fact, I just looked outside at my grill (covered in snow) and longingly sighed for the ability to cook outdoors again. My favs? Lamb, in all shapes and flavors, and pecan planking salmon. 🙂
Sylvia Baker
If I won the Big Green Egg, I would give it to my husband and be the best wife ever! 🙂
Sylvia Baker
I’ve really only used hummus for dipping…I really should branch out!
Sylvia Baker
My favorite thing to grill are those massive portobella mushroom tops! Yummy!
Jess Scott
I love to grill chicken and who doesn’t love a steak!?! I love hummus only when my friend Donna makes it and tells me how to eat it. If I won the Big Green Egg, I would be deliriously happy and ready to grill everything, even veggies!
AB
We’d grill everything! Lots of different kinds of meat and veggies, and pizza too. Wonder if you can grill a loaf of bread instead of baking it in the oven?
Maggie
Love, love to grill up some skirt steaks for Taco Tuesday.
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Cindy G
Woah…..that’s a lot of comments. Anyway, my roasted chicken goes in sandwiches, then it goes in either quesadillas or chicken salad. If there’s any left, we may find some in a tortilla soup. I’ve used hummus as a spread on a tortilla for a veggie sandwich.
Laura Fuentes
all it takes is ONE comment to win! good luck!
Tina P.
If I won a Big Green Egg I’d grill every day!
Angela
If I won this Egg, I would give it to my Husband. He has had is eyes on one of these since I saw them last year. He loves to BBQ, grill, and now we have started smoking our meats. He would be so thrilled!
Tina P.
My most favorite thing that I’ve done so far with hummus was to use it in a vegan lasagna. Most vegan lasagnas just use tofu in place of the ricotta, but I found one recipe that called for mixing the tofu with hummus. I used the Sabra Roasted Garlic hummus and it was a-MAZ-ing! It was served at a birthday party where both vegans and meat-eaters were present, and everyone could hardly believe that there was really no ricotta in the lasagna!
Tina P.
I love grilling steaks and brats!
Colleen
If I won the Green Egg, I would give it to my Pastor. He just mentioned it at work today, and I had never heard of it. Then I opened this email and voila!! So, I’d give it to him.
Colleen
I love to use hummus in tortilla rollups with spinach and shredded carrots and zucchini and chicken for a sandwich alternative.
Colleen
My favorite thing to grill is carne asada for fajitas.
mara
If I won, I would use the big green egg to grill all sorts of stuff!
mara
I like to use hummus in wraps instead of other condiments or in addition to.