Kates Crispy Cracklings From Leftover Rotisserie Chicken Skin Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Gently pull the skin off the chicken breasts (reserve the breast meat for another use), pat dry and cut in thirds lengthwise. Place them skin-side up in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
• Mix the salt, pepper, thyme and rosemary together in a small bowl, crushing the spices with a spoon. Sprinkle the chicken skins with some of the spice mix; it makes more than you need, but you can keep it for another day. Cover the skins with a layer of parchment and top with a baking sheet to weigh it down, making sure the top sheet presses down on the skins.
• Bake until the skins are browned and crisp, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove the top baking sheet and parchment and transfer the skins to a plate lined with paper towel to cool and crisp up.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
• Remove skin from rotisserie chicken. Remove excess fat from around cavity opening and remove tail. Remove small bones from tail and discard bones. Remove layer of fat along thighs.
• Arrange skin, tail, and removed fat (from cavity opening and thighs) in one layer in a metal baking pan that has sides (not a shallow cookie sheet). Do not line pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper because skin must be in contact with hot metal pan to sufficiently render oil in order to crisp. Almost all excess oil will render leaving a crispy "chip." Use rotisserie chicken meat for chicken salad, casserole, soup, etc.
• Sprinkle skin and fat with salt and black pepper if rotisserie chicken is not already seasoned or flavored. Bake, uncovered, for 15 minutes at 375F degrees. Remove from oven and drain off all oil. (While wearing oven mitts, I carefully tip the baking pan and use a paper towel to soak up the oil that pools in the bottom corner.) Bake for 15 more minutes. Drain off oil. Skin and fat should be golden brown (not burnt) and crispy (not limp and chewy). If not crispy, bake for 10 more minutes. Loosen cracklings from pan with spatula and transfer to paper towels. Eat while still warm.
• Note: this method works for any baked/roasted poultry including holiday turkey skin and fat. Furthermore, this method will still work for refrigerated leftovers- just add five extra minutes of baking time for skin to warm up.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion and garlic in butter.
• Add chicken broth and whole tomatoes with juice.
• Add spaghetti, Picante sauce and cumin.
• Cover and simmer until spaghetti is cooked and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
• Add chicken or turkey and spoon into a casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle cheese over top of casserole.
• Bake covered at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes until cheese is melted.