Pre-Leftover Chicken Chili Fluffy Omelette

Today is going to be one of those days...

Which usually means I turn to an old friend, "'cause if it ain't ready by 6 AM, we ain't going to eat tonight".

So, come back tomorrow and I will share a terrific Crock Pot Red Chicken Chili Recipe (and I do mean terrific)!  But today i want to share an epiphany... PRE- LeftOvers.  Much like Newton and the apple, pre-leftovers have existed about as long as gravity.  I just never thought to use them before.

I was slicing and dicing and seasoning and just generally prepping my dinner tonight (indeed, at 6 AM).  I started all this prepping without first having a little breakfast, so I was hungry as I diced and stirred.  I had planned a simple scrambled egg and maybe popping a chicken leg from my beloved Rotisserie chicken of the day; when I got hit on the head with an apple (chicken thigh).

And the rest is the stuff of legends.  In my prep pot, I had already started to saute an...
Onion... Celery... Carrots... a Poblano Chili and some minced garlic
I had added a can of diced Ro'tel brand tomatoes and chilis
I had spiced this with Cumin (always Cumin... shh, it's a secret ingredient), Chili Powder and Salt and Pepper (to taste).

These ingredients were simmering in the water from the canned chili/tomatoes when I started cutting up my chicken.

I had that leg in my hand (truth to tell, I always eat the wings... Yum).  I was just getting set to gnaw down when I remembered my egg!

I looked at the pot of simmering vegetables and spices...

I looked at my egg...

I looked back  (OK, you get the idea)...

Fluffy Omelettes are easy...


2 TBS Butter melted in a non-stick pan over medium high heat
Three Eggs, beaten into submission
1 TBS Heavy Cream whisked into the eggs

Add the eggs into the saute pan... allow the eggs to cook (I usually cover the pan with a thick three egg omelette) for 2 minutes.
When the egg has just set (do not over cook), on half, add a generous 1/4 cup of the sauteed PRE-leftovers.
Add the meat from a chicken thigh (I confess, I did eat the chicken leg)
Fold the "clean" half over the "gooped" half.
Garnish with another couple of spoonfuls of the sauted PRE-leftovers.
Garnish with some grated Parmesan Cheese
Cut in half and serve your hard working wife breakfast in bed before she has to run off to her inconvenient day job.

I had been pondering doing a post on a chicken omelette as part of my "52 Uses for a Rotisserie Chicken".  But really, it just seemed too easy.  In all humility, this was an omelette unlike any I have ever had (or made) before.  A wonderful prequel to the chili supper I had planned.  And honestly, I believe this is going to change the way I plan a crock pot meal.  I am sure it is nothing I have invented and there are lots of talented cooks out there making this a habit.

But really, easy, delicious and considering the amazing level of flavors, worth the tiny bit of extra effort!

So what do you think?  have I invented the term... PRE-LeftOvers???

And I used this as one of my 52 Uses for a Rotisserie Chicken , made easy and FAST with the meat from a Rotisserie Chicken But you'll have to come back tomorrow to see more of those.!

And as always, if you like this recipe and think you might want to give it a try, pin this to your Pinterest Board and be sure to follow me on Pinterest if you want to see the rest of my 52 Ideas!