What can I do with leftover meat?

Food magazine editor Sophie Gray shares a range of tasty ideas that make sure nothing goes to waste next time meat is on the menu

“My partner and I often have cooked meat left over – like roast chicken or corned beef. Neither of us particularly likes cold meat and there are only so many sandwiches we can face. What do you suggest?”

Cooked beef and lamb can be minced and turned into single serve cottage pies. It can also be shredded and added to risottos, fritters and hash cakes or mixed into a pasta, couscous or rice salad.

Try shredding leftover chicken into quesadillas, soups, curries or creamy pasta sauce, or scattering it onto a pizza base and adding a sauce such as barbecue or sweet chilli to amp it up once cooked.

Photography by : Louise Lister

This first appeared in Food magazine.