Chicken al la king—or Chicken à la King to give it its proper pedigree—is a dish of chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce with green bell pepper, onion, and peas, amongst other vegetables that was absolutely everywhere in the 1970s. Since it's a dish that uses chicken that has already been cooked, it’s a particularly great use of leftovers.

Recently, people have asked me if I have any child-friendly recipes. This chicken, bacon, mushroom and asparagus bake takes me back to when I had to think up healthy dishes that would go down with kids of differing preparedness to try anything adventurous. This easy recipe has consistently proved popular with kids and adults alike.

This panko chicken and mushrooms with udon noodles is another one of the fusion dishes that arose from Japanese culture in California, Mexico and Hawaii. Pure comfort food, it's easy to whip up with relatively little effort.

This chicken leftover pie is a great way to make use of roast chicken, a perfect second act for all those households that love roast chicken, but don't have the capacity to devour an entire bird at the Sunday table.

Low-fat chicken curry with fennel and mushroom. A near zero-fat dish similar to a chicken korma with vegetarian options.

This Keralan curry with coconut and lime is an adaptable dish—a vegan baseline, but easily adapted for chicken or seafood versions

A creamy Neapolitan pasta, this lacto-vegetarian dish with fennel, red peppers and celery was just of one of many dishes my father...