I haven’t made these in probably a year and I’d forgotten just how good they are and what an easy meal they make. I usually avoid processed foods like canned biscuits but these are just so good! One of my favorite things about this recipe is how adaptable it is. I’ve included the basic recipe below but I’ll give you a couple ideas for modifications:
- Substitute one cup of chicken for 1 cup of cooked broccoli florets, chopped
- For each chicken pocket, add 1-2 dash of wing sauce or sambal like Jamie does. I haven’t tried the sambal but I bet its good. Hubby’s fav is the wing sauce
- Add other ingredients – the original recipe actually calls for pimentos. I’d like to try adding caramelized onions soon
There are so many possibilities! And if you use leftover rotisserie chicken like I did, this is one very quick weeknight meal!
Chicken Crescent Pockets
3 oz low fat cream cheese, softened
1 Tbsp butter, melted
2 c cooked chicken. diced/shredded
2 Tbsp milk
salt & pepper, to taste
1 (8 oz) can reduced-fat Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
3/4 c seasoned croutons, crushed
Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, combine cream cheese and 1 tablespoon softened butter; stir until smooth. Add chicken, salt, pepper, and milk. Mix well.
Separate dough into 4 rectangles (combine two crescents). Firmly press perforations to seal. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto center of each rectangle. Pull 4 corners of dough to center of chicken mixture; twist firmly. Pinch edges to seal. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Gently spray tops of chicken pockets with olive oil; sprinkle with crushed croutons. Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
* the original recipe calls for melted butter which you can certainly do but I use olive oil in my Misto and lightly spray the chicken pockets so the croutons will stick
Source: Adapted from Southern Living Homestyle Cooking, 2002
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I agree they are so good. This is one of DH’s favorite things that I make. I usually add sauteed onions and mushrooms to it.
This is one of our favorites too – we like to add some diced onion for extra flavor. Yum. Now, I want to go make them.
We make something similar – I use homemade biscuit dough, and stuff it with whatever we’ve got on hand! I’ll need to try your cream cheese/chicken combo – it looks great!
My family makes a similar recipe – and I LOVE them!
ooooh! These look soooo good. i could go for some of this right now!
Our family calls these “chicken baseballs.” Throw in some diced onion and garlic- yum!
i love these! i also like to add some ranch dressing