Chicken Crescent Squares
Chicken Crescent Squares – great weeknight dinner! Everyone cleaned their plate!! Even our picky eaters! AMAZING! Cream cheese, chicken, butter, milk, crescent rolls and croutons. We make these at least twice and month and always double the recipe! SO good! #chicken #chickenrecipe #kidfriendly #easydinnerrecipe
This is another easy weeknight meal courtesy my favorite cookbook, Southern Living Homestyle Cooking. This recipe been on my list to make for years. I finally got around to making this last week. I wish I had made them sooner – they were great!
I used some rotisserie chicken and this came together in no time. We both loved these little chicken bundles – especially the croutons on top. They reminded us of my Chicken Roll Ups, but without the sauce on top. These are going into our regular weeknight dinner rotation.
Chicken Crescent Squares
ingredients:
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1 (3-oz) package cream cheese, softened
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3 Tbsp butter, melted and divided
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2 cup chopped cooked chicken
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2 Tbsp milk
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⅛ tsp pepper
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1 can refrigerated crescent rolls
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¾ cup seasoned croutons, crushed
instructions:
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Preheat oven to 350ºF.
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Combine cream cheese and 2 Tbsp butter; stir in chicken and next 3 ingredients. Set aside.
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Unroll crescent dough, separating into 4 rectangles; press perforations to seal. Spoon ¼ of chicken mixture into center of each rectangle; bring corners of each rectangle together over chicken mixture, and twist gently to seal.
- Brush packets with remaining 1 tablespoon of melted butter; dredge in crushed croutons and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
I have made these for a long time. I use cream cheese with chives and onion, so good.
How much cream cheese do you use?
We make these and add onion or garlic powder. So yummy!!
Just made this tonight for my kids who can be very picky and they both absolutely loved this!!! And I did too!!!
I made these last night, but some how totally missed the milk part, so they there a bit dry (since I forgot the milk!)…
I added about half a packet of ranch dressing seasoning… They were delicious, next time will not leave out the milk!
My boyfriend didn't even pull out the hot sauce, which he does for EVERYTHING!
So I made these the other night…and had some trouble. The mixture was so runny that my packets wouldn't seal and I had stuff running out of the seams everywhere. I ended up opening a new package of crescent rolls (thank goodness I had another tube!) and tried filling the packets again. I had to use a paper towel to sop up the extra moisture so I didn't end up with a soggy mess again. In the end, it was still a bit runny but I managed to still produce dinner! The flavor was good. I guess it's possible I measured something like the milk wrong but can I try just leaving the milk? I have a similar recipe with cream cheese and chicken filling that doesn't use any milk or butter on the inside and they work out perfectly. Any suggestions?
Thanks! I am very particular with instructions (probably a bit OCD here, ha ha) and appreciate the clarification. I can't wait to make this recipe this week! I make some chicken foldovers with cream cheese and lemon pepper filling that my husband loves and I'm excited to try your version, especially with the croutons! Yum!
Andrea – yes, I pinched the sides together so the roll was completely sealed around the chicken. It doesn't matter which side you coat with croutons. I think I did the side I twisted, but it varies.
When you twist the corners to seal, do you pinch the edges shut, too? Then is that the side you dredge in croutons or do the seams go down on the baking sheet? Meaning, is the flat side the one that has croutons on it or the side where the corners come together?
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Shannon – that sounds yummy! I am going to have to try that next time! Thanks for sharing!!
I usually NEVER change up a recipe because I’m not that good at thinking up tasty things, but while I was shopping for ingredients for this recipe, I found Cooking creme cheese, and it was flavored as Italian cheese & herb! I had to get it and try it in this recipe, also added 1/2 cup sautéed onions to the chicken.
Oh. My. Stars!!!!!!!
Yummy to my Tummy!
My husband is still raving 🙂