Rotel Sausage and Cream Cheese Crescents – only 4 ingredients! Sausage, cream cheese, Rotel diced tomatoes and green chiles, and crescent rolls. Can make filling ahead of time. These are great for breakfast or as an appetizer. Whenever I take these to a party or potluck I never have any leftovers. People go crazy over these things! #breakfast #appetizer #sausage #creamcheese #partyfood #gameday
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Stop what you are doing and add these Rotel Sausage & Cream Cheese Crescents to your list of things to make ASAP! Only 4 simple ingredients and they taste AH-MAZ-ING! Sausage, Rotel diced tomatoes and green chiles, cream cheese, and crescent rolls. I made these during the holidays and they flew off the plate! They are great for breakfast or parties.
How to Make Rotel Sausage & Cream Cheese Crescents
These crescent bites are super easy to make. Start with cooking some breakfast sausage. Drain the fat and mix in cream cheese and drained Rotel tomatoes. Cut refrigerated crescent rolls in half. Top each roll with the sausage mixture and roll them up. Place the crescent rolls on a baking sheet and bake.
- It is very important to drain the Rotel tomatoes. I suggest draining them in a colander and squeezing out any excess liquid with paper towels. You need to get as much moisture out of the tomatoes as possible.
- I used Jimmy Dean Sausage. Can substitute turkey sausage.
- I like to pulse the cooked sausage in a food processor to get it very finely chopped. It isn’t necessary, but it helps to get all of the ingredients evenly incorporated.
- Can substitute low-fat cream cheese if you prefer.
- Can use reduced-fat crescent rolls. I use the reduced fat crescent rolls all the time. You can’t tell a difference.
- You can make the filling ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to assemble the crescents. The filling will keep up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
- I find it easier to cut the crescent rolls in half with a pizza cutter.
- I use a small cookie scoop to scoop the filling on to the crescent rolls.
- These bites taste great hot out of the oven or cooled to room temperature.
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These easy crescent bites are great for breakfast or parties. Heck, I’ve eaten these for dinner while watching football and movies. I am seriously addicted to these things!
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Rotel Sausage & Cream Cheese Crescents
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1 (1-lb) roll breakfast sausage , cooked and crumbled
- 1 (8-oz) cream cheese , softened
- 1 (10-oz) can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies drained very well
- 2 (8-oz) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- In a large bowl, mix together cooked sausage, cream cheese, and drained Rotel tomatoes and green chilies.
- Separate rolls into triangles. Cut each triangle in half lengthwise making two triangles. Using a small cookie scoop and scoop sausage filling onto each roll and roll up.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Notes:
- It is very important to drain the Rotel tomatoes. I suggest draining them in a colander and squeezing out any excess liquid with paper towels. You need to get as much moisture out of the tomatoes as possible.
- I used Jimmy Dean Sausage. Can substitute turkey sausage.
- I like to pulse the cooked sausage in a food processor to get it very finely chopped. It isn’t necessary, but it helps to get all of the ingredients evenly incorporated.
- Can substitute low-fat cream cheese if you prefer.
- Can use reduced-fat crescent rolls. I use the reduced fat crescent rolls all the time. You can’t tell a difference.
- You can make the filling ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to assemble the crescents. The filling will keep up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
- I find it easier to cut the crescent rolls in half with a pizza cutter.
- I use a small cookie scoop to scoop the filling on to the crescent rolls.
- These bites taste great hot out of the oven or cooled to room temperature.
Steph
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I’m thinking of making it and only baking half. I plan on freezing the other half of the cooked sausage and rotel and freeze until I’m ready to make another batch. Then I will mix in the cream cheese.
I use one regular flavor roll breakfast sausage, one hot spicy roll breakfast sausage
perfect balance of spiciness!
Could I do these in the air fryer?
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Made them as directed … very very good as appetizers for a party … everyone loved them !
Can I assemble these the night before and bake them the next morning?
sure
I done these … they were awesome!!!! I didn’t cut the triangles in half… I rolled and made as a pinwheel.
So I am so mad at myself because I did not follow directions (UGH!) I misread that I was supposed to COOK the sausage first. I combined raw sausage with cream cheese and rotel (sorta like what I would do with sausage balls) and then placed the raw filling in the crescent rolls and baked. And I just now realized it when I re-read the directions. Do you think it will be ok?! I tasted one this morning when I baked it and they were good. They seem to be cooked? What do you think? So mad at myself LOL
I have several recipes that I bake raw sausage in biscuits. They will be fine.
I did the exact same thing! I just point mine in the oven….oops. We’ll see how they turn out. 🤦🏻♀️
I use raw sausage in recipes with great success. I think they will be fine.
I accidentally didn’t drain the rotel 😭 will it be okay still you think? I have it in the crockpot on high and watching it thicken up as much as possible
Why do you have it in the crockpot?
Following the recipe as written, made these for a girls night and they were excellent.
Has anyone ever used the sausage crumbles in this recipe and if so did it change the flavor?
is that precooked sausage? If so, the only change in flavor would be from the brand you are using.
I used only one can of the crescents and then put the rest over Doritos and then topped with shredded cheddar and baked in the oven. Both were great but kids LOVED it over the doritos.
Delicious! I thought the filling would cook out but it didn’t. Perfect.
I’ve made these in a pie plate and used one can of rolls and pressed them on the bottom, added the filling on top and then pressed the other can together (like a crust) and put that on top. Then cut them into pie pieces.
Wonder if you can use beef (hamburger) instead of sausage
Only one way to find out – if you try it let us know how it works.
So excited to try these for Superbowl this weekend. Have made several recipes from this site and have never been disappointed!!
Enjoy!
Can the filling be frozen?
You can, but the texture of the cream cheese might change after freezing.
Could you use sage sausage instead of regular sausage?
You can use any sausage that you prefer.
Are these freezable? I like to make breakfast burritos and other things and freeze so we have a few choices for a month, these would be a great addition to the freezer.
My family liked the flavor but were put off by the texture after combining the ingredients in my food processor.
I only chop the sausage in the food processor – not all of the ingredients.
Only reason I’m not giving this recipe 5 stars is because I think I might not have understood one of the steps, so my bites were a bit dry in the middle, while the end bites were perfect. I ended up with at least enough filling left over to do another can or two of biscuits if I had them – I only put a scoop of filling at the wide end before rolling the crescent – Should I have also spread it down the entire length of the dough, even though the strips were pretty skinny? I filled them as full as they could take without it oozing out the ends. Nobody else has mentioned leftover filling, so not sure why I had so much. Do you know if the filling will freeze well for future use? I’m thinking of borrowing Jim’s tip & adding grated parmesan to the remaining filling and stuffing mushrooms with it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
What would it be like to close them in a dough ball and deep fry
Only one way to find out – let us know if you try it! Sounds good!
How about as an eggroll??…hmmmm
I’m going to try this using the crescent roll sheets and roll them and slice into pinwheels.
Absolutely easy and delicious! Thank you
I made this recipe tonight and it was a hit! I did half rolled like the recipe, half kinda like ravioli. I think I like the original way best!
Can you use hamburger meat instead of sausage?
sure
Can I half recipe and use Italian sausage.
Please answer.i need for tomorrow
Thank you
I plan on making these and using my Keto friendly tortillas, just wont bake in the oven as long…think it should work if the rotel is drained good.
I’m not a fan of losing the flavor in the rotel liquid. Would it be gross to cook it down? I say “gross” because the rotel would have a totally different texture, like a paste probably. How would that work?
Only you can answer that.
I used Pico Degalo instead of Rotel
Worked very nice!
Try browning the sausage in the Rotel liquid and just cook it down till it evaporates
Could you skip the crescent rolls and serve this as a dip?
I’ve made it as dip plenty of times and it’s delicious
I always make this as a dip, just don’t drain the rotel. We call it Damn Good Dip. There is never any left!!! I can’t wait to try this recipe with the crescent rolls for this Saturday’s tailgating.
Yes, we love that dip too. It was the inspiration for this recipe. Drain the rotel for this recipe or the mixture won’t set up enough to scoop.
I bet this would be delic substituting crabmeat instead of sausage. Yum! Going to try!
Yesssss!! I’ve made it as a dip for years!! My husband calls it man dip lol.
Just curious, can you freeze them after baking? Wondering if anyone has tried this?
I definitely think you could assemble them freeze, thaw, and bake as directed.
I don’t know how raw crescent rolls hold up being frozen and then baked. I don’t usually recommend it.
Can I use Italian sausage and 1 tube of cresent cut.
You can make it however you wish. The recipe listed is how I made it and what is in the photos. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
Trying the recipe…..
Has anyone tried these with puff pastry?
I was curious if you have tried this with the crescent roll dough sheet?!!
This might be a dumb question but can I leave the crescent rolls the size they are or are they better cut?
you can do whatever you desire
Oh girl!! Your recipes are anything but plain!!!
How much of each ingredient? Whats oven temp? Did I somehow miss this info?
Yes, you absolutely missed it. You scrolled past it to leave this comment
LMAO!! PS-I tried this just as posted and it was delicious! Thank you for sharing!!
I added a little grated parmesan to the mix. These were delicious. Save that juice from the tomatoes and make a bloody mary! Great brunch item
YUM! Made these for us to snack on today while watching the football bowl games. They were so good. I saved some for us to snack on tomorrow, too! LOL!
Hope y’all had a very Happy New Year.
Claudine in Fort Worth, TX
How did you reheat them? I’m wanting to take them camping this wknd and was wondering how I could reheat them.
In the microwave or wrapped in aluminum foil in the oven