Monterey Chicken Roll-Ups – heaven in a pan! The most requested chicken casserole in our house. Chicken, Monterey jack cheese, sour cream, spinach, and french fried onions wrapped in crescent rolls and topped with milk and cream of chicken soup. Use rotisserie chicken for quick prep! This is on the menu at least once a month! Everyone gobbles this up – we never have any leftovers.
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9x13-inch dish with cooking spray.
Combine chopped chicken, sour cream, spinach, 1 cup cheese, and 1 cup fried onions. Feel free to add salt and pepper.
Separate crescent rolls into 12 triangles. Top the large part of the crescent triangles with the chicken mixture.
Roll the crescent rolls up and place in the bottom of the prepared dish.
Bake the rolls for 10 minutes. Remove baking dish from oven.
Mix together milk, and soup. Pour soup mixture over crescent rolls. Top with remaining cheese and french fried onions.
Return the baking dish to the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until bubbly.
Notes:
I use rotisserie chicken for the cooked chicken in the casserole. You can use any cooked chicken that you have on hand. Chicken breasts, chicken, things, chicken tenderloins, or canned chicken. This is a great recipe to use up leftover chicken.
Make sure to get as much of the water out of the frozen spinach as possible. I drain it in a colander and then squeeze it with a towel or paper towels until it is almost dry.
Feel to add some more veggies to the chicken mixture. Red bell pepper and sundried tomatoes are delicious.
You can use any can of cream of soup that you have on hand. Cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, and cream of celery all work great.
I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
Feel free to substitute provolone cheese or mozzarella cheese.
Can Chicken Roll Ups be made in advance? Yes. You can assemble the rolls ahead of time and refrigerate them overnight.
Can Chicken Roll Up be frozen? Yes! Bake the casserole and let it cool completely. Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap and foil and place in the freezer.
The casserole will keep for up to 3 months in the freezer.
To reheat the casserole after freezing, thaw, cover with aluminum foil, and reheat in the oven at 350ºF until warm or reheat in the microwave.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.