If you’re looking for a quick meal option, give these Chicken Pillows a try! Shredded chicken and cream cheese wrapped in a crescent and topped with a chicken gravy! A family favorite!
Don’t you just LOVE quick and easy dinner options? I know I sure do!
Well, these Chicken Pillows are just that, and the best part…they can be prepped ahead of time!
I love to keep pre-cooked, shredded chicken in my freezer. It makes busy nights more manageable because I can make chicken salad, wraps, salads, and even these pillows!
Cheesy chicken stuffed into crescents and topped with an incredible chicken gravy!
Last week, I pulled out some chicken I had on hand, made the cream cheese/chicken mixture, and had these prepped for dinner, all by lunchtime! Impressive, right?!
My daughter helped make the chicken gravy while I was roasting some green beans to go with this! We were able to have dinner on the table in under 30 minutes, start to finish!
Not only was dinner a hit with the entire family, but we had enough leftovers to enjoy the next day for lunch!
Each recipe makes 16 “pillows”, so you can adjust the recipe to fit your needs, or simply freeze the leftovers to enjoy another day!
If these sound like something you would enjoy, also make sure you check out my Chicken Crescent Casserole as its just like this, only casserole form! My family really enjoys that dish as well!
Check out these other great chicken recipes:
Incredible Chicken Pot Pie Muffins
Melt in Your Mouth Chicken Bake
Ingredients Needed for these Chicken Pillows:
Crescent Rolls
Cream Cheese
Butter
Chicken
Egg
Saltine Crackers
Cream of Chicken Soup
Milk
How to prepare:
Preheat oven to 400.
Mix together butter and cream cheese in a medium bowl.
Once smooth, add in chicken.
Mix until combined.
In a small bowl, mix together 1 egg and 2 tablespoon water until combined.
In another small bowl, place your crushed saltine crackers.
Take each chicken pillow and dip in the egg mixture followed by the saltine cracker mixture. Place chicken pillow back on the cookie sheet.
Bake in oven about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
Meanwhile, mix cream of chicken soup and milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
Stir until combined and thoroughly warm.
After chicken pillows are cooked, serve on plate with warm “gravy” mixture on top!!
What should I serve with these Chicken Pillows?
Keep it simple and make some roasted green beans/veggies or a side salad. Perhaps some fresh fruit? These bundles include a bread and chicken, so if you add a veggie/fruit, you have a full meal everyone will enjoy!
Chicken Pillows
If you're looking for a quick meal option, give these Chicken Pillows a try! Shredded chicken and cream cheese wrapped in a crescent and topped with a chicken gravy! A family favorite!
Servings: 8
Calories: 240kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tubes crescent rolls *8 count tubes, you'll have 16 crescents
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 cups chicken *cooked/shredded
- 1 egg
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers *crushed
- 1 can cream of chicken soup *10.5oz can
- 1/4 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Mix together butter and cream cheese in a medium bowl. Once smooth, add in chicken. Mix until combined.
- On a cookie sheet, spread out crescents and stretch them. Take a few spoonfuls of chicken mixture and place it in the middle of the crescent. Fold the crescent around the mixture so none is showing. This is why it is called “pillows”. Once crescents are filled, you should have 16.
- In a small bowl, mix together 1 egg and 2 tablespoon water until combined.
- In another small bowl, place your crushed saltine crackers.
- Take each chicken pillow and dip in the egg mixture followed by the saltine cracker mixture. Place chicken pillow back on the cookie sheet.
- Bake in oven about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, mix cream of chicken soup and milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir until combined and thoroughly warm.
- After chicken pillows are cooked, serve on plate with warm “gravy” mixture on top!!
Nutrition
Serving: 2pillows | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 438mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 698IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg
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