These chicken crescent rolls are made with cream cheese, Italian dressing mix and shredded chicken bundled in a flaky crescent roll. A family favorite ready in 30 minutes!
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Chicken Crescent Roll Bundles
Buttery flaky crescent rolls stuffed with a creamy chicken filling, there is so much to love about these cheese chicken crescent roll bundles. A few simple ingredients and they are ready in 30 minutes!
Crescent rolls are amazing, aren’t they?! There are so many ways to use them from crescent roll taco bake and even dessert cinnamon crescent rolls!
Why I Love This 30 Minute Meal
- Family favorite. These chicken bundles (aka chicken stuffed crescent rolls or chicken crescent roll ups) are simple comfort food and using Pillsbury crescent rolls makes them so quick to prepare.
- Easy to make. By using rotisserie shredded chicken, you don’t have to cook the chicken first. It’s one of my favorite leftover rotisserie chicken recipes!
Chicken Crescent Roll Ups Ingredients
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Chicken: Save yourself time and energy. Use rotisserie chicken or shred leftover cooked chicken. I have even used cooked then diced chicken tenders and chicken breast in a pinch.
- Crescent rolls: Pillsbury crescent rolls are great or your favorite store brand.
- Cream cheese: To mix it more easily, I have tips on how to soften cream cheese.
- Butter: Since we’re not adding any extra salt, I like to use salted butter.
- Egg: This coats the outside of the pastry to help the crumb mixture stick.
- Ritz crackers & Italian seasoning mix: Coats the chicken crescent rolls in a crispy crumbly texture!
How to Make Chicken Crescent Rolls
Stir together the cream cheese, butter, and chicken. Set this aside.
Roll out the crescent rolls as best as you can without tearing them. Fill them with a scoop of the chicken mixture.
Fold over the sides of the crescent roll dough and enclose the filling without leaving any open seams. Dip each roll in the beaten egg and then the cracker and Italian dressing crumb mixture.
Bake the chicken pillows in a preheated 400℉ oven until they are puffed and golden brown. This should take about 20 minutes!
Tips and Variations
- Soften the cream cheese. Make sure you soften the cream cheese completely before mixing it in with the chicken. It’s really difficult to mix solid cream cheese.
- Do not overfill the crescent rolls. They will rip if they are too full when you try to roll them.
- Cheesy chicken crescent rolls. Add freshly grated cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, or Parmesan cheese along with cream cheese for a cheese roll.
- Chicken broccoli. Add finely chopped broccoli crowns to sneak some veggies in.
- Sauce. Combine cream of chicken soup, milk, sour cream and shredded Monterey Jack cheese. Bake casserole style with the sauce or serve on the side.
More crescent roll recipes include this crescent roll breakfast casserole, pigs in a blanket with cheese or ham and cheese pinwheels!
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Chicken Crescent Rolls
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Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons salted butter , at room temperature
- 6 ounces cream cheese , softened
- 2 ½ cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 1 (8-ounce) can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
- 1 large egg
- 15 Ritz crackers , crushed
- 1 ½ teaspoon Italian dressing mix
Optional serving: Sauce in notes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, stir 3 Tablespoons butter and 6 ounces cream cheese until smooth. Stir in 2 1/2 cups chicken and 1 1/2 teaspoons italian seasoning.
- On the baking sheet, stretch the crescent rolls out without tearing. Place a scoop of chicken mixture in the center of each roll. Wrap the sides of the dough around the mixture until completely enclosed and no mixture is showing.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg. In a shallow bowl, stir together 15 crushed Ritz crackers and additional dressing mix if desired.
- Dip and coat. Dip a roll first into the egg and then into the cracker mixture, being sure to coat all sides. Return to the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining rolls.
- Bake 15-20 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
I prefer using rotisserie chicken because I don’t have to cook it! It’s one of the best hacks for the base of easy dinner ideas.
However, if you’ve got some extra time, you can cook either chicken breast or chicken thighs and shred them with a fork.
Since crescent chicken roll ups have a pretty mild flavor, I suggest serving them with some of your favorite vegetable side dishes. A dish of roasted broccoli and cauliflower will add salty flavors.
I love serving green beans with chicken too! And you can never go wrong with either baked potatoes or rosemary roasted potatoes.
From crescent roll pizza to easy pizza pinwheels and pigs in a blanket there are a bunch more crescent roll dinner recipes that I am thinking about creating right now. You could even serve these crescent chicken bites as an appetizer for a party!
Keep any leftover chicken rolls covered in an airtight container or aluminum foil for up to four days in the refrigerator. Reheat in the microwave until warm.
Categorized as: 30 Minute Meals, American, Chicken, Dinner, Kid-Friendly, Nut-Free
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Made this Chicken Crescent Roll Ups recipe yesterday for dinner and it was a huge hit! My family loves them, they want me to make more roll ups this Christmas!
A fun and easy recipe, always a hit with the kids! I, so glad you loved it :)
My kids and I LOVE these! They’re perfect when you need an easy meal that’s also delicious. The cracker topping totally makes it!
Cracked topping is my favorite too! I’m so happy you and your family enjoyed the recipe!
These are the most perfect mid week dinner, and are loved by all!