Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Chicken Rollups


This recipie is one of my family favorites. In fact, it is Kayla's favorite food. She asked for this for her birthday dinner- she asks for me to make this every year on her birthday. It is so versital too. It's nearly impossible to mess up (that is unless you burn it

2 chicken breasts cooked and cut up into small pieces or shredded
4 oz cream cheese (you can even use lite cream cheese or it is really good with chive & onion cream cheese
*if you use plain cream cheese it is good to add a little flavor to the filling by adding salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder to your liking
1 pkg Refrigerator cresent rolls ( I always use the reduced fat ones)
Unroll them into rectangles(2 cresent rolls hooked together). Pinch the seam together and cut in half to make a square. Put about a tablespoon of filling into the center and fold up sides and pinch. Place on a cookie sheet

Cook at 375 for ~10-15 min. (check on them regularly- they'll be light brown when finished)

You can serve them with gravy over the top. The kids usually don't like the gravy, but Brady & I do. The gravy is just a can of Cream of Chicken soup undiluted warmed up.

The original recipie called for dipping the uncooked rollups in melted butter and then dipping them in Italian Bread crumbs. I stopped doing that because it was so messy and time consuming and they tasted great without it. Besides, the girls like to pick them up with their hands and eat them since they don't like the gravy on them and the bread crumbs would make a mess. You can do that if you like.

Another great variation to this recipie is to use leftover Thanksgiving turkey for the chicken and use leftover turkey gravy over the top. It's a great way to use up that enormous amount of turkey leftover (however, there's not usually much gravy left at our house).

7 comments:

jes said...

YEAH THIS FOR SURE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DISHES!!! NEVER THOUGHT OF CHANGING IT UP BY USING THE FLAVORED CREAM CHEESE

Jake said...

Nice, Amanda made this tonight and it was awesome. I haven't had this dish for so long, I loved it...

Amanda said...

Thanks for the help Audrey! This website is helping me get suck-up points with Jake! Thanks!!
Amanda

Trina and Wes said...

If there is a way to mess something up I would be the one to do it, thats for sure. I am going to give it a try. I just love that your sharing your recipes!!!

Tuesdee said...

Another favorite!!! I love it these are mother tested and kid approved. My family LOVED them!! We made them with a little left over turkey we had from Sunday dinner. They were awesome!!

jessica said...

We make these all the time! We call them Chicken Pouches...I got the recipe from a girl I worked with years ago. We use the chive and onion cream cheese and do them with bread crumbs and gravy. I still need to make your alfredo sauce one of these days!

Heather's Blog said...

I am going to make this very soon. I think my boys are going to love it!