Cheesy Chicken Crescent Roll Recipe

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This Cheesy Chicken Crescent Roll Recipe is quick and easy to make. Using only 5 ingredients this easy chicken dish is ready to enjoy in less than 30 minutes. Now that’s a winning dinner dish for me any night of the week. I hope your family enjoys this as much as mine do!

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Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls

This recipe for Cheesy Chicken is a family favorite. In fact, now that my boys are teenagers, they eat more than I ever imagined possible. Just as well this recipe is so easy to double or triple up!

One of these rolls, with a couple of vegetable sides, is enough for Nick and me for dinner. But if we want one for lunch the next day, I have to put them in a container BEFORE I serve the kids!

These Cheesy Chicken Breasts combine shredded chicken breast with cheddar cheese, milk and a can of chicken soup, all bound together in ready roll crescent roll pastry. It could not be any easier.

This Easy Cheesy Chicken Dish takes only 5 minutes to prepare and around 20 minutes in the oven. Any dish that can be on the table in less than 30 minutes is a winner for me any night of the week!

How to make Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls:

  • Preheat oven to 375F degrees and spray a 9×13-inch pan with Pam.
  • Lay out crescent rolls in 4 sections on waxed paper. (Keep the triangles together to form a rectangle). Use a small rolling pin if needed to close the seam.
  • Put the shredded chicken and cheese onto the crescent rolls and roll them up (into a shape like a short burrito).
  • Mix the cream of chicken soup and milk together in a small pan and heat on the stove-top until fairly smooth (add any leftover chicken or cheese to this).
  • Pour this cheesy gravy between the crescent rolls in the pan.
  • TOP TIP – Take care to pour around the crescent rolls and not on top, otherwise they will be mushy!
  • Place the dish into the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until crescent rolls are cooked through and brown on top.

Cheesy Chicken ingredients:

  • CHICKEN BREASTS: I use cooked and shredded chicken breasts in this recipe. It’s also a great recipe for using up leftover roast chicken too. A great time saving tip is to use store bought rotisserie chicken.
  • CHEESE: sharp cheddar cheese is what I normally use, but add any flavor or strength of cheese that your family enjoy eating. My kids also enjoy when I mix some cream cheese in too. You can use a flavored cream cheese if you like.
  • CRESCENT ROLLS: use a pack of ready-rolled crescent roll pastry which you can pick up in the chilled section of most stores.
  • CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP: you can easily interchange the cream of chicken soup using what you have in your store. I’ve made this recipe with Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Celery and Cream of Broccoli. So use whichever flavor soup your family prefers.
  • MILK: I have used milk this time around, however you can also you buttermilk in this dish too.

Additional flavor variations:

You can get really creative and add in any other flavors that your family enjoy. I vary this dish according to what I have on hand. Here are some suggestions for ingredients I have added over the years:

  • jalapenos
  • sauteed onions
  • green onions
  • mushrooms
  • bell peppers
  • minced garlic
  • freshly chopped herbs
  • leftover roast ham
  • crispy bacon

What kind of cheese goes with chicken?

Chicken and cheese work well together and the type of cheese you use depends on the dish you are preparing. For this dish I used a sharp cheddar cheese as I wanted a strong flavor of cheese. You could also use Parmesan cheese, gruyere or

However, milder cheeses, like mild cheddar, mozzarella and cream cheese also work with chicken. The best cheese to use is entirely down to the dish you are preparing and your own personal tastes.

Serving suggestion:

Cheesy Chicken is such a rich and filling dish that I like to add one of two vegetable based side dishes or salads. Here are some veggie side dish options for you to try: my Sheet Pan Garlic Potatoes & Green Beans, Sheet Pan Roasted Broccoli, or my Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Bacon.

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How to store leftover Cheese Chicken Crescent Rolls:

There are rarely any leftovers when I make this dish at home. However, leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 1-2 days. When ready to enjoy pop the crescent roll back into a hot oven to warm through.

Recipe tips:

  • This recipe is easily doubled up to feed a crowd. In fact I usually treble the recipe when feeding my hungry family of teenage boys.
  • If you are doubling or tripling the recipe, I recommend heating the extra gravy on the stovetop or in an additional pan in the oven. Too much gravy in the main pan with the crescent rolls, will cause the crescent rolls to become soggy. If the crescent rolls become soggy the pastry may not cook all the way through.
  • If I’m cooking for a crowd, I’ll buy the Crescent Rolls in bulk from Sam’s Club and prepare them all on a Cookie Sheet and warm the gravy in a saucepan. When it’s time to serve, I just slice the Crescent Rolls open and spoon some gravy down the middle.

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Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls

Cheesy Chicken

This Cheesy Chicken Crescent Roll Recipe is quick and easy to make. Using only 5 ingredients this easy chicken dish is ready to enjoy in less than 30 minutes. Now that’s a winning dinner dish for me any night of the week. I hope your family enjoys this as much as mine do!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts cooked and shredded
  • 1 8 ct crescent rolls
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 c milk or buttermilk
  • 1 c shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

• Spray 9x13 pan with Pam.

• Lay out crescent rolls in 4 sections on waxed paper. (Keep the triangles together to form a rectangle). Use a small rolling pin if needed to close the seam.

• Put shredded chicken and cheese on rolls and roll them up (like a short burrito).

• Mix cream of chicken soup and milk heat on the stovetop in a small pan until fairly smooth. (add any leftover chicken or cheese to this).

• Pour between crescent rolls in pan. (Be careful to pour around, not on top or they will be mushy!).

• Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until crescent rolls are cooked through and brown on top.

Notes

Can easily be doubled or tripled. You can heat extra gravy in a saucepan on the stove or a separate pan in the oven. If you add too much gravy to the main pan, the rolls will be soggy and may not cook through.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1 Chicken Roll
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 657Total Fat: 38gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 154mgSodium: 1325mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 1gSugar: 9gProtein: 42g

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© Karen Puleski
Cuisine: American / Category: Chicken

This meal pairs well with your favorite potatoes – mashed with gravy on top, roasted potatoes, or Au Gratin Potatoes. I sometimes serve with Roasted Green Beans, Broccoli, or Split Peas.

 

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92 Comments

  2. Delicious! I added roasted red pepper flakes to the sauce and a little corn starch to thicken the sauce but otherwise did as the recipe said. We loved it. Will become a winter cold night go to. Highly recommend for an easy weeknight dinner, especially for those with kids.

  3. You can never have too much cheese with your chicken! (That’s my story and I’m sticking with it until my doctor tells me otherwise.)

  4. Karen, this is great. We love chickeb, cheese and cream soups. I’m definitely going to make this. Thanks for sharing.

  5. This looks like a nice warm supper after a long hard day! Thanks for the recipe!!

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  10. This has to be amazing. All the ingredients are my favorite. Definitely going to give this a try. Thanks for the ideas

  12. I love chicken, cheese and crescent rolls, so you know that this recipe is a hit for me.

  15. I think that this is a great recipe for anyone who like crescent rolls , chicken and cheese!

  16. Cheesy Peasy!!! Thanks for sharing! Great recipe for kids to help prepare!

  19. This really looks good!! I could even fix this for my great grandchildren and they would love it. As long as they see the cheese they will dig into it!!!

  20. I’m glad you specified to pour the sauce AROUND the roll-ups. I was worried about mooshiness. This recipe sounds delicious, but I would have to make my own “Crescent Roll” dough because my kids complain about the strange film left in their mouths from the store-bought versions. Still sounds worth it! I will be adding this to my menu for next week!

  22. This looks like a tasty recipe. I’m always looking for recipes with chicken. Thanks for sharing!

  23. Looks good. We are a cheese loving family. I like how you use simple ingredients….things we have on hand. Thanks.

  24. This recipe looks very easy.It also looks delicious. To make it more filling and a bit more nutritious, I’d add some chopped cooked veggies like onion, celery, broccoli, etc.

  25. I always keep crescent rolls in the refrigerator for quick dinners like this. Thanks for the recipe!

  28. This dish will go over really big in my house. My two little sisters are cheese fanatics. I love having crescent rolls every chance I get. I like the pairing up with the green beans as a side.

  29. I love any recipe that involves crescent rolls, one of them I do is a dessert one. This looks like a fabulous dinner.

  33. I’m not sure I have a favorite cheesecake flavor because I love them all! But I do especially like a plain cheesecake with fancy toppings.

  34. My favorite cheesecake flavor is plain New York cheesecake. Thanks for sharing!

  35. I love plain cheesecake as long as it has a great cream cheese flavor.

  36. My favorite Cheesecake flavor is Key lime cheesecake.

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  37. My favorite Cheesecake flavor is Chocolate Cheese topped with Strawberries dipped with White Chocolate.

  38. I like my cheesecake plain and I make a killer homemade one or I like Sara Lee’s French cheesecake which is very light.

  39. I love berry swirled cheesecake, coffee cheesecake, and chocolate cheesecake. Sorry I could not just pick one flavor.

  42. This looks so good! A great easy after work recipe that my family would love! Also, lol, not sure what this post has to do with cheesecake, but my favorite cheesecake is Oreo!

  45. This looks really easy to make and pretty tasty too. My fiance makes something like this already, but doesn’t use buttermilk. We will have to try it out.

  48. this reminds me of a dish we used to have at school called chicken squares, that we still talk about, only this sounds even better with cheese!

  49. Made these tonight; family loved them. I added red pepper and shallots that I sauteed in a little butter. Easy and delicious.

  51. My family loves how filling and comforting cream soup baked over chicken is. I hadn’t thought about topping it with crescent rolls, but it sounds wonderful. You could even add some peas and carrots to make it like a chicken pot pie casserole.

  52. This looks simple and quick to put together once you cook the chicken. Thanks!

  54. Sorry, I am taken 🙂 However, this one is very easy to make, especially if you used a rotisserie chicken! It would have just enough left overs for lunch the next day too!

  55. This looks more than delicious. You should come to my house and prepare it for me-I am a bachelor who is tired of the same old thing

  57. Ive never seen this recipe before but my goodness it looks amazing! I def want to try it bc Iove chicken dishes like this and its super simple!

  58. This looks and sounds delicious! I pinned the recipe, I’ll be making this for sure!

  61. We’ve been on a crescent roll binge lately, lol…always searching for more recipes to use them. Will be trying this one, thanks!

  62. COOL! I have everything I need for this in my frig……guess what’s for dinner tomorrow! =)

  63. How do you cook the chicken in a slow cooker over night? I am new to crock pots and love using them! Due to medical issues, I cannot stand over the stove, so this really helps. If I can cook over night in the crock pot that would really help me out! How do I cook em overnight, and for how long is that? Thanks! =)

  64. I love to make Garlic Lemon Broccoli. Just cook some broccoli and then add lemon and garlic.

  65. My favourite chicken recipe is crockpot boneless buffalo strips!

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  72. Sounds good! I like to mix white rice and black beans with some taco seasoning. Then put the rice mixture, lettuce, cheese, and guacamole in a tortilla. delish!

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  74. Wow, this looks yummy! I actually don’t make anything all that fancy and follow my mothers recipes.

  76. Sorry for the confusion, I double the recipe, which is why mine makes 8. I normally cook it in 2 pans when I double it so the gravy doesn’t make them mushy, but the night I took the photos, I needed my smaller pans for something else, so I had to use a larger pan:/

  77. I tried making these but I found the directions hard to follow. For example your picture looked like you had about 8 pieces but mine only came out to four. I didn’t quite understand how you divided the cresent rolls.

  78. I don’t have a favorite recipe, but I do LOVE making things all on my own. No recipe at all!

  79. my favorite recipe is easy; take chicken, cover it in salsa, sprinkle it with crushed tortilla chips, and then cheese. Bake. Tada!

  80. Thanks for including a print button ion this. Many times, bloggers have not and it makes it much more difficult to get the recipe. This looks SO great! We WILL give it a try…thanks!

  83. Yum! These look fantastic! And easy to make! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
    My fave– chocolate chip orange zuchini bread! yumm! 🙂

  84. These look awesome! I bought a bunch of frozen boneless chicken and was looking for something different to make with it, this is it! Thanks for the recipe!

  88. Oh my heck! This sounds delicious! I bookmarked it and can’t wait to make it. Thanks!

  89. Thank you for this easy delicious recipe! I will definitely try this one on my oh so finicky boys. 🙂

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