Description
Creamy chicken stuffed crescent rolls elevate comfort dining with rich, herbed flavors from the American Midwest. Home cooks can quickly prepare these delectable rolls for quick family meals or casual gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups chopped cooked chicken
- 4 oz (113 g) cubed processed cheese
- 1 packet (24 g) chicken taco seasoning mix
- ⅓ cup thick and chunky medium salsa
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsps finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 can (227 g) refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 tbsp melted butter
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit), establishing an optimal thermal environment for baking crescent rolls.
- Flavor Infusion: Whisk sour cream with taco seasoning, creating a zesty dipping sauce, and refrigerate to allow flavors to meld and intensify.
- Cheese and Salsa Fusion: In a microwave-safe vessel, combine salsa and cheese, heating until completely liquefied, stirring midway to ensure smooth consistency.
- Protein Integration: Fold chopped chicken and additional taco seasoning into the molten cheese-salsa blend, allowing the mixture to cool and solidify for approximately 10 minutes.
- Dough Preparation: Unfurl crescent dough, meticulously separating into eight triangular segments across a clean workspace.
- Assembly and Rolling: Generously spread the cooled chicken mixture onto the broader section of each triangle, then elegantly roll from the wide edge toward the pointed tip, forming compact crescents.
- Butter Glaze: Infuse melted butter with remaining taco seasoning, then delicately brush the aromatic mixture across each assembled roll to enhance flavor and promote golden browning.
- Baking and Presentation: Arrange crescents on a parchment-lined baking sheet, bake for 13-17 minutes until achieving a rich golden-brown hue, and serve immediately with the chilled sour cream sauce, garnishing with freshly chopped cilantro for a vibrant finishing touch.
Notes
- Prep Like a Pro: Chill the sour cream mixture beforehand to intensify flavor and make assembly smoother.
- Cheese Melting Hack: Microwave salsa and cheese slowly, stirring midway to prevent scorching and ensure smooth consistency.
- Roll with Precision: Distribute chicken mixture evenly and roll from wide edge to tip for perfect, uniform crescent shapes.
- Butter Brush Magic: Seasoned butter glaze adds an extra flavor punch and helps achieve a gorgeous golden-brown exterior.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 850 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg