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Chicken Pillows are an easy dinner recipe using rotisserie chicken mixed with cream cheese, mayo, Italian seasoning, shredded cheese and green onions all baked inside Pillsbury crescent dough topped with buttery Ritz crumbs.

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Chicken Pillows are a kid friendly weeknight dinner recipe.

These golden pockets of crescent dough are filled with a creamy and flavourful chicken mixture.

This chicken pillow recipe takes just over thirty minutes from start to finish and produces eight chicken pockets.

Printable Recipe Card with a Full List of Ingredients and Instructions is Located at the Bottom of the Post.

Be sure to read through the entire post so that you don’t miss out on any important tips and tricks!

To make these chicken pillows, I started by dumping some softened cream cheese and mayo into a large mixing bowl.

I stirred the mayo and cream cheese together well.

Then I added some Italian seasoning to the bowl.

I stirred well again.

I added some shredded rotisserie chicken to the bowl.

I stirred until all of the chicken was coated in the mayo and cream cheese mixture.

I added some chopped green onions and shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese to the bowl.

I stirred well again.

Then I opened two packages of Pillsbury crescent rolls.

I pressed two triangles of dough together along the seem to form a rectangle.

I repeated this to form eight rectangles.

 

Then I scooped the chicken mixture into the center of the rectangles.

I folded all the ends of the dough over the chicken and pressed the ends together.

I placed the chicken pillows, seam side down, on a parchment lined baking sheet.

I brushed the dough with melted butter.

Then I placed some Ritz crackers into a large Ziploc bag.

I used a rolling pin to crush the Ritz crackers.

Then I poured the Ritz crumbs into a shallow container.

I dipped the chicken pockets in the crumbs, butter side down.

I pressed down gently to get the crumbs to stick.

Then I returned the chicken pillows to the baking sheet.

I placed the baking sheet in the oven and baked until the chicken pillows were golden brown.

I removed the baking sheet from the oven.

I served my chicken pillows with some canned gravy.

You could make homemade gravy if you prefer.

If you are looking for an easy dinner recipe using crescent dough, then you need to try these Chicken Pillows!

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PRINTABLE VERSION OF THE RECIPE CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

Ingredients You’ll Need to Make These Chicken Pillows:

• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup mayo
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 3 cups shredded precooked chicken
• 1 cup chopped green onions
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend
• 16 oz Pillsbury crescent rolls ( 2 packages )
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 20 Ritz crackers, crushed

Optional Topping

• 10.5 oz canned gravy or homemade gravy

How to Make Chicken Pillows:

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Dump the softened cream cheese and mayo into a large mixing bowl and stir well.
3. Add the Italian seasoning to the bowl and stir well again.
4. Add the shredded chicken to the bowl and stir until all of the chicken is coated in the mayo and cream cheese mixture.
5. Add the chopped green onions and shredded cheese to the bowl.
6. Stir well.
7. Open the crescent rolls and press two triangles of dough together along the seam to form a rectangle. Repeat to form 8 rectangles.
8. Scoop the chicken mixture into the center of the rectangles of dough.
9. Fold up all of the edges of the dough and press the dough together to seal the chicken mixture inside.
10. Place the chicken pillows, seam side down, on a parchment lined baking sheet.
11. Brush the melted butter on the tops of the chicken pillows.
12. Pour the crushed Ritz crackers into a shallow container.
13. Place the chicken pillows, butter side down, in the Ritz cracker crumbs and press down gently to make the crumbs stick.
14. Return the chicken pillows to the parchment lined baking sheet.
15. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake until the chicken pillows are golden brown. 15 – 18 minutes.
16. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and serve immediately with hot gravy if desired.
17. Enjoy!

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