Description
Diving into pure comfort, this chicken in Parmesan cream sauce delivers a creamy, cheesy embrace that wraps your taste buds in pure deliciousness. Your dinner table comes alive with this simple yet elegant dish that turns an ordinary meal into something truly special.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 3 cups cooked shredded chicken breast
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2 tubes crescent roll dough
- 2 cups milk
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
Supporting Ingredients:
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- ½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
Sauce Components:
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for perfect golden-brown chicken pillows.
- Mix 3 cups shredded chicken breast with 8 oz softened cream cheese, ½ tsp garlic powder, ¼ tsp black pepper, and ¼ tsp salt until the mixture becomes smooth and creamy.
- Carefully unroll 2 tubes of crescent roll dough and separate into 16 individual triangles on your work surface.
- Place a generous spoonful of chicken mixture onto each crescent triangle and fold into a sealed pillow shape, pressing edges together firmly.
- Brush each chicken pillow with 4 tbsp melted butter and sprinkle ½ cup seasoned bread crumbs over the top for a crispy exterior.
- Bake the pillows for 20-25 minutes until they turn a beautiful golden brown and look perfectly puffy.
- While pillows bake, melt 4 tbsp butter in a saucepan over medium heat for the parmesan cream sauce.
- Whisk ¼ cup flour into melted butter and cook for exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly to prevent burning.
- Slowly pour 2 cups milk into the butter-flour mixture, whisking continuously until the sauce thickens smoothly.
- Stir ½ cup grated parmesan cheese, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp black pepper, and ¼ tsp onion powder into the sauce until completely incorporated.
- Remove chicken pillows from the oven and drizzle warm parmesan cream sauce generously over the top before serving.
Notes
- When mixing the chicken and cream cheese, make sure everything is thoroughly blended for a consistent, creamy filling.
- Seal the crescent dough edges completely to prevent the filling from leaking during baking.
- Use room temperature cream cheese for easier mixing and a smoother texture.
- For a gluten-free version, swap crescent dough with gluten-free puff pastry and use gluten-free breadcrumbs.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 403 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 563 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 23 g
- Cholesterol: 105 mg