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Easy Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls

These Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls require only a few simple ingredients and are packed with flavor! There is shredded chicken, cheese, and spices inside each crescent roll! Topped with a creamy, cheese sauce…this chicken rolls recipe is one you don’t want to pass up! Perfect for a weeknight dinner, quick lunch, snack, or appetizer!

About this Recipe

This comfort food recipe is a family favorite! Each time I make this for a quick dinner option, I always double the recipe, so we have plenty to enjoy for lunches the next day! We even love freezing these cheesy chicken rolls and pulling them out for a quick snack option on the weekends!

For a complete meal, add a roasted veggie or side salad to these and you’re set!

Why You’ll Love this Easy Cheesy Chicken Dish

They are easy to make; all you need is about 5 minutes before you can put them in the oven.
Uses a few shortcuts to keep things simple– using pre-packaged crescent rolls, these come together easily. To save time, you can even use rotisserie chicken.
Perfect any time of the day– enjoy these for a quick lunch option, on the go snack, dinner, or evening snack. Delicious, cheesy, and creamy.
Family approved– this recipe has been given two thumbs up by each of my family members, picky kids included!

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

50 minutes

Number of servings:

Calories: 358 kcal

Tools Needed

Bowls for Mixing
9×13 baking pan
Sauce Pan

Ingredients

1 pound of chicken, cooked, shredded, and without bones or skin
1 cup mozzarella cheese *shredded
10.5 oz cream of chicken soup
10.5 oz milk *use soup can
2 packs of crescent rolls, each with 8 rolls
2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons of oregano

Instructions

Place cooked/shredded chicken in a bowl and add in 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.
Sprinkle some garlic powder and Oregano on top of chicken and stir to coat thoroughly.

Unroll each crescent roll. Scoop about 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture and place towards bottom of crescent roll (the wide part). Slowly roll up the crescent roll with the chicken and cheese inside. Keep going until all of the crescent rolls are full.
Place in a 9×13 baking pan.
Next, heat remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, cream of chicken soup, and milk over the stove until melted and warm.
Spread the mixture all over the crescent rolls.
Place pan into a preheated oven, 350, and bake for about 30-40 minutes.
Once cooked, the crescents should be somewhat brown and the mixture should be bubbly! Serve!

How to Keep this Crescent Roll Recipe

Make Ahead: You can assemble the dish in advance and keep it covered in the refrigerator for up to 8 hours before baking.
Once fully cooled, you can store the leftover chicken rolls in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days. Simply place in microwave or oven to reheat.
To freeze, place in a freezer safe container up to 3 months. Allow to thaw before reheating in oven or microwave.
Put the dish in a 325°F oven for about 15 minutes, or until it is warm all the way through. You can also reheat individual roll ups in the microwave for 30 seconds – 1 minute.

Recipe Tips

This recipe is one that can easily be doubled or tripled. Cook time stays the same, simply double the ingredients. Since they freeze perfectly, make a pan for now and place another one in the freezer for later.
You can place the pan under the broiler for 1-2 minutes at the end to get a nice golden brown, bubbly top.
Garnish the top of these with fresh Parsley for a bright, colorful addition to your plate.
You can use any type of condensed soup instead of cream of chicken soup if you don’t have any on hand.
For an easy way to cook chicken in the slow cooker, simply add the chicken breasts with any desired seasoning and 1 cup chicken broth. Cook on low 6 hours or high for about 4 hours. Shred using two forks.
To make shredded chicken in the Instant Pot, add about 2 lbs chicken breast along with 1 cup chicken broth and desired seasonings. Seal the Instant Pot and cook on manual, high pressure for 10 minutes, followed by a 5 minute natural pressure release. Once done, remove remaining pressure, remove lid and shred chicken.

Different Things to Try

You can use turkey or rotisserie chicken instead of cooked shredded chicken if you don’t have any.
In place or in addition to the Mozzarella cheese, you can use shredded cheddar cheese or Swiss cheese.
Add roughly 4 tablespoons for a creamier taste. cream cheese into the chicken mix.
You can chop up some broccoli to stuff into the crescent rolls too.
In place of adding your own seasonings to the chicken, you can sprinkle a packet of Ranch seasoning mix with some crumbled bacon to make these Pillsbury cheesy chicken-bacon ranch crescent rolls.
For add in’s, you can try onions, mushrooms, peppers, garlic, jalapenos, etc.

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Final Notes

Crescent Roll Bake with Cheesy Chicken

Get the crescent rolls out of the fridge and make this Cheesy Chicken Crescent Roll recipe that will blow everyone’s mind. Incredibly easy to make and packed with flavor!