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These Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls are full of flavor and only need a few simple ingredients. Inside each crescent roll is shredded chicken, cheese, and spices! You don’t want to miss this chicken rolls recipe, which is topped with a creamy cheese sauce. Great for a weeknight dinner, a quick lunch, a snack, or an appetizer!

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Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls That Are Easy

This recipe for comfort food is a family favorite! I always double the recipe when I make this for a quick dinner so we have enough for lunch the next day. We even like to freeze these cheesy chicken rolls and take them out on the weekends for a quick snack!

Add a roasted vegetable or side salad to these to make a full meal.

Why You’ll Love This Simple Cheesy Chicken Dish

They only take about five minutes to get ready, so you can put them in the oven right away.
Uses a few tricks to make things easier—these come together quickly because they use pre-packaged crescent rolls. You can even use Rotisserie chicken to save on time.
These are great for any time of day. You can have them for lunch, a snack on the go, dinner, or a late-night snack. Tasty, cheesy, and creamy.
Family approved—everyone in my family, even the picky kids, has given this recipe two thumbs up!

Prep Time10minutes mins
Cook Time40minutes mins
Total Time50minutes mins

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cheesy, chicken, crescent rolls
Servings: 8
Calories: 358kcal

Equipment

Mixing Bowls
9×13 baking pan
Sauce Pan

Things you need to make simple cheesy chicken crescent rolls

1 lb chicken boneless/skinless, cooked and shredded
1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
10.5 oz cream of chicken soup
10.5 oz milk use soup can
2 packages crescent rolls 8 count packages
2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoon Oregano

How to make Chicken Stuffed Crescent Rolls

Preheat oven to 350°F.
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 the crescent roll up with chicken/cheese inside. Continue process until all crescent rolls are stuffed.

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.
Pour mixture on top of crescent rolls, coating entirely.
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!

Variations to try

If you don’t have cooked shredded chicken on hand, you can use turkey or Rotisserie chicken.
In place or in addition to the Mozzarella cheese, you can use shredded cheddar cheese or Swiss cheese.
For a creamier addition, add about 4 tbsp. cream cheese into the chicken mixture.
You can also chop up some broccoli and put it in the crescent rolls.
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.

How to store 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.
Place the dish in a 325°F oven just until warmed through (about 15 minutes). You can also reheat individual roll ups in the microwave for 30 seconds – 1 minute.

Recipe Tips

You can easily double or triple this recipe. The cooking time stays the same; just double the amount of food. Make one pan now and put another one in the freezer for later. They freeze perfectly.
At the end, you can put the pan under the broiler for 1 to 2 minutes to get a nice, bubbly, golden brown top.
Add fresh parsley to the top of these to make your plate look bright and colorful.
If you don’t have cream of chicken soup, you can use any other kind of condensed soup instead.
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.

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