Pesto Chicken Pillows

The recipe Pesto Chicken Pillows can be made in roughly 45 minutes. This recipe serves 8. This main course has 488 calories, 14g of protein, and 34g of fat per serving. For $1.61 per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 25290 people found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up basil pesto, butter, crescent rolls, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by The girl Who Ate Everything. With a spoonacular score of 32%, this dish is not so amazing. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Pesto Chicken Pillows, Chicken Pesto Pillows, and Chicken Pillows.

Servings: 8

 

Ingredients:

¼ cup basil pesto

¼ cup melted butter

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

2 (8 ounce) packages Pillsbury® Crescent Rolls

2 tablespoons sliced green onions

2 cups seasoned Panko crumbs

2 cups cooked chicken, shredded

Equipment:

baking sheet

bowl

aluminum foil

oven

pastry brush

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with foil. Spray the foil lightly with cooking spray.In a medium bowl add the cream cheese, pesto, green onions, and chicken. Stir until combined. Salt and pepper to taste.Unroll the crescent dough. Take two triangles and press them together to form a rectangle.Spoon about ½ cup of the chicken mixture in the center of the rectangle and bring the corners of the crescent dough together, pinching to seal.Place the Panko crumbs on a plate. Dip each chicken pillow in the melted butter (or brush it on using a pastry brush) and roll it in the Panko crumbs.Place the chicken pillows seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken pillows have turned golden brown.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with foil. Spray the foil lightly with cooking spray.In a medium bowl add the cream cheese, pesto, green onions, and chicken. Stir until combined. Salt and pepper to taste.Unroll the crescent dough. Take two triangles and press them together to form a rectangle.Spoon about ½ cup of the chicken mixture in the center of the rectangle and bring the corners of the crescent dough together, pinching to seal.

2. Place the Panko crumbs on a plate. Dip each chicken pillow in the melted butter (or brush it on using a pastry brush) and roll it in the Panko crumbs.

3. Place the chicken pillows seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken pillows have turned golden brown.


Nutrition Information:

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494k Calories
14g Protein
33g Total Fat
35g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
494k
25%

Fat
33g
52%

  Saturated Fat
15g
97%

Carbohydrates
35g
12%

  Sugar
7g
9%

Cholesterol
73mg
24%

Sodium
795mg
35%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
14g
30%

Vitamin B3
3mg
19%

Selenium
13µg
19%

Vitamin A
743IU
15%

Phosphorus
124mg
12%

Vitamin B1
0.17mg
12%

Iron
2mg
11%

Vitamin B2
0.15mg
9%

Vitamin B6
0.17mg
9%

Manganese
0.15mg
7%

Calcium
74mg
7%

Zinc
0.91mg
6%

Vitamin B5
0.59mg
6%

Folate
22µg
6%

Vitamin K
5µg
5%

Potassium
154mg
4%

Magnesium
16mg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.24µg
4%

Fiber
0.84g
3%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin D
0.28µg
2%

Vitamin E
0.27mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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