Chicken Pillows

What you need:

1 and 1/2 blocks cream cheese (softened)

3 green onion stems chopped

dash of pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

1 heaping teaspoon sour cream

Italian bread crumbs

3 packages Pillsbury crescent rolls

4 cups cooked chicken diced into small bits

2 packages chicken gravy mix

4 to 6 tablespoons butter

What to do:

1. Put cream cheese in large bowl and cover with dish towel while it softens to room temp.

2. Cook chicken (4 large or 6 small) boneless skinless chicken breasts.

3. Let cool, then dice into small pieces that equal aprox. 4 cups chicken meat.

4. With mixer, beat cream cheese until soft and creamy mixture.

5. Add green onion, sour cream, 2 table spoons melted butter

 and pepper to cream cheese mixture and blend well.

6.In separate bowl, add paprika and garlic to chicken and mix well.

7. Now add chicken to cream cheese mixture and stir until it is mixed well and all pieces are coated.

8. Melt butter in shallow bowl and place about 1 to 2 cups bread crumbs in a second shallow bowl.

9. Open crescent rolls and gently tear apart so that you have the crescent dough that's triangle shaped.

10. Put heaping tablespoon full of chicken mixture on wide end of crescent dough.

11. Wrap dough around chicken mixture until it is completely covered.

12.  Roll in melted butter and then in bread crumbs and place on large ungreased cookie sheet.

13. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

14.  While chicken pillows are baking prepare the chicken gravy according

 to directions on the package (this takes about 5 minutes).

The original recipes I used came from a local church cookbook and from mariescookingadventures.com

 a foods website that is loaded with good recipes to try.  I took these a tweaked them a bit to come up with the recipe I have listed here. Doing a batch this size made 24 chicken pillows and fed a group of  ten people.  It was easy, but a little time consuming. These are totally worth the time invested in preparation. 

They were delicious and would be great for a "special" meal. This was a fun and different way to prepare chicken. Topping these with warm chicken gravy was the perfect way to serve them. 

 I think your going to like this recipe . . . everyone at the table did!  Enjoy!!!