Pinterest Chicken Pillows

I have never been one to cook. You can ask my mom, you can ask my husband.  I never spent a whole lot of time in the kitchen growing up. I was too busy so I never really learned how to cook.  I can cook Tacos, Spaghetti, ... and brownies... and anything with directions.


But now thanks to Pinterest, I love cooking and trying new things. I have Dave sit down with me and we just search through the Food board and find things we want to try and this was one of them... Chicken Pillows.  Neither of us had ever heard of them, but Dave says it's the best thing I've ever fixed (at least thus far!)




INGREDIENTS:

1 can of 8 Pillsbury crescents (I only used 4 since it was dinner for 2)
8 oz. block of cream cheese
1/4 cup butter

Splash of Milk

1 Egg
2-3 cups shredded chicken, cooked
saltine crackers, crushed Or Bread Crumbs

TOPPING

1 can cream of chicken
sour cream (a couple spoon fulls worth)
milk
shredded cheese


Preheat oven to 400 F

Soften the butter and cream cheese. Then stir to a smooth consistency. Add cooked shredded chicken to the bowl.   I also added a little bit of cheese to the mixture. 

Before Adding Chicken

Added The Chicken

Stretch the crescent out on a cookie sheet. Place a couple spoon fulls of the creamy chicken mixture into the center of the crescent to fill it. Then fold the crescent around the mixture so that none of it is showing. I'll call this the "pillow".




In a separate smaller bowl, put the egg and a little bit of milk, maybe a couple Tablespoons worth and beat together.




Dip the "pillow" into the blended egg.

After dipping into the blended egg, proceed to dip it into the crushed saltine crackers and place on cookie sheet. Repeat for the remaining crescents.
Cook the pillows at 400 F for 20 minutes. Keep an eye on them your oven might cook them quicker.


For the Sauce Topping: 

Put can of cream of chicken and milk into a sauce pan. Add as much milk as you want to get it to the consistency you want i.e. thicker or runnier. When hot enough add 2 spoon fulls of sour cream and cheese to your liking.



The Finished Product:

Fresh Out Of The Oven

Yummy Dinner!

Thank you Chef-N-Training for your inspiration! 

Pinterest - Oh How I love thee!!

I am so obsessed with the website Pinterest!  If you aren't familiar -- It's a website with virtual boards that allow you to organize things together that you like and it allows you to share your likes with others.

Some of the boards I have include DIY projects, Cocks & Vols  (all things Carolina & Tennessee sports), Entertaining Ideas, and the best of all -- YUMMY FOODS!!

I have found so many recipes for dinner and desserts that I've been trying and majority of them have been very delicious!  One of my favorites I wanted to share.
The only thing I would do different -- add an egg to the milk to make the base coat thicker for the cheese to stick to the chicken -- otherwise -- it's so good!

Crispy Cheddar Chicken

Time: 15 minute prep + 35 minutes baking

Yield: 7 servings

Recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up!

Chicken:

4 large chicken breasts

2 sleeves Ritz crackers

1/4 t salt

1/8 t pepper

1/2 C milk

3 C cheddar cheese, grated

1 t dried parsley

Sauce:

1   14 ounce can cream of chicken soup

2 T sour cream

2 T butter

 

1. Cut each chicken breast into 3 large chunks. 

 

2. In a small food processor grind up the ritz crackers. 

 

3. Pour the milk, cheese and cracker crumbs into 3 separate small pans or bowls. Toss the 1/4 t salt and 1/8 t pepper into the cracker crumbs and stir the mixture around to combine.

 

4. Dip each piece of chicken into the milk...

then the cheese....

and finally the cracker crumbs. 

5. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and lay the chicken inside the pan. 

6. Sprinkle the dried parsley over the chicken. 

7. Cover the pan with tin foil and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes. Remove the tin foil, bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until the edges of the chicken are golden brown and crispy. 

8. Into a medium sized sauce pan combine the cream of chicken soup, sour cream and butter with a whisk. Stir it over medium high heat until the sauce is nice and hot. Serve over the chicken. 

Enjoy!

From here on out -- I plan on sharing some of my Pinnterest finds so you can enjoy as well!