Baked Crescent Almond Chicken

Written by kristi on October 8th, 2008

This recipe is from Live. Love. Eat. — a blog to which I recently subscribed.  This was soo good, that I couldn’t resist sharing it and giving you the link to the blog where you can find other mouth-watering recipes.  I have also tried her Chicken Florentine Sandwiches and can’t wait to attempt the Mexican Chicken Crostada.

 

(pictures are also compliments of Live. Love. Eat.)  Check her out!

Baked Crescent Almond Chicken

 

2 cups shredded Rotisserie chicken (or canned if you prefer)
1 pkg frozen spinach, thawed & drained
1/2 bell pepper, chopped
1 cup grated extra-sharp Cheddar cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 tsp salt
2 pkg. crescent rolls
2 tblsp sliced almonds

 

Put cooled chicken pieces into a large bowl. Add spinach, bell pepper, cheese, garlic, mayonnaise & salt. Mix well. Place crescent rolls on greased cookie sheet, leaving triangles of dough attached to each other. Pinch seams of dough together to make a larger rectangular-shaped dough. Place the chicken mixture in a log shape down the center of the dough rectangle, leaving dough on each side. Cut with a knife diagonally from the chicken mixture to the edge of the rectangle on each side, making 1-2 inch strips that are still attached to the dough under the chicken mixture.

 

Before I started the criss crossing I folded over the edges of the top & bottom of the rectangle.

 

Overlap the strips over the chicken mixture for a crisscross effect. Sprinkle the top with almonds.Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Let rest for 10 minutes. Remove from oven & cut into smaller pieces to serve.
 
Since Ray doesn’t like peppers, I substituted artichoke hearts (plain, not marinated) which I cut into bite size pieces.  It gave it that spinach artichoke dip flavor that we love to order in restaurants!
 

3 Comments so far ↓

  1. Oct
    8
    8:17
    PM
    Danielle

    Oh wow, I think I’ll have to try this one too!!!

  2. Oct
    9
    9:26
    AM
    Becky

    Kristi,
    I just found this blog too! I made this same thing last night, and it was SO delish! In fact, I CAN’T wait until lunch so I can have leftovers : )!

  3. Oct
    27
    8:16
    PM
    Kerda

    Keep up the good work.

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