Thursday, March 20, 2008

Recipe #2

I've been a slacker on the recipe thing, but here's the next one, finally. This is a favorite of my entire family. My mom made something similar when I was little, but we never really had a name for it. My kids always call it chicken pillows, chicken rolls, or chicken biscuits. I guess it could be called chicken in a biscuit, like the cracker. Anyway, here it is.

Chicken Pillows
2 chicken breasts (or turkey) (cooked and shredded or chopped)
1 8oz container of neufchatel (or cream cheese--neufchatel has less fat)
3 Tbsp milk
1/4 c. green onions or chopped yellow or white onions, or less, depending on taste
1/2 c. grated cheese (we use cheddar)
1/4 tsp garlic powder

2 packages of refrigerated biscuit dough (or homemade biscuit dough works, too)

Optional:
1/4 c. butter/margarine, melted
3/4 c. cracker crumbs

Mix cream cheese (neufchatel) and milk with a beater until soft; add onions, chicken, garlic and grated cheese.

Flatten biscuits; place 2 Tbsp of chicken mixture on a biscuit, cover with another biscuit and seal edges; continue with remainder of filling and biscuits. You should end up with 10 chicken pillows. (If you have leftover filling, it makes great chicken salad sandwiches!)
Dip the chicken pillows in melted butter/margarine and roll in crumbs. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown all over. Serve with chicken or turkey gravy poured over the top of chicken pillows. (For less fat, don't do the crumb/butter coating)
You can also use turkey--it's a great way to use leftovers from Thanksgiving for something different.

2 comments:

Nicole said...

I love this recipe! Growing up my mom called them chicken packets. I use bread crumbs instead of cracker crumbs and sometimes put vegetables in them (broccoli is the best).

Bonnie Young said...

this sounds so yummy!!! i think that i'll try it this next week.
thanks,
bonnie
p.s.
have a fun trip!