Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Chicken Cordon Bleu Pillows


This is similar to the chicken pillow pockets but a little better with ham and bacon and swiss cheese and a delicious homemade sauce instead of the cream of soup and sour cream.  This came from Chef in Training and can be found here:

Chicken Cordon Bleu Pillows

Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
4 Tblsp butter, softened
2 cups cooked and shredded chicken
1/2 cup cooked and diced ham
6 pieces cooked and diced bacon
1 cup swiss cheese
1 can Pillsbury Grand Crescent Rolls
1 egg
1 cup plain bread crumbs
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
2 Tblsp  dried parsley flakes

Sauce:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups half and half
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 cup swiss cheese

Instructions:
In a large bowl, combine cream cheese and butter and stir until well combined.
Add chicken, ham, bacon, and swiss cheese to the cream cheese mixture and evenly stir into the mixture.
Lay out the 8 crescents on a cookie sheet .  Stretch the crescent out width wise.
Place a couple large spoonfuls of the creamy chicken mixture into the center of the crescent to fill it.  Then fold the crescent around the mixture so that all the cream cheese mixture is sealed off by the crescent roll.  I'll call this the "pillow"
In a separate smaller bowl, put the egg and a little bit of water, maybe a couple Tablespoons worth and beat together.
In another separate bowl, combine bread crumbs, panko bread crumbs and dried parsley flakes.
Dip the "pillow" into the blended egg,   After dipping into the egg, proceed to dip it into the bread crumb mixture and place on greased cookie sheet.  Repeat for the remaining 7 crescents.  Cook the pillows at 400 for 20 min.  Keep an eye on them as your oven may cook them quicker, don't burn them!
For the Sauce:
To make sauce melt butter in a large sauce pan.  Once melted add flour and stir for a minute or two to make a roux.  Once roux is made, add half and half slowly, stirring constantly, until all has been added and sauce thickens to desired consistency.  Remove from heat and add garlic salt, onion powder.  Stir in Swiss Cheese until melted into sauce
Drizzle each pillow with sauce.

(I, Sandee, have not made this using one triangle, I have always had to use two triangles, so you may want to buy 2 cans of the rolls, I like to make these bigger)

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