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Crescent Chicken Taco Pinwheels
An easy appetizer recipe filled with diced chicken, cream cheese, taco seasoning, and green chiles. It's perfect for when you need a quick snack or dinner idea too!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
31 mins
Servings: 30 pinwheels
Calories: 121 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls
- 1 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 taco seasoning packet
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken*
- 1 4 oz. can green chiles do not drain liquid
- Optional: 2 tbsp diced black olives juice of 1/2 lime
- sour cream for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Mix cream cheese, mayonnaise, and taco seasoning packet in a bowl with an electric mixer.
- Mix in diced chicken, green chiles, and optional black olives and lime juice.
- Unroll 1 crescent dough onto cutting board being careful not to separate into triangles. Press seams together to make one sheet of dough while spreading dough to about a 9 x 12 rectangle.
- Spread half the chicken taco mixture onto dough. Spread a thin layer to the edges on each side. Beginning on the long side, roll up dough. Slice into 3/4 inch slices and place on a baking sheet.
- Repeat with other can of crescent rolls and remaining chicken mixture.
- Bake at 375 for 14 to 16 minutes or until crescent rolls become golden brown. Serve warm with sour cream.
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Notes
- *I used precooked grilled chicken found in my grocery store's meat department to make this recipe even easier! *You can buy the seamless crescent dough sheets for this recipe if available at your local grocery store.
Nutrition Information
Calories
121kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
7g
(2%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
17mg
(6%)
Sodium
276mg
(12%)
Potassium
54mg
(2%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
215IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
2.1mg
(2%)
Calcium
11mg
(1%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 30pinwheels
Amount Per Serving
Calories 121
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 121kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 17mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 276mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 54mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 215IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 2.1mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 11mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.