I like to serve this with Uncle Bens Original Rice Recipe and steamed carrots.
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
- 1/4 cup margarine melted
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- 2 cups boneless skinless chicken breast diced
- 1 can cream of chicken soup, condensed
- 2 cans pillsbury crescent rolls
- 3 tablespoons parsley finely chopped
- Carbohydrate 39.209185 g
- Cholesterol 64.495 mg
- Fat 25.51295375 g
- Fiber 2.70452505177259 g
- Protein 22.275983125 g
- Saturated Fat 8.679226125 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (169g)
- Sodium 1247.9974375 mg
- Sugar 36.5046599482274 g
- Trans Fat 2.256008 g
- Calories 478 calories
Step-by-step
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut up the chicken into small pieces, removing any fat from the edges.
- Place the creamed cheese in a bowl and set aside.
- In a skillet, combine olive oil, worcestershire sauce, cooking wine, parsley, salt and pepper to taste.
- Add chicken to skillet and cook thoroughly.
- Once chicken is cooked, add to bowl with cream cheese and mix together.
- On a greased cookie sheet, lay out eight crescent triangles flat.
- Divide cream cheese/chicken into eight equal portions and spoon onto the triangles.
- Place remaining crescent triangles on top of the chicken mixture and pinch the edges together.
- Brush each triangle pocket with melted butter and then sprinkle with bread crumbs.
- Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes, remove from oven when golden.
- While pockets are cooking warm 1/2 can of milk with 1 can of cream of chicken soup in a medium saucepan.
- Serve pockets and sauce seperately.
When the baking time reaches fifteen minutes, watch the pastry edges closely for a deep golden brown color rather than relying solely on the clock. Dough temperature dictates actual oven response, meaning cold butter layers can extend browning by several minutes. Sceptical cooks often doubt how soft dough handles a wet filling, but physics provides a clear mechanism here.
The Chemistry of Rich Binding
Cream cheese contains high levels of milk fat and moisture. When heated alongside diced poultry and condensed soup solids, the dairy proteins coagulate to form a stable emulsion. Worcestershire sauce introduces free glutamate molecules that enhance savory perception through umami synergy. Meanwhile, white wine supplies organic acids that slightly denature meat proteins, keeping the diced chicken tender inside the sealed dough enclosure.
- Ensure the skillet reaches medium-high heat before adding poultry to prevent excessive moisture release.
- Pinch dough seams tightly to trap steam, which cooks the surrounding pastry layers from the inside.
- Whisk the milk and condensed soup over medium-low heat to prevent scorching the dairy solids on the bottom of the saucepan.
