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Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Crescent Braid Recipe

Far too often we have week nights when my husband comes home late from work and we’re left scrambling to come up with dinner at the last minute. The end result of that scramble means fast food more often than I’d like to admit. It doesn’t help that I’m not much of a planner when it comes to meals because I never know what flavors I’ll be in the mood for.

To help avoid our fast food splurges, I’ve been working on a few recipes we can use when time is lacking. This Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Braid is one of those that can be made in less than an hour, doesn’t cost very much to prepare and packs a lot of flavor into one dish.

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Recipe: Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Braid
4.8 from 22 reviews
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Type: Main Dish
Prep: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • 2 cans Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls
  • 2 cups chicken chunks, cooked
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese
  • 2 cups broccoli, frozen, steamed and chopped
  • 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
  • 1 egg yolk
  • fresh rosemary
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
  2. On a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, spread both cans of crescents length wise to form a long rectangle.
  3. Press each of the seams to form a single layer of dough.
  4. In a large bowl, combine chicken, cheese, broccoli and mayonnaise
  5. Spread mixture over the center of the croissant dough evenly to create a log.
  6. Using a sharp knife, cut horizontal strips 1 inch apart down each side of the crescent dough.
  7. Fold the dough strips over the top of the chicken mixture, alternating left and right to create a braid.
  8. Brush the top of the braid with a beaten egg yolk and sprinkle fresh rosemary on top.
  9. Bake for 28 – 30 minutes until golden brown.
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  1. Jennifer H says:

    Thanx! This sounds delish and I know my family would enjoy!

  2. Eleanor says:

    This looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing – I will certainly try this recipe!

  3. This looks so yummy! I’ve been wanting to start preparing better meals for myself and my son and also meal plan. This is going on the plan! Thanks for sharing!

  4. NinjaMommers says:

    This sounds so good. We are going to try this for sure. Thanks!!

  5. Just Coupons says:

    This recipe looks great. It is full of ingredients that we keep on hand all the time. It would be great to try with different types of meat and or vegetables too. Thanks :)

  6. kristin says:

    YUM!! I have to try this!!

  7. Susan Heim says:

    That recipe almost makes me want to like broccoli. It looks delicious! I wonder if I could substitute zucchini, which I love!

  8. Debi Hubbard says:

    That looks delicious! I make one that uses some of the same ingredients but the filling has cream cheese and cream of chicken soup instead of the mayo.

    • amanda says:

      when u do the cream cheese with the soup, do u omit the egg adn mayo then? that sounds even better!

  9. I’ve made a recipe like this with taco filling (a pampered Chef recipe). It sounds really good with chicken and broccli and our grandson would eat it! Thanks for the recipe!

  10. That looks SO good!

  11. Tee says:

    Wow, that looks amazing! I’d love to share it as a Monday’s Menu post. Let me know if you are interested. =)

  12. Oh, I am making that this week for sure! This looks amazing!

  13. Courtney says:

    This sounds so good!

  14. Henrietta says:

    Oh my, this looks fabulous, and so easy! I must eat it!

  15. Karen says:

    oh, yum! it looks sooo good. It’s recipes like this one that make me wish I could eat wheat.

  16. Brandy says:

    Yummmy!!!!! Thank you for this, I stumbled, that way I can come back later when planning something for dinner one night!

  17. Mama B says:

    wow this looks awesome!

  18. Nina Say says:

    Cat!! You have outdone yourself with this one!! Yum!

  19. Amanda N says:

    This looks absolutely amazing and delicious! I love anything broccoli and cheese and will have to try this.

  20. Sasha says:

    YUM! I’m about to make this…I can’t wait to have it in my mouth! Thax!

  21. VickieB says:

    They look great, we’ll have to try them, love broccoli and cheddar, and a lot of times we have the same problem, deciding what we’re in the mood for.

  22. That looks delicious! I’ll have to add it to my repertoire tonight. Thanks for sharing.

  23. Yana says:

    This looks so delicious! My mouth started watering the moment I saw it. Can’t wait to try it out tonight!

  24. Niki M. says:

    Just made it. Delish! Whole family enjoyed it!!

  25. JOYCE BENOIT says:

    Cat, thank you for sharing this recipe. I fixed it for dinner a couple nites ago for my husband and I, and I tell you, it was AWESOME!!! I did sub the mayo with 1/2 can of cream of mushroom soup.

  26. sally says:
  27. Rachel says:

    I just made this tonight. Fresh diced tomatoes to it also. It was very good and very fast! Thanks!!!

  28. Katie G. says:

    This looks so good and I would love to make it, but I’m having trouble visualizing how to put the dough. Are there any pictures you can post or another recipe that shows how to do it similarly?

  29. donna hinsz says:

    Just made this for supper,the whole family loved it.I have a son and husband who dont care for broccoli but they sure enjoyed it in this recipe.I also used italian marinated chicken and added cheese on top with the egg white.Thanks for the recipe thumbs up.The kids will love it!!!!!!!!!

  30. Courtney says:

    I think this is adapted from a Pampered Chef recipe? I really like your simplified version though.
    My mom and I make it with the same amount of chicken and mayo (well maybe a little extra) 1 cup of cheese, 1 cup fresh broccoli, 1 cup chopped orange and yellow peppers. For spices we use about 1/2 tsp of dill, garlic powder, and onion powder each.
    Like I said, your version sounds deeelish but the PC additions are super good too!

  31. A gay dad whose a great cook says:

    I made this for the family and they loved it! One thing I did to tweak it was add 1/4 parmesan to the mixture. I also used a Colby Jack instead of regular cheddar.

  32. lindsey says:

    Just made this last night, and my husband devoured it. Even my toddler ate the broccoli and croissant. This is definitely a keeper. Only change I made was that I used very sharp block cheddar (and then shredded it) and I made it into individual portions instead of a big long loaf. It was easier that way since I didn’t have a cookie sheet big enough for the entire 2 cans of dough.

  33. Amy says:

    Mine didn’t look as pretty, but boy did it taste good. This is definitely a comfort food keeper!

  34. Andrea says:

    I’m so excited! I finally bought the ingredients, though I probably had them all along! And I am making this I don’t do mayo so I’m using the cheddar soup instead and SO excited. My daughter is already nibbling on the extra filling (I used super large crescents and stuck w/one package) and it’s great! Happy holidays!

  35. Mary Binder says:

    Can’t wait to make this

  36. sarah says:

    i wonder what i could use to substitute crescent rolls? we dont have them in australia.

    • Suzanne says:

      You could also use pizza or bread dough! I’ve made this before using homemade dough and it’s delicious.

  37. Teresa says:

    I have been looking for this recipe for years. My exboyfriends step mom would make when we went to visit
    Thank you for posting it

  38. delores watson says:

    imagine this with homemade tomato soup, I’m making it tomorrow.

  39. I make this for the superbowl every year. I have always used shrimp instead of chicken. This year I will make one of each and see which they like best. Knowing my crowd it will probally be a draw.

  40. Suzanne says:

    This was so delicious! I can’t wait to make it again!

  41. Rachel says:

    Is there a reason you used frozen broccoli over fresh? Just curious.

  42. Patty says:

    DO you have to use mayonnaise? I was thinking of subbing the broccoli with spinach and mayo with Alfredo sauce would that work? I know Pillsbury can sometime get soggy..

    • Marie says:

      Try sour cream we don’t do Mayo in this house either, but every recipe I have ever ran across that called for mayo I substituted with sour cream and it has always turned out delsih.

  43. Stephanie says:

    I can’t wait to try this recipe!! I have also tied something similar with the crescent rolls, use the filling for beerocks, like ground beef cabbage and onion, just fill inside the create rolls and u have a beerock casserole, way easier than making then from scratch!!

  44. Shannon says:

    Could this be par-baked, frozen, and then baked from frozen on a really busy/lazy night?

  45. Amanda says:

    I made this for dinner tonight! Its AMAZING! Just be sure to make it on parchment paper, not foil, it will get soggy. (I ran out and guessed) But other than that it was very very good!

  46. This soundds great. I am going to try it. Thanks for the recipe.

  47. This sounds great. I am going to try it. Thanks for the recipe.

  48. Kym says:

    I live in Australia and love the sound of these but what is cans Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls?
    I don’t knew what this is to find a similar thing over here.

  49. Erica says:

    I do one very similar with diced ham and swiss cheese instead of chicken and cheddar. I also do 1/4 cup mayo & 1/4 cup ranch with a squirt of honey mustard. Give it more flavor. occasionally I add mushrooms.

  50. Mary says:

    This looks delicious and I can’t wait to try this.

    Just going to throw it out there, if your grocery store has it, they now have “recipe creations” crescents,that is crescent dough in one solid piece without the perforations for rolls. Makes it a little easier to cook stuff like this :)

  51. Anna says:

    I just made this for my husband and I tonight for dinner. I really like mayo, but he doesn’t. Even I felt like 1/2 cup was tooo much. Ours didn’t look like the picture, everything was very mayo-y! What would happen if you didn’t use mayo at all? Would it be too dry, or would the cheese be melty enough?

  52. Katie says:

    Is there a spice I can use other than Rosemary?

    • Cat Davis says:

      You can omit the rosemary if it’s not a flavor you like. This is one of those dishes you can just add/remove ingredients to suit your tastes.

  53. riki aultman says:

    In the oven now!!!

  54. MK says:

    Just made this for dinner and it was DELICIOUS!!! Used about half the amount of mayo and the recipe creations crescent roll flats. Yum!!!!!!

  55. Ethel Tibbitts says:

    I had the pleasure of eating this wonderful Broccoli Chicken Braid at my daughter-in-law’s home this past weekend and it was very delicious and simple to make. What a timesaver and it is full of nutrition, plus the fact that her children loved it!

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