These Southwestern Chicken Roll Ups are the perfect dinner for busy families who still want something with tons of flavor! Delicious, buttery crescent rolls envelope a spicy, cheesy chicken filling that you won’t be able to resist sneaking a few bites of. Then they’re baked to perfection in a cheesy, salsa-filled sauce that coat them perfectly.
You’ll be in love after the first bite and wonder why you haven’t had these before! With just a few pantry staple ingredients in under an hour you’ll have a supper ready that your whole family will gobble right up.
Ingredients:
2 cups cooked chicken
4 oz cream cheese, softened
2 Tbsp taco seasoning
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup salsa
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 can refrigerated crescent rolls
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F.
Spray a 9×13 dish with cooking spray.
Mix together salsa, 1/2 of the cheddar cheese, and chicken soup.
For the filling, mix together the cream cheese, taco seasoning, chopped chicken and remaining cheddar cheese. Unroll the crescent rolls. Place 2 heaping tablespoons of the chicken mixture on top of each crescent roll and roll up. Place in prepared dish. Repeat with remaining crescent rolls.
Pour soup mixture over crescent rolls. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until rolls are cooked and golden brown.
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Quick tip: Use low-sodium cream of chicken soup for a healthier option.
Southwestern chicken roll ups recipe and photo courtesy of Plain Chicken.
I can’t find temp to bake them at am I over looking it
Hi Ronda! It appears we had a blunder in the editing process and the oven temperature was missing. It’s fixed now (375F) – thanks for catching that one! 🙂
Question: Do you use rotisserie chicken or precooked chicken or just raw, cut-up chicken?
Hi Linda! The chicken should be cooked; you can use rotisserie, leftovers or just precook some for this. Thanks for pointing that out, we’ve fixed the recipe now! 🙂
I don’t always have cooked chicken in the house; but always have canned. It’s not as good, but will usually do in a pinch. I think if I used it, I’d use more seasonings. Just a thought…
Heck, any kind of leftover meat would do; just adjust the type of soup you use to match the flavor. It’s the method that’s important, and this looks like one I really want to try! Thanks!
How is the cheese divided? Equally?
Hi Pat – yes, equally between the sauce and the chicken mixture. The instructions have been fixed now 🙂
How are the cheese amounts divided?
Hi Marty, the cheese is divided equally between the sauce and the chicken mixture. The instructions have been fixed now 🙂
I’m making this one tonight!
When you add half of the cheese to soup, is it half of cheddar or half of cheddar and cream cheese?