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It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted a Pillsbury Crescent Roll dinner recipe around here, so I figured since they were on sale a bit this week it was high time I included one. We also love those Cherry Cheese Cobbler Dumplins,  Monte Cristo Sandwiches, and Taco Lasagna Casserole, and will be adding those to the menu plan in the next few weeks! Here’s how to make this simple Chicken and Broccoli Braid in your home (that looks super fancy, right?) 😉
Chicken and Broccoli Braid
Ingredients
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken meat
- 1 cup fresh broccoli chopped
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper chopped
- 1 clove crushed garlic
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons dried dill weed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons slivered almonds
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 2 8 ounce packages refrigerated crescent rolls
- 1 egg white beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Toss together first ten ingredients in bowl.
- Unroll crescent dough, and arrange on flat baking pan (you'll have two rows of squares across and four rows of squares down - does that make sense at all?)
- Pinch together the perforations in the crescent rolls so that it's one large rectangle.
- Keeping a three inch strip in the center, cut slits on the right and left side for your braid.
- Spread the chicken mixture down the center of the Pillsbury crescent rolls, then braid the dough over the chicken mixture.
- Whisk together egg white, and brush the braided dough with the egg white.
- Bake at 375 for 25-28 minutes, or until golden brown.
On the right half of the braid I only used chicken, broccoli and cheese for the picker eaters at our house!
Here are the sale items you’ll want to watch for this week to make this meal:
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- Pillsbury Crescent Rolls $2 at Publix, use $.40/2 coupon from the 1/27, 2/10 or 3/24 SS insert
- Kroger Cheese $1.88, or Sargento Shredded Cheese $2.50 at Publix and $1.99 in Kroger’s Mega Sale Use $.55.2 Sargento Shredded Cheese recent printable, check your coupons!
- Perdue Chicken Breast Strips On Sale $2.50 at Publix
- Broccoli $2.50 at Publix
- Hellmans Mayonaise $2.79 at Kroger Use $.50/1 coupon from the 3/24 Red Plum or $.40/1 Hellmans Mayonnaise ecouponÂ
- Tyson Boneless Chicken Breasts or Tenderloins 3 lb bag $6.99 at Kroger
- Colored Bell Peppers On Sale $1 at Kroger
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Looking for more penny pinched meals that work out well with this week’s sales ad?
- Use the King’s Hawaiian Rolls deal to make these Buffalo Chicken, Hot Ham & Swiss or Italian Beef Sliders
- Use some BOGO Pepperidge Farm Bread to make Cinnamon Raisin Stuffed French Toast (yummm…)
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Thanks to I Heart Publix for the coupon matchups, and check out $5 Dinner Mom for more bargain meal deals! If you need a little more menu inspiration, go HERE.Â
Could you juse frozen broccoli instead?
Hi Amy! I think you could ~ you’d want to cook it first, and then drain well to get out all of the moisture in the broccoli, but I think it would work fine. (I’d just be sure to get out as much moisture as possible before cooking.) Hope that helps!
I think I would just defrost the broccoli, drain it and pat it dry.
So sorry guys – it’s 1 cup! I’ll get it added to the recipe 🙂
I'm going to try to make this tonight. I'm going to just guess on the amounts of broccoli and chicken. I found a 5 star recipe for the dough for the rolls. I hope it turns out good!!! LOL Thank you so much for sharing! 😀
How much broccoli? There isn't any in the ingredients list. Thank you :-).