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chicken parmesan croissant bread

April 8, 2018

This tasty recipe was basically created as I had some shredded chicken I needed to use up. I looked what else I had in my fridge and saw a package of the Pillsbury reduced fat crescent rolls, found at most grocery stores. This chicken parmesan croissant bread is a super easy recipe to make and the end result is so good. Makes 8 servings at 5 freestyle smart points each, you could pair it with some zero point or low point side dishes for a meal or serve it up at your next party as an appetizer. It is not something you can pick up at eat with your fingers, you’ll need a fork but I promise it’s worth it..

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chicken parmesan croissant loaf

Author: Drizzle

Recipe type: Main meals

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 23 mins

Total time: 33 mins

Serves: 8

5 Freestyle, 5SP/5PP per serving

Ingredients

1 package Pillsbury reduced fat crescent rolls
1.5 cups (6oz) cooked shredded chicken
½ cup reduced fat shredded mozzarella (I use Trader Joe's brand)
1 cup reduced fat tomato pasta sauce
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
Italian seasoning
Egg whites to brush the loaf bread before baking

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F, spray a large baking sheet with some cooking spray.
Lay out your crescent dough into one big piece and pinch any seems closed.
Using a pizza cutter you want to cut lines all the way down (even on each side) so you can braid the loaf, leaving the middle uncut for your filling (see picture above)
In a bowl mix your chicken, pasta sauce, mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese, leave ½ Tbsp of parm cheese for sprinkling on top.
Place your chicken mixture on your croissant dough filling the middle from the top to the bottom, then using the cut sides braid the bread to seal it closed. Brush egg whites on bread.
Sprinkle remaining parmesan cheese on top and italian seasoning, bake in the oven for approximately 23 minutes or until dough is a golden brown.
Cut into 8 equal portions, the middle pieces can't be picked up as easy as the end pieces and will require a fork to eat.. This will freeze well

Notes

Freestyle SP- 5 using WW recipe builder
Smart points- 5 using SP calculator
Points plus- 5 using PP calculator
Nutritional info (incl all ingredients) Calories 177...Fat 7.6g..Sat fat 2.8g...Carbs 15.9g...Fiber 1g...Sugar 4.3g...Protein 13.2g using My Fitness Pal

24 Comments

Reply Tracie Langford April 9, 2018 at 1:55 pm

Do you think you could replace the crescent roll crust with 2-ingredient bagel dough? If it was rolled out into a rectangle and then cut in the same way, it might just work??

Reply Drizzle April 10, 2018 at 12:21 pm
All I can suggest is to try it, not sure it will bake the same but let me know if you do try it 🙂

Reply Michelle April 9, 2018 at 4:06 pm

Looks delish!! I’m wondering, how many points would it reduce if it was made with the infamous 2pt. dough?

Reply Drizzle April 10, 2018 at 12:22 pm
well, I can tell you there is 25 points in the reduced fat croissant roll, I am not too sure if it would bake the same and can only suggest you try it, please report back if you do 🙂