Lightened Up Chicken Broccoli Braid
Chicken and broccoli medley inside braided crescent rolls. Lighter no Mayo version of this Pamperd Chefs favorite recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken diced, I use ready grilled chicken strips,
- 1-2 cups broccoli diced
- ½ cup red bell pepper diced
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 4 oz. sharp cheddar cheese shredded, 1 cup
- ¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tsp. dill
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 2 pkgs. refrigerated 90 calorie-reduced fat crescent rolls 8oz. each
- 1 egg white lightly beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Add chicken and broccoli, diced red pepper, garlic, shredded cheese to a 2 qt. bowl.
- Mix vegetables gently.
- Add mayonnaise, dill mix, and salt to the vegetable mixture, tossing gently.
- Unroll 1 package of crescent dough; do not separate.
- Arrange longest sides of dough across width of the large baking pan. Repeat with the remaining package of dough.
- Using your fingertips, press dough to seal crescent perforations, making the dough a solid rectangle.
- On longest sides of the baking pan, cut dough into strips 1 1/2 inches apart, 3 inches deep using a pizza cutter (there will be 6 inches in the center for the filling).
- Spread filling evenly over the middle of the dough.
- To braid, lift strips of dough across mixture to meet in the center, twisting each strip on the turn.
- Continue alternating strips to form a braid pinching the dough to seal it together.
- Brush egg white over the dough.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, watching the last few minutes so the bottom of braid does not burn.
Notes
Leave the dough in the refrigerator until ready to use or it may become too soft to work with.
I lowered the temperature from the original recipe. The braid cooked too fast on the outside at 375 degrees leaving raw areas of dough on the inside of the braid.
To make the regular calorie version of this Pampered Chef favorite, use 1/2 cup of mayonnaise instead of the Greek yogurt and regular crescent rolls.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 204kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 20gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 301mgPotassium: 218mgSugar: 2gCalcium: 185mgIron: 1mg
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