Chicken Cream Cheese Croissants

Last week, I was looking for something to do with chicken, and came across this recipe. I had tonight off, so I gave it a try.

Chicken Cream Cheese Croissants

Ingredients

• 2 cups shredded chicken, see recipe below
• 2 pop cans croissants
• 1 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 bunch green onions
• ¼ cup bell pepper, chopped and diced
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 2 Tbsp butter, softened
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 1 egg *optional

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a bowl, mix cream cheese and butter until blended. Add milk. Mixture will be chunky if cream cheese is not softened. It's okay. Add in shredded chicken, diced green onions, diced green bell pepper, salt and pepper. Mix to combine.
3. On a cutting board, unroll one tube of croissants. They are all pre-cut, so with your fingers, pinch together the cut lines. You will be make 4 rectangles out of the 8 croissants.
4. On each rectangle, place ¼ cup of mixture in the center of the croissant and bring corners together and pinch to close.
5. (Optional) In a seperate bowl, whisk egg and brush egg over each croissant.
6. Bake for 13-15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and serve.

How to make Shredded Chicken

1. Place 1 cup water or chicken broth in bottom of Instant Pot or pressure cooker
2. Place 2 chicken breasts in Instant Pot on trivet
3. Sprinkle salt and pepper over chicken breasts
4. Sprinkle crushed garlic on chicken
5. Close Instant Pot lid and check to make sure pressure valve is closed
6. Set on Manual (Pressure Cook) High for 18 minutes
7. Allow a 20 minute natural release
8. Remove chicken breasts and one at a time shred chicken with forks
9. Use in a meal, or package and freeze for later use

In order to make it more palatable for Tom, I substituted celery for the green onion. Tom said it was delicious, but he would have liked it to have more meat and less cream cheese. I would have liked it to have a little bit more flavor, but I did like how they were easy to eat - like what I would imagine a handpie to be.