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Recipe tags: 5 or less ingredients, Bake, Chicken

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Meats and seafood

Chicken Squares

Recipe submitted by DaVita dietitian Lori from Pennsylvania.

Portions: 8

Serving size: 1 square

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 pound chicken breasts, bone in, with skin
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons unsalted margarine, melted
• 1 cup broccoli, cooked, drained, chopped
• 2 packages crescent rolls

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Boil chicken breasts until cooked; drain, remove skin and bones and dice into pieces.
3. Mix together chicken, softened cream cheese, margarine and broccoli.
4. Open crescent rolls and form a rectangle with 2 rolls. Pinch seam to seal and stretch rectangle.
5. Place 1/8 of chicken mixture in center; wrap dough around chicken mixture and twist to seal, or fold edges across to make a turnover.
6. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until rolls are browned.

Nutrients per serving

• Calories: 384
• Protein: 18 g
• Carbohydrate: 24 g
• Fat: 24 g
• Cholesterol: 56 mg
• Sodium: 539 mg
• Potassium: 224 mg
• Phosphorus: 176 mg
• Calcium: 31 mg
• Fiber: 0.6 g

Renal Food Choices

• 2 meat
• 1-1/2 starch
• 2-1/2 fat

Carbohydrate Choices

• 1-1/2

Helpful Hints

• Take a look at Chicken Squares as they are baking in oven periodically to make sure they don’t get too brown.
• This is a higher sodium entrée. To keep sodium in check, complete the meal with low-sodium items such as salad, low-sodium dressing and fruit.
• The chicken bones and skin add extra flavor during cooking. Fourteen ounces of boneless, skinless chicken breasts may be substituted for bone-in breasts if desired.
• Freeze or refrigerate broth from boiling the chicken for later use in a recipe that calls for low-sodium chicken broth.
• If fat-free cream cheese is substituted, fat is reduced to 16 grams and sodium is 577 mg.

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  Centella T. of Northern California - in the woods, says:

Really liked these -- added garlic powder to suit our taste. Will add to the menu plan for a change of pace.

Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2009, 6:57 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   

  Joyce K. says:

This is great! Have made them more than once.

Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2009, 10:51 AM  -  Inappropriate review?   

  Karen W. says:

This was very good, my husband AND kids loved it. Will make again soon!

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2009, 6:47 AM  -  Inappropriate review?   

  Russell P. says:

The other half of Russell and the one doing all the cooking, thank you for such a wonderful site to view everything I need to know that Russell does not tell me the doctor says. Thanks Nita from Georgia

Reviewed: May. 26, 2008, 11:34 AM  -  Inappropriate review?   

  Jen H. says:

Could use a spice or two to give a little more flavor to it. Easy to make though....

Reviewed: May. 14, 2008, 1:48 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   

  Melanie B. says:

The chicken squares turned out really good and everyone who tried them liked them. They are quick and easy to make.

Reviewed: May. 06, 2008, 8:16 AM  -  Inappropriate review?   

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