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Recipe tags: 5 or less ingredients, Bake, Chicken

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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  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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