Creamy Chicken Filling

Creamy Chicken Filling

This is my all time favorite chicken filling. I use it primarily for chicken rolls, but it works great as a pita filler or chicken salad.  You can make it over the stove or in the microwave.

Creamy Chicken Filling

 

Author: Cooking up a Project

Recipe type: Main Dish

Cuisine: Chicken

Prep time:  5 mins

Cook time:  10 mins

Total time:  15 mins

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Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp butter
• 4 Tbsp finely chopped onion
• 3 cups cooked, shredded chicken
• 8 oz cream cheese
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp thyme leaves
• ½ tsp pepper
• 6 Tbsp chicken broth

Instructions

Over the stove

1. In a large skillet melt butter.
2. Add onion and cook over medium heat until softenened (about 4-5 minutes).
3. Add remaining ingredients. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until cream cheese is melted and heated through (2-3 minutes).

Microwave

1. Cut cream cheeese into 6 pieces.
2. In 2-qt casserole, melt buttter on HIGH (40-50 sec.).
3. Stir in onion; microwave on HIGH until softened (1½ to 1¾ min.).
4. Stir in cream cheese and remaining filling ingredients.
5. Microwave on HIGH, stirring after 1 minute until heated through (2 to 2½ min.).

Notes

Options: Chill filling to use in a salad. Roll up into crescent rolls and bake as per roll instructions. Use as a hot or cold filling in Pitas

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