Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Crescents

For anyone who follows my blog, you know that I love making food with crescent rolls. It's just such an easy ingredient to use and any recipe that uses it is just as easy. Dan and I just spent 4th of July weekend camping with friends at my family's hunting camp, so coming home and having to cook just seemed so tiring. I had written the ingredients really quick on a piece of paper weeks ago on a shopping list that I found on my coffee table yesterday. I don't remember the original source, but I just improvised with what I had. My list looked like this...

Chix. tenders
Ranch
Colby slices
Bacon
Crescent dough, cut into 4 squares

That's it. So I went off to the store with the rest of my list. I remembered that I had 2 extra cans of the seamless crescent roll dough in my fridge, so I grabbed one, just in case I wanted to make extra. Turns out, I did not remember using those cans 2 weeks ago for my Sloppy Joe Bake. Pregnancy brain strikes again. Luckily, Dan grabbed some for me. I also completely forgot to get the sliced Colby jack cheese. I also forgot we brought our bacon camping and used it.

Aye aye aye.

So, I improvised even more. Luckily I keep a pretty ridiculous stock of shredded cheese in the fridge. Seriously, as of Sunday I had a bag of shredded Swiss, 2 bags of shredded cheddar, a bag of shredded mozzarella and a bag of shredded pizza blend. Cheddar it was for these. I also had a bag of bacon bits in the cupboard, so all was well. Real slices of bacon would have been better, but oh well. And what did I serve as a side? Kraft mac & cheese. Not my healthiest pregnancy meal, but the baby can use a few extra calories, right???

Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Crescents
makes 8

2 cans seamless crescent dough
8 frozen pre-cooked chicken tenders
Ranch dressing
8 slices of bacon or bacon bits
8 slices of Colby jack cheese or shredded cheese

1. Preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with some foil for easy clean up.
2. Roll out your dough and cut into 4 rectangles.
3. Spread some ranch on each square. Place a slice of cheese on top, of sprinkle with shredded cheese. Top with a slice of bacon cut in half to make 2 pieces or some bacon bits.
4. Place a chicken tender on that and roll up the long way, making a seal with the edges.
5. Place seam side down on the baking sheet and repeat with remaining pieces.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until chicken is heated through. I baked mine for 20, then covered them with foil for the last 5 minutes to stop them from browning more. The dough will cook faster than the chicken.

Dan absolutely loved these, and they were so easy! My chicken tenders were rather large. If you use smaller ones, you could cut your dough into 6 pieces and make more. They would be great as party appetizers!