Our crowd-pleasing Buffalo chicken crescent ring can now be made in your air fryer! Talk about an easy app. This smaller version of the classic dish is perfect for when you’re hosting a smaller group or heading to a weeknight gathering. And because it only takes 45 minutes, you can prep and serve it while your guests are still arriving!
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Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Crescent Ring
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 45 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 2 oz cream cheese (quarter of 8-oz package), softened
- 2 tablespoons Buffalo wing sauce
- 1 cup chopped cooked chicken (1/2-inch pieces)
- 1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack cheese (2 oz)
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count)
- 3 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
Instructions
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Step1Cut 8-inch round of cooking parchment paper. Place in bottom of air fryer basket. In small bowl, mix cream cheese and wing sauce until smooth. Mix in chicken and shredded cheese just until combined.
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Step2Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. On parchment in air fryer basket, arrange triangles in ring so short sides of triangles form a 2-inch circle in center. Dough will overlap. Dough ring should look like a sun.
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Step3Spoon cream cheese mixture on the half of each triangle closest to center of ring. Top with blue cheese crumbles.
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Step4Bring each dough triangle up over filling, tucking dough under bottom layer of dough to secure it. Repeat around ring until entire filling is enclosed (some filling might show a little).
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Step5Set air fryer to 325°F; cook 8 to 9 minutes or until top of dough is golden brown. Place a large plate over air fryer basket, and invert. Discard parchment paper.
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Step6Carefully slide crescent ring back into air fryer basket, bottom side up. Cook 5 to 7 minutes longer, or until top of dough is golden brown. Place large plate over air fryer basket, and invert. Remove from air fryer. Cool 5 minutes before cutting.
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Nutrition
200 Calories
12g Total Fat
9g Protein
13g Total Carbohydrate
3g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 200
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 19%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 9g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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