Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer

Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer are a flavorful hot appetizer your guests are sure to love! They are filled with chicken, cream cheese, pesto, mozzarella cheese and sun dried tomatoes. This yummy appetizer is ready in only 30 min! Easy and delicious is just what the hostess ordered.

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Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer

I just love tasty, hot hors d’oeuvres! I like this Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer as much as the Easy Bacon and Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms. Both are easy and popular at our parties. Around the holidays, they pair well with Tiramisu Eggnog Cocktail.

Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Appetizer

How to Make Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer

*The full recipe is at the bottom of this post.

First, preheat oven to 375F.

Next, in a medium size bowl, combine cooked shredded chicken, pesto, cream cheese, sun dried tomatoes, shredded mozzarella cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix well.

Then, cut the puff pastry into 3 inch by 2 inch rectangles and place into a mini muffin pan.

Next, fill each puff pastry with chicken filling. Fold puff pastry over to slightly close.

Last, bake in 375F oven for 15 min.

This Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer not only sounds like a tasty recipe, it IS a tasty recipe! Your party guests will love them. They are easy-to-make and can be made ahead. Plus, the puff pastry makes them a filling appetizer so, you won’t need to make a lot of apps.

It’s a great way to use up leftover pesto sauce. With only a few ingredients, this makes a tasty appetizer everyone will love!

You Don’t Have Cooked Chicken?

If you don’t already have cooked chicken, it is easy to poach it. Just put a skinless, boneless chicken breast in a small pot with water covering it. Simmer on med/high heat for 15 until no longer pink inside. This chicken will be moist and tender. If you so fancy, add half of an onion to the water to add some nice flavor to the chicken.

Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer

If you plan on making these for party, plan on them disappearing. Even those who aren’t pesto fans can appreciate these because the pesto taste is not dominate. The sun dried tomatoes add a nice flavor to balance the pesto. Cream cheese is what makes this appetizer irresistible!

Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer are a delicious hors devours to serve at your next party because not only are they absolutely cheesy delicious, they are easy-to-make in 30 min! Your guests will think they’re eating at the Ritz when they bite into these tasty appetizers.

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Puff Pastry Pesto Chicken Bites Appetizer

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

These are delicious and filling!

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chicken appetizer, pesto chicken appetizer, puff pastry appetizer, puff pastry pesto chicken

Servings: 40 servings

Ingredients

• 1 large cooked chicken breast shredded
• 2 puff pastry sheet cut into 3" long by 2" wide pieces
• 8 oz of cream cheese softened
• 4 oz of shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 tbsp pesto sauce
• 4 tbsp sun dried tomatoes in olive oil chopped
• 1/8 tsp of garlic powder
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. In a medium size bowl, combine all ingredients except puff pastry. Mix well.
3. Put puff pastry rectangles into mini muffin tin.
4. Fill each puff pastry with chicken filling. Fold puff pastry over to slightly close.
5. Bake in 375F oven for 15 min.

Recipe Notes

If you don't already have cooked chicken, just put a skinless, boneless chicken breast in a small pot with water covering it. Simmer on med/high heat for 15 until no longer pink inside.