BBQ Bacon Chicken Bites

It is not uncommon for me to have different types of leftovers in my refrigerator since I attempt to make about 90% of our meals here at home. Due to this I feel like I am always trying to figure out something to do with the leftovers!

Leftover chicken seems to be one of the most common in our house hold.  There are many times that I am looking at it and have no idea what to do.

On this occasion I didn't want to make sandwiches or a casserole, on top of that I wanted this to be a quick and easy lunch.  That is when I remembered reading about a recipe that took chicken and buffalo sauce to create a savory cinnamon roll type bite.  As I am not a fan of buffalo chicken I began to wonder what else I could use in place of the buffalo sauce and thought barbeque sauce would be a great replacement.  Then I remembered that I also had some leftover bacon from breakfast and voila, I had these savory BBQ Chicken Bites!

BBQ Bacon Chicken Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 18 rolls

Ingredients:

• 1 roll refrigerator pizza dough
• 1 1/2 cup left over chicken,  cut into small pieces 
• 1 cup Bacon
• 1 cup shredded cheese
• 1/2 - 3/4 c Barbeque Sauce

Instructions:

In a bowl mix together chicken and all but about 2 tbs. barbeque sauce.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Prepare a baking sheet or muffin tins with parchment paper or non-stick spray.  (I used muffin tins)

Divide dough in half, roll each half into large rectangle roughly 1/4 inch in thickness.  Spread the barbeque sauce over each half, sprinkle chicken, bacon, and cheese evenly across each piece of rolled out dough.

Starting from long side of dough, begin rolling the dough up like a cinnamon roll. Pinch ends when done. Slice into 1 1/2 to 2 inch rolls. Place on the baking sheet or in muffin tins.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until cheese is bubbling and dough is lightly browned. Serve and enjoy!

These were great dipped in ranch dressing or on their own and were really simple to make.  As we were enjoying them, my husband said that they could be very versatile.  If you are not a barbeque sauce fan, like him, you could do Mexican bites (refried beans, cheese, taco sauce, and meat), pizza bites (pizza sauce, cheese, and meat and/or veggies), the possibilities are endless! Hope you enjoy these as much as my family did!





Grub's on! - Kim