Chicken Stromboli Recipe with Salsa Verde
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Salsa verde chicken stromboli is a baked pizza dough roll filled with ground chicken, salsa verde, peppers, onions, and pepper jack cheese. It’s an easy recipe that’s ready in about an hour with only about 20 minutes of hands-on time. It works well as a simple dinner, a sliced appetizer, or even for game day.
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Recipe Highlights
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Total Time: 60 Minutes
Serves: 4
Flavor Note: Savory, slightly spicy with melty cheese and a tangy kick from the salsa.
- Simple, flexible dinner or appetizer: A baked stromboli filled with chicken, salsa verde, peppers, onions, and melty pepper jack cheese.
- Works two ways: Serve it as an easy dinner or slice it up for an appetizer.
- Make it your way: Use cooked or ground chicken, homemade or refrigerated dough, and swap the salsa or cheese based on what you have.
- Great for Leftovers: Don’t be afraid of leftovers, this tastes great the next day.
Ingredients You Will Need
- Pizza dough, store-bought dough or homemade pizza dough
- Ground chicken breast or cooked, shredded chicken
- Grated pepper jack cheese, cheddar cheese or mozzarella cheese
- Red bell pepper
- Onions
- Salsa verde, homemade or store-bought
- Jalapeno pepper – optional for a little heat
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How to Make Salsa Verde Chicken Stromboli
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cook the filling: Heat olive oil in a large skillet and cook the peppers and onions until softened. Add the chicken and cook for 8–10 minutes, until fully cooked. Stir in the salsa verde and remove from heat.
- Roll the dough: On a lightly floured surface, roll the pizza dough into an 8–9 inch circle, then place it on the prepared baking sheet.
- Add the filling: Spread the chicken mixture over the dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Top with cheese.
- Roll and seal: Fold in the sides, then roll the dough up from the bottom, keeping the sides tucked in. Seal the edges and place seam-side down.
- Bake: Bake for 25–30 minutes in a preheated oven, until golden brown.
Tips for the Best Stromboli
- Arrange the rolled dough on top of the cookie sheet before adding the filling so that you don’t have to transfer it once it’s been rolled.
- Save time and use pre-cooked chicken such as a rotisserie chicken or shredded chicken.
- If you are using pre-cooked chicken breast, add it to the peppers and onions in the skillet when they begin to soften, and then add the salsa.
- Let the stromboli sit for about 10 minutes before using a sharp knife to slice it.
Serving Suggestions
Serve with a side of salsa verde, homemade guacamole or ranch dressing on the side for a dipping sauce. We also like it with a big Mexican chopped salad.
Storing and Using Leftovers
Store leftover chicken stromboli in the refrigerator for three to four days in an airtight container.
Reheat the stromboli in the oven at 350 degrees F until it’s heated through.
Ways to Change It Up
Once you’ve made this once, it’s easy to change it up depending on what you have or what you’re in the mood for. Switch the sauce, change the cheese, or even use a different protein and end up with a completely different stromboli. Here are a few examples.
- Buffalo – Use buffalo sauce instead of salsa verde and swap in blue cheese crumbles.
- BBQ – Replace salsa verde with BBQ sauce and use cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese.
- Flabread style – Roll out the dough, spread the filling on top, add cheese and bake at 400°F.
Chicken Stromboli Frequently Asked Questions
A stromboli is rolled up with filling inside and baked seam-side down. A calzone is folded over like a half-moon and then sealed before baking.
You can freeze it either before baking or after baking and cooling. The article says unbaked stromboli can be frozen for up to 2 months, while baked stromboli can be frozen for up to 3 months.
It’s a rolled pizza dough filled with cooked chicken, salsa verde, vegetables, and cheese, then baked until golden. In this version, the filling uses ground chicken, red bell pepper, onion, and pepper jack cheese.
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Salsa Verde Chicken Stomboli
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground chicken breast
- 1/2 cup of salsa verde
- 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper about 1/2 of a pepper
- 1/4 minced onion about 1/4 of medium to large onion
- 4 to 6 ounces of grated pepper jack cheese
- one pizza dough enough for one pizza
Instructions
- Prepare all of the ingredients: chop the peppers and onions, shred the cheese, measure the oil and salsa verde and bring the dough to room temperature.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium to high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the bell peppers and onions. Cook them for a few minutes until they begin to soften.
- Add the ground chicken to the pan with the onions and peppers and cook it stirring occasionally until the chicken is cooked through (about 8 to 10 minutes).
- Stir in the salsa verde and remove the mixture from the heat.
- On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll the dough into an 8–9 inch circle.
- Spread the chicken mixture over the dough, and top the chicken with shredded cheese.
- Fold two ends of the dough in and begin to roll from the bottom side. Carefully roll the stromboli making sure the sides are tucked in as you roll.
- Press the end of the dough into the stromboli to seal it up and place the stromboli seam side down on a baking sheet.
- Bake the stromboli for 20 minutes.
- Cool for about 10 minutes, then use a sharp knife to slice and serve.
Notes
- Arrange the rolled dough on top of the cookie sheet before adding the filling so that you don’t have to transfer it once it’s been rolled.
- Save time and use pre-cooked chicken such as a rotisserie chicken or shredded chicken.
- If you are using pre-cooked chicken breast, add it to the peppers and onions in the skillet when they begin to soften, and then add the salsa.
- Let the stromboli sit for about 10 minutes before using a sharp knife to slice it.
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and can vary based on cooking methods and ingredients used
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