Chicken Bread

Chicken Bread

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Dough: 

• Flour : 250gm
• Salt : 1 pinch
• Butter : 1tbsp
• Sugar: 1.5 Tbsp
• Yeast : 1tsp
• Egg Yolk : 1
• Milk : 3/4 Cup or as needed

Filling:

• Chicken Breast : 1 
• Cheese : 1 cup or as needed (I used Mozzarella and Cheddar mixed ) 
• Salt : to taste
• Black Pepper : 1/2 tsp 
• Red Chilli Flakes : 1 tsp

Method: 

• Boil and shred the chicken
• Mix everything mentioned in filling section and keep aside.
• In a bowl add flour, salt , yeast , sugar, butter and egg yolk. 
• Now slowly add warm milk and make dough, you may need more or less milk as mentioned in ingredients.
• Knead a soft dough and knead it with your palm to make it smooth for 10 minutes. 
• Let it rise for 1 to 1.5 hour, till its doubled in size 
• Punch it and knead it again a bit to take out air. 
• Spread the dough into a rectangular shape. 
• Spread the filling in center of the dough and cut the sides. The design is like this 

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• These dashes are the cuts to be made with knife.
• Now alternatively overlap the cut ends over the filling like braiding the dough. 
• Put it to rise again for 20 minutes. 
• Brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle black seeds &/ sesame seeds over the bread.
• Preheat the oven at 180 degrees. 
• Bake it for 15 to 20 minutes till golden brown.
• After taking out from the oven, brush it generously with melted butter and cover with kitchen towel. This will make it soft. 
• Serve hot with chili sauce or ketchup. 

Note: you may use other fillings as you please.