Chicken Patties / Chicken Puffs

 Chicken Patties / Chicken Puffs

Recipe

Ingredients:

• Puff Pastry sheet / block (bought from bakery / store)
• 300gm chicken, boiled, shredded
• 100mls double cream
• 1 large garlic clove, fine chopped
• 1tbsp butter
• Salt, black pepper & red chili powder, to taste
• 1 bell pepper, fine chopped
• 1 spring onion, fine chopped
• Egg / milk wash
• Two size round, crinkled pastry cutters
• Baking tray, lined with butter paper

Method:

• Pre-heat oven at 180’C.
• If you haven’t bought pre-rolled pastry sheet, then you would need to roll the block with a rolling pin till you reach desired thickness.
• Now using the larger pastry cutter, cut whole pastry sheet into even number of circles.
• Half of these circles will be used as base of patties. Place them on baking tray lined with butter paper and brush these with egg / milk wash.

• For remaining half of circles, take smaller pastry cutter and cut a hole. We have to use the circle left around this hole.

• Place this circle on round base of patties and brush it egg / milk wash.

• Prepare all the patties like this and place the baking tray in pre-heated oven for 15-20 mins (or more depending on your oven) till patties are golden and puffed up. You will see that the second hollow circle has risen to make a round wall on the puffed up base.
• Meanwhile prepare the filling.
• Sauté garlic in melted butter till transparent.

• Add chicken and spices and fry a little.

• Add chopped bell pepper & spring onions. Stir till vegetables are a bit tender.

Add cream. Mix well.

• Take the baking tray out with your nice golden puffed up patties and spoon the chicken mixture into the puff pastry bowls.
• Place the tray back into oven and bake for further 10-15 minutes.
• Serve hot, garnished with spring onion greens and with sauces of your choice.

~ Enjoy!