Chicken Mushroom Pie
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CHICKEN MUSHROOM PIE
A well-a everybody's heard about the bird !! For busy family cooks, chicken is the most sought after source of lean-protein which cooks fast, reliable and tastes great when paired with Mushroom. Chicken and Mushroom, a combination which can become so versatile that you can prepare a gamut of recipes with them. They complement each other perfectly ,like a marriage fixed in heaven.
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Ingredients
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 small green chili chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped coriander or parsley
- 1 chicken breast or 1 cup boneless chicken
- 200 gm button mushrooms cut into medium size chunks
- Salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon garlic chopped
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 100 ml milk or cream
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon black pepper crushed
- What You Need For the Crust:
- 1 and half cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 rd cup butter
- Salt
- Luke warm water to knead tight dough
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Instructions
- Start with making the sauce or cream. Heat butter in a non-stick pan.
- Add all purpose flour and sauté it till a nice aroma comes out. This will take about a minute or so.
- Add milk to it and cook on simmer till milk turns thick. Add black pepper and mix well. Don’t add salt to the sauce at this moment.
- Next heat oil in a pan. Add onions, garlic, green chili and saute till onion turns pink.
- Add chicken cubes and saute till it turns white
- Salt to taste
- Add mushrooms and salt to taste.
- Let it simmer in low heat.
- Add the sauce made above and heat the filling till the sauce reduces considerably. We have a thick filling ready now. Switch off the flame and let it cool down completely.
- For the crust : Add water little by little and knead strong tough dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Take a tart tin.
- Take a big portion of dough and press it against the sides and bottom of pan. Prick with a fork at regular intervals.
- Fill the tart tray with mushroom and chicken filling made above.
- Take the remaining portion of the dough and roll to a thin sheet. Place above the filling and fill from all sides.
- Wash the top with egg white. Ornament with any pattern you like.
- Remove any extras. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20 minutes at 180 degree centigrade.
- The Tart is ready to be enjoyed.
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