Spicy Chicken Puff Pastry
Puff pastry, ground chicken breast and plenty of spices combine to create a mouth-watering and beautiful creation you can serve as an appetizer or main entree.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken breast
- 1 1/3 sheets packaged puff pastry (dairy-free)
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp paprika
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1-2 tsp hot sauce (depending on your heat preference)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup Daiya cheddar shreds
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Thaw the puff pastry according to the package's directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Heat oil in large skillet
- Cook onions and garlic for 1 minute
- Add the chicken and chop up while cooking
- Add the spices
- Continue to chop up and stir the chicken
- Add the "cheese," soy sauce, hot sauce and water
- Turn heat down to simmer and stir well
- Roll the 1 and 1/3 sheets of puff pastry a little on top of a floured surface (you want to stretch it a little, but not a lot; you don't want it too thin)
- Cut the full sheet into 6 pieces and then the 1/3 sheet into 2; you'll have 8 total
- Once the chicken is fully cooked, put 1/4 cup of the meat mixture into each sheet and close up, pinching and twisting each at the top
- Beat the egg and coat each meat-filled pastry with egg
- Bake in the oven on a cookie sheet for 18-20 minutes (until a golden brown)
Notes
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- First, make sure you thaw the frozen puff pastry according to the package's directions (fully frozen puff pastry will NOT work).
- If you want to create smaller bites - and a little more work for yourself - cut the same amount of puff pastry into more pieces and separate the chicken mixture evenly between them.
- If your family or guests don't have any dairy issues, you can substitute the dairy-free cheese for your favorite regular shredded cheddar cheese.
- If you or others have an egg allergy, you can use oil, almond milk or even water in place of the egg wash on top of the pastry.
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