What can be more aromatic and tastier than homemade pies? Only hearty, rosy and mouth-watering pies with minced chicken. This dish can be called a symbol of the family hearth, comfort and well-being. It is a wonderful snack during wanderings, an excellent breakfast and even a full dinner. The hostess's culinary skills have long been judged by the ability to knead good dough and bake pies.
By the way, about the dough. You can prepare delicious pies with minced chicken in the oven both from store puff, shortbread, and home-made yeast dough. The method of preparation is also chosen for the sake of and at the discretion of the hostess. It can be a deep fat frying pan or a frying pan. If you do not accept the use of large quantities of sunflower oil, then the oven will be a great option.
Filling
You can take any meat for pies, but today it will be a recipe for pies with minced meat. It is important to remember that if low-fat meat is used, for example, poultry, rabbit or beef, then the pies can turn out to be rather dry inside. The strength of minced meat will add butter, milk, whipped cream or homemade sour cream.
The filling can be made from raw, as well as stewed or boiled meat. Some housewives use raw minced meat, which is later mixed with onions and fried in vegetable oil. To give the baking a more piquant taste, add olives or smoked meats to the minced chicken.
Yeast dough
Most often, housewives use it to make pies with minced chicken. However, cooking requires not only a lot of time, but also strength. We are patient and proceed to prepare the dough. In one glass of milk, you need to dilute a couple of tablespoons of sugar and one tablespoon of flour. Add 25 g of pressed yeast there, mix thoroughly, cover with a towel and leave alone for 40 minutes.
As soon as the dough rises, mix it with three glasses of flour. Add three tablespoons of vegetable oil, two eggs and a pinch of salt. Knead the dough, form a ball and leave it warm for an hour.
Bakery products
Turn the risen dough with your hands into a long sausage. We cut it into pieces, from each we form a small cake. In the center we lay the prepared stuffing for minced chicken pies and wrap the pastries in any convenient way. Patties can be left for 20 minutes. When they rise, grease the top of the yellow component of the chicken egg and send it to bake in the oven. Cooking time - 20 minutes. The temperature is 200 degrees.
Puff pastry
If there is no desire or time to cook homemade yeast dough, you can always go to the nearest supermarket and buy a ready-made puff pastry. Before starting the preparation, it is recommended to defrost the dough in vivo without using a microwave. After that, a piece is cut into equal squares. The filling and a small piece of butter are placed in the center of each square. Gently fasten the edges, grease the top with egg yolk. Such pies with minced chicken are baked for about 15 minutes. at a temperature of 190 degrees.
Fresh pastry
To prepare this type of dough, non-fat sour cream (320 g), 800 g flour, 160 g softened butter and a teaspoon of salt are used. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed. After kneading, the dough is transferred to a bag or wrapped in cling film. We put it in the refrigerator for an hour and a half. Some recipes contain several other ingredients for unleavened dough: kefir, water, flour, eggs, butter and milk.
After resting, we take out the dough from the refrigerator, roll it into a layer about 3 cm thick. Cut it out using a mold or a glass of a circle. Grease them with an egg, put the filling in the center and fasten the edges. For greater juiciness, you can add to the filling a mixture of finely chopped greens and butter. Cooking pies with minced chicken from unleavened dough for 20 minutes. The temperature in the oven is classic - 180 degrees.
Options for meat filling for pies
Minced meat as a filling is always a win-win option. But sometimes you want to diversify and supplement it with something. We offer you a list of options that you can take note of and write in your home cookbook.
- Minced chicken, onion, boiled rice.
- Chicken fillet, onion, two boiled eggs, fresh herbs.
- Grated carrots, chicken, two onions, salt, boiled egg.
- Minced chicken, fried mushrooms, onions, fresh parsley or dill.