There is such a category of dishes as snack cakes. They are not sweet, often with meat or fish fillings, but have a beautiful appearance. For this they got their name. Pancake cake with chicken and mushrooms refers to just such. They cook it according to various recipes, based on their taste preferences. Sometimes accompanied by a layer of cheese, sometimes from mushrooms. There are also warm types of snacks, and cold, which are saturated with all the juices.
Simple Pancake Recipe
The basis of such cakes are pancakes. In order to cook them, you need to take:
- two eggs;
- a glass of milk;
- 1.5 cups flour;
- one tablespoon of butter;
- a third of a teaspoon of salt;
- half a tablespoon of sugar;
- vegetable or butter for frying.
To begin with, they hammer eggs in a bowl, add sugar and salt, and mix thoroughly. Pour the sifted flour. Knead the dough. Pour milk - it should be at room temperature. Melt the butter and add to the dough. Using a whisk, the batter is finally kneaded.
The pan is greased with oil, heated. Pancakes are baked.
Cake Topping
For this option, the stuffings use chicken stuffing. You can buy ready-made or make it yourself. For this recipe for a pancake cake with chicken and mushrooms, you need to cook:
- 600 grams of minced meat;
- onion head;
- ten medium champignons;
- 70 grams of hard cheese;
- a tablespoon with a slice of sour cream;
- salt and pepper to taste.
A little oil is heated in a pan. They clean the onion head, chop it finely. Fry until soft. Mushrooms are cut into slices, a couple can be left for decoration. Add to the onion, wait until they are browned. After adding the stuffing. Stir fry until tender.
Enter spices and about half a tablespoon of sour cream. Stew for a couple of minutes. Then remove the ingredients from the stove. Start collecting pancake cake with chicken, mushrooms and cheese.
To begin with, take a baking dish, carefully and grease it with oil. Spread a pancake, on it - a stuffing. Do this until the filling is over. The last pancake is smeared with sour cream, sprinkled with cheese. Decorate with slices of the remaining mushrooms.
Send a pancake cake with chicken and mushrooms in the oven for twenty minutes, slightly cool. This option is served warm snacks.
Cold appetizer: tasty and fast
You can cook pancakes according to the same recipe. For the filling take:
- 600 grams of mushrooms and chicken;
- onion head;
- 300 grams of sour cream;
- spices to taste;
- a bunch of parsley.
Boil the chicken in salted water. When it is ready, cool right in the broth. If you want the meat to be spicy, you can add bay leaf or allspice to the broth.
Finely chopped onion is fried in a small amount of vegetable oil. Add slices of mushrooms. Fry until tender. Cut fillets and greens. Using a blender, grind all the ingredients, add sour cream and spices. You should get a creamy mass.
Each pancake is greased with filling, do not forget about the sides of the pancake cake with mushrooms and chicken. Sent in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, so that the layers are saturated.
Cake with spicy filling
This option allows you to get a very original dish to taste. To prepare you need to take:
- 500 grams of champignons and chicken;
- ready-made pancakes;
- one medium carrot;
- a pair of onion heads;
- 380 grams of fat sour cream;
- a teaspoon of mustard;
- seasoning to taste;
- vegetable oil for frying ingredients.
Peeled vegetables. After the onion is finely chopped. Lightly fry it in vegetable oil until it becomes transparent. Chop the carrots with a fine grater, add to the onion, stir. Fry both ingredients until soft, slightly add and remove from the stove.
Mushrooms are cleaned, cut into cubes or slices, fried separately in vegetable oil until cooked.
Boil the chicken. You can use any part, not necessarily breast. Finished meat is separated from the bones, cut into strips.
Mix mustard with sour cream, add favorite seasonings and spices. Different types of pepper, dried herbs are great, you can put a clove of garlic, passed through a press. However, the piquancy of mustard is often quite enough.
Appetizing Cake Assembly
It's time to collect a pancake cake with chicken and mushrooms. The first pancake is smeared with sauce, a layer of chicken fillet is laid on it, and covered with a pancake. Again there is a layer of sauce, and then carrots with onions. The next level consists of sauce and mushrooms.
Layers of pancake cake with chicken and mushrooms alternate until the ingredients run out. The last pancake must be smeared with sauce. You can decorate such a cake with fresh herbs, chopped mushrooms, and circles of olives are also suitable.
Before serving, the snack cake is sent to the refrigerator for an hour, so that it becomes very tender, saturated with all the sauces.
Snack cakes can significantly diversify the diet. Often based on pancakes. Unsweetened options are chosen as the filling. Mushrooms and chicken meat go well. They allow you to get not only tasty, but also a satisfying dish. As a sauce, you can use sour cream or mayonnaise. But in the latter case, the cake will be more nutritious.