Ingredients ~
makes 2 giant (about 5-6 inches length) chicken puff or 4 smaller (3-4 inches length) puff
To Make Chicken Filling:
2 nos Chicken Breast - boiled and tear apart the flesh
1/2 tsp Grapeseed Oil
1/4 cup Onion - diced small
1 tbsp Curry Powder
1/4 cup Sweet Potato or Potato - diced
1/4 cup Water or Broth
1 no Egg - hard boiled & quartered
To Taste:
Salt
Pepper
To Make Puff Pastry:
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup Grapeseed Oil
1/4 cup Water
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
For Glazing:
1 egg yolk
Method:
To prepare filling:
1. Heat up cooking oil in a wok.
2. Add garlic and both onions. Saute or stir-fried until fragrant or onion turns transparent.
3. Add sweet potato and chicken. Stir for 2 minutes.
4. Grab a bowl. Place the curry powder and add water. Mix well and pour into wok.
5. Turn to medium heat and let all the ingredients to simmer for 10-15 minutes.
6. Add oyster sauce and season with salt, pepper and soy sauce. Cook until all the water is evaporated.
7. Cool the filling before place on pastry.
To prepare pastry puff:
1. Preheat oven at 375 degree Fahrenheit.
2. Grab a medium size bowl. Place flour, add salt, sugar and baking powder. Mix them well.
3. Pour in water and oil. Stir to mix.
4. Knead the dough for a couple of minutes.
5. Make into a ball and roll the dough flat and thin. Try to make an oval shape if possible so that the chicken puff will appear slightly shorter (than mine) and wider in the mid span.
To fold the chicken puff
6. Scoop in the filling and add 2 quartered hard-boiled egg. Wrap the pastry to close up the filling.
Togo into oven
7. Baste the pastry's surface with egg yolk.
8. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until the pastry is golden.
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