← All recipes
🍽️ Moroccan-style Chicken Pie
832 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
Cook this free in the MyFoody app →
Ingredients
- 1 roast chicken
- 5 sheets filo dough
- 3 onions
- 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
- 250 g almond kernels
- 2 tbsp gum arabic (pharmacy)
- 3 tbsp sugar-cinnamon mixture
- 5 tbsp rose water
- saffron powder
- saffron threads
- 2 eggs
- 125 g butter
- 1 tsp ginger powder
Instructions
- 1. Break down the roast chicken into individual pieces.
- 2. Peel the onions and dice them finely.
- 3. Wash the parsley and chop it finely.
- 4. Blanch the almonds briefly in boiling water (cook briefly in boiling water).
- 5. Remove the skin from the almonds.
- 6. Lightly toast the almonds in a pan with a little oil.
- 7. Grease a muffin tray with 12 to 16 cups.
- 8. Line the tray with two long strips of phyllo dough.
- 9. Let the edges of the dough overhang.
- 10. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Celsius.
- 11. Heat oil in a pot.
- 12. Season the chicken pieces with pepper, salt, saffron threads, saffron powder, and ginger powder.
- 13. Sear the seasoned chicken pieces over high heat.
- 14. Add just enough water to cover the meat.
- 15. Let the meat simmer gently.
- 16. Cook the meat until it easily separates from the bones.
- 17. Remove the chicken pieces from the pot.
- 18. Let the meat drain.
- 19. Remove the skin from the cooked chicken.
- 20. Shred the meat into small pieces.
- 21. Return the meat to the pot along with some cooking liquid.
- 22. Heat oil in a non-stick pan.
- 23. Sauté the diced onions in the pan.
- 24. Add the chopped parsley.
- 25. Deglaze with a splash of rose water.
- 26. Add a mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
- 27. Season with a pinch of salt.
- 28. Drain the resulting liquid.
- 29. Whisk the eggs.
- 30. Add the whisked eggs to the shredded chicken.
- 31. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring.
- 32. Place the mixture in a sieve.
- 33. Let the mixture drain well.
- 34. Place the roasted almonds and gum arabic into a blender.
- 35. Grind the almonds finely.
- 36. Mix the almond flour with the sugar-cinnamon mixture.
- 37. Add 2 tablespoons of rose water.
- 38. Fold the almond mixture into the meat mixture.
- 39. Brush the phyllo dough with a little melted butter.
- 40. Spread half of the meat mixture onto the dough.
- 41. Place another layer of phyllo dough on top.
- 42. Spread the parsley mixture on top.
- 43. Place another layer of phyllo dough on top.
- 44. Spread the remaining meat mixture.
- 45. Brush the surface again with butter.
- 46. Cover the pie with the overhanging dough pieces.
- 47. Place the pie in the preheated oven for 5 to 6 minutes.
- 48. Dust the pie with the cinnamon-sugar mixture 1 to 2 minutes before the end of the baking time.
- 49. Finish baking the pie.
- 50. Serve the pie warm.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 832
- Protein: 54 g · Fett/Fat: 57 g · Carbs: 26 g