Recipes by Barbara Northwood

Italian chicken pies

Jun 24 02:36pm
Prep Time Cook Time Serves
25 mins 35 mins 12
Ingredients
  • 2 tsps olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 500g chicken mince
  • 535g can Ready To Serve
  • Italian Minestrone Soup
  • 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
  • 250g packet chicken-flavoured
  • 90-second microwave rice
  • 3 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 1 cup grated tasty cheese
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 2 tsps poppy seeds
  • Green salad, to serve

1. Grease two 6-hole Texas muffin pans.
2. Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add finely chopped onion. Cook, stirring occasionally,
until soft. Add chicken mince. Cook, stirring, until chicken changes colour. Add soup and vegetables, then bring to boil. Remove the pan from heat.
3. Add rice to chicken mixture and combine well. Allow to cool.
4. Cut pastry sheets into quarters. Line each hole of prepared pans with a pastry quarter. Divide chicken mixture among holes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bring over hanging pastry into centre of each pie. Brush pastry with egg. Sprinkle with poppy seeds.
5. Cook in a hot oven (200C) for about 35 minutes, or until pastry turns golden brown.
6. Serve hot pies with a green salad.

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