Chicken Filled Croissants recipe

Chicken Filled Croissants recipe

Ingredients

For chicken filling:
Chicken ½ kg (boneless)
Soya sauce 2 tbsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Hot chilli sauce 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds ½ tbsp
All spice powder ¼ tsp
Onion 1 (chopped)
Garlic paste 1 tsp
Oil 3 tbsp
For croissants:
Flour 2 cups (sifted)
Salt ½ tsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Instant yeast 1 tsp
Butter or vegetable oil 4 tbsp + for brushing
Milk (warm) according to flour quantity
Egg 1 (beaten)
Sesame seeds 1 tbsp

Cooking Instructions

Chicken for Filling:
Heat oil in a pan and add the onions and fry until they become transparent.

Add the garlic paste and chicken and fry.

Then add soya sauce, hot chilli sauce, cumin seeds, all spice powder and lemon juice.

When the chicken becomes tender remove it from flame.

For croissants:
Mix the sugar and dry yeast in ¼ cup of luke warm water and put it aside until frothy.

In a bowl take flour, salt, oil or butter and yeast mixture and mix.

Knead well and make smooth dough with warm milk.

Now make a ball of the dough and apply a little oil on it and cover with a damp muslin cloth and leave it for an hour.

Flatten the ball on a floured surface and make a round circle using a rolling pin.

Brush the circle with butter or oil and using pizza cutter or knife make quarters and then make 8 triangles.

Take a single triangle and put chicken mixture on the broad side make a little cut on the tip of triangle for design.

Then roll it like a spring roll, slightly press the edges to seal them and make the croissant shape.

Brush the surface of the croissants with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired.

Then bake for 15 minutes on 180°C.

Serve hot.