Rajah's Chicken- For- Lunch

  1. Heat oil in frying pan over medium heat
  2. Add minced garlic and stir-fry for about 30 seconds - don't burn the garlic!
  3. Add chicken and hot pepper flakes and stir-fry until meat changes colour but is not cooked through
  4. Remove chicken from heat
  5. In food processor,rough-chop cashews, apricots and raisins
  6. Add orange juice, soya sauce and curry powder
  7. (To make your own curry powder combine equal parts ground coriander, ground cumin, ground pepper, turmeric and ground ginger
  8. Sore in screw-top jar
  9. ) Whirl to combine
  10. Add cooked chicken to mixture in processor
  11. Chop to chunky paste
  12. Refrigerate chicken mixture for 1 hour
  13. Preheat oven to 350*F
  14. Brush 4 sheets of phyllo with melted butter and sprinkle each sheet with chopped basil
  15. Layer 4 sheets on top of each other
  16. (Keep phyllo not being used covered under a damp cloth
  17. )
  18. Cut the phyllo in half and place one half over the other
  19. Place phyllo in the bottom of a greased 9x13-inch baking pan and trim the edges if needed
  20. (I use scissors
  21. )
  22. Lightly spread the phyllo with one-third of the chicken mixture - about 1-1/2 cups
  23. Repeat the above twice more with another 4 sheets of phyllo, just lightly placing the next layer of pastry on top of the chicken mixture
  24. Finish with the last four sheets of phyllo
  25. Top off by brushing the top with remaining melted butter
  26. Score top layer of pastry into 4 portions
  27. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until an even, golden-brown
  28. While baking is in the oven, combine white wine and maple syrup in a small pan
  29. Simmer for approx 10 minutes, then remove from heat
  30. Allow to cool to room temperature
  31. On removing from oven, and while dish is still hot, pour wine syrup over-all to coat
  32. Cover and refrigerate overnight
  33. To serve, cut through scored lines
  34. Serve cold with a dab of chutney on top, a green salad on-the-side, and a glass of the remaining white wine

cooking oil, garlic, chicken breasts, hot pepper, cashews, apricot, raisins, orange juice, soya sauce, curry powder, pastry, butter, fresh basil leaf, maple syrup, white wine

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rajahs-chicken-for-lunch-116315 (may not work)

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