Chicken Pot Pie in Filo
- 6 ounces sugar snap peas, trimmed and sliced into 1-inch lengths or 1 cup sugar snap pea
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 leek, trimmed and washed, cut white part only into small dice
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup hot chicken broth
- 12 tablespoon minced fresh dill
- salt
- pepper
- 2 sheets phyllo dough
- Blanch sugar snap peas in boiling water 1 minute.
- Drain well and set aside.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium pan.
- Add leek to butter and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add chicken pieces and cook just to get rid of pink color, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.
- Add hot broth and cook and stir until thickened.
- Stir in dill, sugar snap peas and salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer 5 minutes.
- Turn off heat and set aside while preparing filo crust.
- Melt remaining 4 teaspoons butter.
- Using 1 filo sheet at a time, fold in half widthwise and brush with butter.
- Fold again to 6 by 8 inch rectangle.
- Brush again with butter.
- Fit filo into mini-souffle dish or cup that measures 4 inches across.
- Arrange filo in dish to create as large a space as possible for filling.
- Press dough against edges of dish.
- Repeat process with remaining sheet of dough.
- Spoon chicken mixture into both dishes, patting it down to get as much chicken into each dish as possible.
- Place dishes on small baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees until filo is golden and chicken is tender and bubbly, about 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
- Makes 2 servings.
sugar snap peas, butter, butter, chicken thighs, flour, chicken broth, dill, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-pot-pie-in-filo-511534 (may not work)