Chicken Börek Turkish Chicken Filled Pastry Recipes

CHICKEN BOREK RECIPE

Steps:

• Boil 2 cups of water in a deep pan, add into the chicken breast and cook until tender,
• Drain the chicken breast and shred with your hands or a rondo,
• Heat vegetable oil in a large pan,
• Add garlic and stir,
• Add tomato and cook for 5 mins.,
• Add salt and pepper and stir,
• Remove from heat and let cool,
• Spread one of the phyllo sheet on the counter,
• Brush with half of the tomato sauce,
• Spread half of the chicken and half of the cheese over and roll,
• Grease a 26 cm baking dish,
• Roll the rolled phyllo into the dish starting from the center,
• Prepare the second sheet with the remaining sauce, chicken and cheese and roll around the first sheet,
• Beat egg yolk and yogurt together,
• Brush the borek with the mixture,
• Sprinkle sesame seeds and black cumin on top,
• Bake in 170 C degrees pre-heated oven until golden.

TAVUK BOREK (TURKISH CHICKEN PASTRIES)

Steps:

• Steam the chicken breast over boiling water for 10-15 minutes, or until cooked, set aside to cool; then, once cooled, remove the skin and bones and finely chop the flesh.
• Heat the butter, add the flour and cook over a moderate heat for a few minutes, stirring. Gradually add the milk, bring to the boil, then immediately lower the heat and simmer over a low heat for 2 minutes and add the cinnamon and raisins and season to taste with salt and pepper. Then set aside to cool, covering the surface with a piece of plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming. When the sauce is cool, stir through the chicken.
• Cut the pastry lengthways into three strips. Cover with a tea towel. Take one strip of pastry, brush lightly with oil and place a little filling at one end. Fold over end and sides and roll up neatly. Place seam side down on a greased baking tray. Repeat with remaining pastry and filling. Brush tops with a little oil and bake in a moderate oven (180°C; 350°F) for 20-25 minutes, or until golden.
• Serve warm.
• Note: To make the Borek as a main meal make double the quantity of filling, by following the instructions in steps 1 and 2. Leave the pastry whole, and use 3 lightly oiled sheets to line the base of a suitable lightly oiled pan. Once the filling mixture has cooled, place it over the pastry and cover it with 3 more lightly oiled sheets. Sprinkle it with water and lightly score the surface. Bake as in step 3 but for 35-40 minutes, or until golden.

CHICKEN BöREK (TURKISH CHICKEN FILLED PASTRY)

Steps:

• Making the dough: - combine water, milk, oil, 1 tsp salt , egg and yeast in a large bowl - slowly mix in flour and kneed with hands until a soft, slightly sticky dough is formed (add or reduce flour slightly as necessary) - cover and set aside to rise for at least ten minutes Cooking the chicken: - brown chicken on high heat in a large fry pan with about a tablespoon of olive oil - add onion, garlic, salt and pepper to taste (~1 Tbs each) and cumin, stir and cook on medium heat for about 3-4 minutes - add pepper paste, tomato and parsley and cook for a further 3-4 minutes Creating the pastry filled rolls: - separate the dough into three equal sized lots - roll the dough flat to almost translucent thin (see photo) - spread 1/3 of the chicken mix evenly across the surface - from opposite ends, roll the dough into a cylinder (about 1/2 inch diameter) until each end meets in the center - scoop up double cylinder pastry and place in lightly oiled baking tray - repeat for remaining two dough lots - bake at 350°F for approximately 30 minutes (pastry should be golden brown and flakey) Serve with a yoghurt based sauce or spicy chili sauce and a fresh garden salad. Will serve four.