Chicken Spinach And Feta Filo Parcels Recipes

CHICKEN, ROASTED PUMPKIN, SPINACH AND FETA FILO PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C or 180°C fan-forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Place pumpkin, in a single layer, on prepared tray and lightly spray with oil. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until tender.
• Meanwhile, lightly spray a large frying pan with oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes or until softened. Add chicken and cook, turning, for 3-4 minutes or until browned. Add cumin, paprika and honey and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Set aside to cool.
• Place spinach in a large heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water and set aside for 1 minute or until wilted. Drain. Rinse under cold water. Drain well and squeeze out excess water. Roughly chop.
• Combine roasted pumpkin, chicken mixture, spinach and feta in a large bowl. Lightly spray 1 sheet of filo with oil. Top with another sheet of filo and spray with a little more oil. Fold stack in half crossways. Place one-quarter of the chicken mixture along 1 long edge of filo. Fold in ends of filo and roll to enclose filling. Repeat with remaining filo and chicken mixture to make 4 parcels.
• Line a baking tray with baking paper. Place parcels on prepared tray, lightly spray with oil and bake for 20 minutes or until crisp and golden. Serve.

CHICKEN, SPINACH AND FETA FILO PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190.C fanbake.
• Heat a large frypan over medium heat, add olive oil and sauté sliced onion for 5 minutes until softened. Stir in crushed garlic then add baby spinach.
• Keep stirring until the spinach has wilted then add the chicken.
• Turn off the heat and crumble in the feta and then crack in the eggs.
• Season well with salt and pepper then stir everything to combine.
• Set aside to cool slightly before wrapping in the filo.
• Place one sheet of filo onto a board and spray with oil. Layer over another sheet of filo and spray again.
• Place 1/2 cup of chicken mixture in a line 5cm from one end, fold in the sides and then roll up the filo, spraying oil in between each fold. Roll up the remaining filo parcels. Spray the top with oil and sprinkle over sesame seeds.
• Bake for 30 minutes until golden and cooked through.
• Serve hot with a fresh garden salad.

CHICKEN, SPINACH AND FETA PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Lightly grease an oven tray.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan on medium. Saute leek 4-5 minutes, until tender. Remove from heat and stir spinach through.
• Transfer leek mixture to a bowl with chicken, feta, eggs and lemon zest. Mix well. Season to taste.
• Working with 2 sheets of filo pastry at a time, layer on a clean surface, spraying each with oil. Fold in halves.
• Spoon one-sixth of chicken mixture into centre of pastry. Fold sides over and roll up to form a parcel. Place, seam-side down, on tray. Spray with oil. Repeat with remaining pastry and filling.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, until pastry is crisp. Serve with salad and lemon wedges.

KUMARA, SPINACH AND FETA PARCELS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180 degrees.
• Cut the kumara into very small cubes. place in a saucepan containing the chicken stock and water and cook until tender.
• Place the cooked Kumara into a large bowel.
• Retain the stock from the kumara and to it add chopped onion and frozen spinach. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until the spinach has defrosted.
• Remove from heat and pour spinach and onion mixture into a seive to allow excess water to be squeezed out.
• Add the spinach and onion to the kumara. Add Garam Masala and 1 tblsp sesame seeds. Mix together.
• Take 3 sheets of Filo and lay on top of each other. (Use a clean, dry, flat surface).
• Into the middle of the filo place half the kumara and spinach mixture.
• Sprinkle over half the sliced olives and half the crumbled feta.
• Fold the filo like a parcel, sealing the edges with a brush of milk.
• Brush milk over top af parcel and sprinkle sesame seeds (optional).
• Place in oven for 30 minutes or until the Filo is Golden brown.
• I served this with tomato and chive salad.

SPINACH AND FETA PHYLLO PARCELS

Steps:

• Squeeze spinach dry.
• Combine spinach, cottage and feta cheeses, pine nuts, egg, garlic and nutmeg in a bowl. Mix well.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• To make each 'parcel', place a sheet of phyllo on a flat surface.
• Brush with melted butter, Top with another sheet of phyllo, brush again with melted butter, then fold in half to make a rectangle.
• Spoon spinach mixture along one narrow end of the pastry.
• Fold edges in and roll up to encase filling.
• Place parcels on an oven tray brushed with butter.
• Brush parcels with remaining butter.
• Bake at 190°C for 12-15 minutes until golden.

CHICKEN, SPINACH AND FETA FILO PIE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the onion and chicken and cook, stirring, until the chicken is cooked through.
• Over a medium heat, add the garlic and then half the spinach. Continue to stir. When that half is wilted, add the second half. Once this is cooked through, place in a colander or sieve over a bowl and allow to cool. Discard any liquid that drains off.
• Once cool, place in a bowl and mix through the eggs, feta and nutmeg and season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Pre-heat over to 200C/180C if fan assisted. Melt the butter.
• Take a circular oven-proof dish or springform tin, approximately 8 to 9 inches in diameter. Lay one sheet of filo across the dish, so that one side and the base is covered, and the rest hangs over the other side. Brush well with melted butter, then lay another sheet of filo in a similar way, at ninety degrees to the first. Repeat with the other two, so that there's an overhang in each of four directions. This will be used to cover the filling.
• Place the filling in the dish, on top of the pastry. Bring one of the ends of the pastry over the filling. Brush with butter, fold another over and repeat until all four ends are covering the top of the pie. Brush the top with butter and pop in the oven for 20-30 minutes, until the top is golden brown.
• Let sit for 5 minutes before serving, to prevent it breaking up.