Curried Chicken Turnovers Recipes

CURRIED CHICKEN TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Stir fry chicken and shrimps in hot oil for 1 minute. Add water chestnuts, mushrooms and cilantro. Add seasonings. Cook for another minute. Set aside to cool.
• Flatten each biscuit to make a 3 inch circle. Place 1 tablespoon of chicken filling in center of each circle. Fold to make a half moon; pinch edges to seal.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375°F for 10 minutes or until golden.

EASY CURRY CHICKEN HAND PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Add butter to a skillet over medium high heat. Toss in celery, onion, and carrots and stir to coat in the butter.
• Cook for approximately 5 minutes or until veggies are tender and fragrant.
• Stir in the flour and curry powder and stir to coat. Once the veggies are all coated and a paste forms, stir in the chicken broth. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low. Allow to thicken for about 1-2 minutes, then remove from the heat.
• Stir in the sour cream and the sliced chicken breast. Set aside.
• Lightly flour a work surface and roll out the puff pastry sheets. Use the bottom of a glass or a 3" round cookie cutter to cut out circles in the dough. The two sheets should yield about 18 circles total.
• Add 1 tablespoon of the chicken mixture to one half of each circle. Moisten the edge of each circle with a small amount of water, and then fold over the dough to cover the mixture
• and press to close. Use a fork to close each hand pie. Lay each completed hand pie on a greased baking sheet, about 1" apart.
• Repeat with remaining dough.
• In a small bowl, combine whisked egg and water. Brush each hand pie with egg mixture and then sprinkle lightly with flake sea salt.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until crisped and golden. Serve warm.
• Enjoy!

CHICKEN TURNOVERS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the chicken, cheese, celery, onion, salt and pepper. Separate crescent dough into eight triangles; top each with chicken mixture. Fold dough over and seal edges. , Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 13-17 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

CURRIED CHICKEN OR LAMB TURNOVERS

Steps:

• 1. Place everything (except the flour, puff pastry, and the egg wash) in a large nonstick skillet or saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring and breaking up any lumps in the ground chicken, until golden, about 5 minutes. If using lamb, cook an extra 5 to 7 minutes. Reserve the pan.2. Let the meat cool until it is safe enough to handle, about 15 minutes, then transfer to a food processor, add the flour, and process to make it as smooth as possible. Return to the pan and cook about 5 minutes to bind the filling and remove the raw taste of the flour.3. Divide the filling into two equal parts, one for each pastry sheet. Thaw the pastry sheets at room temperature, until they are slightly softened but still cold to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes.4. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a baking sheet. On a lightly floured surface, working with each pastry sheet separately, unfold and gently roll it with a rolling pin to make it smooth. Then cut each sheet into 12 squares. Roll each square to make it slightly larger. Baste the edges with water, place 1 tablespoon of filling in the center of each square and fold one corner over the filling to the diagonal corner to form a triangle. Seal the edges by pressing with the back of a fork.5. Brush the top of each turnover with the beaten egg and then poke a few holes with a fork so the steam can escape. Place the turnovers on the baking sheet and bake until puffed and golden, about 20 minutes. Transfer to cooling racks. Serve hot or at room temperature.VARIATION: Put filling into 6 to 8 small bell peppers or 8 to 10 small tomatoes and bake in a preheated 400°F oven until the peppers (or tomatoes) are soft, about 30 minutes.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.