Spicy Chicken Phyllo Rolls Recipes

SPICY CHICKEN PHYLLO ROLLS

Steps:

• Bring broth or water to a boil and add chicken breasts in one layer.
• Reduce heat and poach chicken at a bare simmer for 7 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and cool chicken in poaching liquid for 20 minutes.
• (You can use cooked, left over chicken just as well.).
• Cut chicken into 1/4 inch cubes.
• In a large bowl, stir together chicken, sour cream, scallions, lime juice, jalapeno, cumin and then salt and pepper to taste.
• Chill filling, covered, at least 2 and up to 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400°F and lightly coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
• On a work furface, arrange 1 phyllo rectangle with short side facing you and lightly brush with egg wash.
• Put 1 heaping tablespoon filling in center of lower third of rectangle and fold long sides of phyllo over filling to cover.
• Lightly brush folded phyllo with egg wash and roll up egg roll fashion.
• Make more rolls with remaining phyllo and filling, brushing with egg wash in the same manner.
• Arrange rolls, seam side down, on baking sheets and bake in batches in middle of oven 20-30 minutes, or until golden.
• Serve with salsa.

SPICY CHICKEN PHYLLO ROLLS

Steps:

• In a deep 12-inch skillet bring broth or water to a boil and add chicken breasts in one layer. Reduce heat and poach chicken at a bare simmer, turning once, 7 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and cool chicken in poaching liquid 20 minutes. Cut chicken into 1/4-inch cubes.
• In a large bowl stir together chicken, sour cram, scallion, lime juice, jalapeño, cumin, and salt and pepper to taste. Chill filling, covered, at least 2 and up to 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400°F and lightly coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
• On a work surface arrange 1 phyllo rectangle with a short side facing you and lightly brush with egg wash. Put 1 heaping tablespoon filling in center of lower third of rectangle and fold long sides of phyllo over filling to cover. Lightly brush folded phyllo with egg wash and roll up jelly-roll fashion. Make more rolls with remaining phyllo and filling, brushing with egg wash in same manner.
• Arrange rolls, seam side down, on baking sheets and bake in batches in middle of oven 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden. Serve rolls with salsa if desired.

MOROCCAN STYLE CHICKEN PHYLLO ROLLS

Steps:

• Cook onion in oil along with salt, cumin, ginger, turmeric, pepper, and coriander in 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until softened, about 5 minute.
• Add chicken, broth, water, and cinnamon stick and simmer, covered, turning chicken over once, until meat is very tender, about 45 min total.
• Transfer chicken with tongs to a bowl, reserving liquid.
• When chicken is cool enough to handle, shred; discarding skin and bones and transfer to a large bowl.
• Tranfer the cooking liquid to a 2 cup glass measuring cup (do not clean the saucepan) and let stand 1 min, then skim off fat and discard cinnamon stick.
• Return liquid to saucepan and simmer over medium high heat, uncovered, until reduced to about 1/4 cup (liquid will look like a glaze in bottom of pan), about 8 minute.
• Stir in the shredded chicken along with the chopped toasted almonds.
• Reserve 2 Tbs beaten egg in a cup for egg wash; lightly season the remaining egg with salt and pepper, then cook in 1/2 Tbs butter in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat, stirring until just set but still slightly soft.
• Stir the scrambled egg into the filling.
• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 450ºF.
• Put 1 phyllo sheet on a work surface, keeping remaining phyllo covered with a damp kitchen towel.
• Brush the 1 sheet GENEROUSLY with melted butter.
• Evenly sift 1/4 tsp cinnamon over the butter phyllo using a fine mesh sieve, then top with another phyllo sheet and GENEROUSLY brush with butter.
• Cut the phyllo sheets in half, then arrange one half in front of you to work with.
• Spread 1/4 cup chicken filling in a narrow strip along the edge nearest you, then roll up filling tightly in phyllo.
• Before completing the roll, brush the remaining edge with butter to seal. No need to fold or seal the ends, just leave them open.
• Transfer roll, seam side down, to a cutting board set inside a baking pan (to help contain mustard seeds when sprinkled).
• Make another roll with remaining half of phyllo sheets.
• Make 6 more rolls in same manner, transferring to cutting board.
• Lightly brush top of rolls with egg wash and immediately sprinkle with mustard seeds, pressing lightly on seeds to help adhere.
• Cut each roll crosswise into 4 pieces and arrange pieces 1-inch apart on 2 baking sheets.
• Bake for 12 min, switching position of baking sheets after 6 min until phyllo is golden brown.
• Transfer rolls to a rack to cool slightly.

SPICY CHICKEN PHYLLO ROLLS RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray two baking sheets with nonstick spray. 2. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, onion, chilies, taco seasoning and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat, until the chicken is browned and any liquid has completely evaporated, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese, sour cream, cilantro and scallions, mixing with a fork until well blended. 3. Place one sheet of phyllo with the short side facing you on a work surface. (Cover remaining phyllo with plastic wrap to keep from drying out.) Lightly spray the phyllo sheet with nonstick spray, then fold it in half lengthwise. Place about 2 tablespoons of filling in the center of the bottom end of the phyllo. Roll up jelly-roll fashion. Place the roll, seam-side down, on the baking sheet. Lightly spray the roll with nonstick spray. 4. Repeat with remaining phyllo sheets, filling and cooking spray to make a total of 16 rolls. 5. Bake until the filling is hot and the rolls are lightly golden, 20-25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes, then cut each roll in half. Serve with the salsa. NUTRITION INFORMATION Per serving [2 rolls (4 halves) with 2 tablespoons of salsa]: 390 calories; 17 g total fat (2.5 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat); 60 mg cholesterol; 390 mg sodium; 31 g total carbohydrate; 3 g dietary fiber; 22 g protein Dietary exchanges: 2 starch, 1 medium-fat meat, 1 lean meat, 11/2 fat, 1/2 vegetable

SPICY CHICKEN ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In bowl mix chicken, cheese, chilies, chili powder and garlic powder.
• Unfold dough.
• Remove 1 dough sheet leaving remaining dough covered with plastic.
• Brush with margarine.
• Repeat with 3 more sheets, stacking each on the top of the previous sheet.
• Cut stack in half crosswise into 2 rectangles.
• Place about 1 cup chicken mixture on long edge of each rectangle.
• Fold 1 inch of each short edge over chicken mixture.
• Starting at edge with chicken mixture, roll tightly.
• Place seam-side down on baking sheet.
• Brush with margarine.
• Repeat with remaining sheets and chicken mixture.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
• Slice each roll into 4 pieces.