Pasteles de Pollo con Verduras (Colombian-Style Chicken Pastries)

Pasteles de Pollo con Verduras (Colombian-Style Chicken Pastries)

from mycolombianrecipes.com

Pasteles (Colombian-Style Pastries) are a popular snack in Colombian bakeries, school cafeterias and coffee houses. We have different variations of both sweet and salty pasteles. These Pasteles de Pollo are made with puff pastry and stuffed with shredded chicken breast, spices and vegetables, and served with ají or avocado sauce. They can be eaten for.

Ingredients

  • 1 packagefrozen puff pastry sheets (thawed)
  • 2 tablespoonsbutter
  • ½ cuponion (finely chopped)
  • ½ cupred bell pepper (finely chopped)
  • 3garlic cloves (crushed)
  • 1 largecarrot (peeled and shredded)
  • ½ teaspoonground cumin
  • 2chicken breast (cooked and shredded)
  • ½ cuppeas
  • ¼chicken broth
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1egg (beaten with 1 tablespoon of water)

Directions

  1. 1

    Melt the butter in a sauce pan.

  2. 2

    Add the onions, carrots, bell pepper, garlic, and cumin. Cook for 7 minutes over medium low heat, stirring occasionally.

  3. 3

    Add the shredded chicken, salt and pepper and stir well. Add the broth and peas; continue cooking over low heat for another 5 minutes.Let the chicken filling cool down.

  4. 4

    Preheat an oven to 400°F. Flour a clean, dry counter top or other flat working surface. Lay out the puff pasty on the floured surface. Flour the top of the dough. Roll out the puff pastry until it is half as thick (about 1/8-inch).

  5. 5

    Using a large cookie cutter, cut into 24 circles and brush the edges of each circle with the egg. A little off center of 12 circles, place about 2 tablespoons of the filling. Place another circle on top to enclose the filling.

  6. 6

    rimp the edges with a fork or your fingers. Repeat with the remaining pasteles, placing them on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet as you go. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and puffy.