Aug
07
Filipino Recipes – Chicken Pastel Recipe – Pinoy Food
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Often topped with a pie crust, chicken pastel is a truly satisfying dish that is served during fiestas in the Philippines. It is a tasty combination of flavors that would please even someone with a very picky palate. I tried cooking it myself during my son’s birthday last April and a friend approached me asking if I could share the recipe with her. Of course, I gave her a copy and she said that it became an instant favorite among her kids.
If you are looking for a special chicken recipe, this is something that you should try.
Ingredients:
- 1 young chicken
- 1 Spanish sausage (Chorizo de Bilbao)
- 1 can Vienna sausage
- 1 can drained peas
- 1 lemon
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 hard-boiled eggs
- 6 tbsp butter
- 5 cups cold water
- pie crust
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Cooking Instructions:
- Dress and debone the young chicken. Slice into small pieces and place in a bowl. Squeeze the lemon into the chicken and add the soy sauce. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- Place the chicken with marinade in a saucepan with water, salt and pepper. Simmer until the chicken is tender and most of the liquid has evaporated.
- Slice the hard-boiled eggs, Vienna sausage and chorizo. Fry cooked chicken and chorizo in butter until color turns brown. Remove from the pan and place in a Pyrex serving dish with the remaining sauce.
- Arrange the sliced Vienna sausage, peas and eggs on top of the chicken and let cool.
- Cover top with pie crust. Press edges. Bake in moderate oven until brown. Serve hot.
