Chicken and Date Pastilla

Chicken and Date Pastilla
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Chicken and Date Pastillan a try. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 686 calories, 42g of protein, and 34g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up phyllo dough, parsley, chili flakes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

1
Heat the oil in a pan.
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Add the chicken, skin down, brown and set aside.
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3
Add the onions and saute until tender, about 7-12 minutes.
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Add the garlic, cumin, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, chili flakes, turmeric and saffron and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
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5
Put the chicken back in the pan along with the stock, cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked, about 30 minutes.
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6
Remove the chicken, let it cool and shred it.
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Put the chicken back in the pan along with the eggs, dates, raisins, cilantro and almonds, mix and season with salt and pepper.
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Place a sheet of phyllo on your working surface and brush with the olive oil.
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Place a sheet of phyllo on top forming a plus sign and brush with olive oil and repeat until all sheets are done.
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Place the phyllo into a 9 inch spring form pan, fill with the chicken mixture and fold the overhanging phyllo over the top sealing the pie.
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11
Brush the top with olive oil.
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Bake in a preheated 375F/190C oven until golden brown, about 30-40 minutes.
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Let cool and dust with icing sugar and cinnamon.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings6
Health Score30
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