Chicken and Date Pastilla

Name: Chicken and Date Pastilla
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 473 milliliters diced cooked chicken, about 2 breast halves; 4 servings Confectioners sugar; 118 milliliters chopped dates; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 118 milliliters reduced-sodium chicken broth; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 237 milliliters onion, thinly sliced; 8 sheets phyllo dough; 118 milliliters sliced pimento-stuffed olives; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sliced or slivered almonds

Chicken and Date Pastilla might be just the main course you are searching for. This dairy free recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 22g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 499 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 minutes. Head to the store and pick up eggs, chicken, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the ground cinnamon you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Twists as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

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Oven

Coat a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add onion and ginger and cook 3 minutes, or until soft.

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Ginger

Onion

Add cumin, coriander, cinnamon, salt, and black pepper and cook 1 minute, until spices are fragrant.

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Black Pepper

Coriander

Cinnamon

Spices

Cumin

Salt

Add chicken, olives and dates and cook 1 minute to heat through.

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Whole Chicken

Olives

Dates

Remove from heat.

In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and broth.

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Broth

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add to chicken mixture.

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Whole Chicken

Arrange 1 sheet of phyllo in the bottom of pie plate, allowing dough to hang over the edges. Spray with cooking spray and then top with another sheet of phyllo dough. Top with 1/3 of chicken mixture. Fold overhanging dough over chicken filling. Continue layering, using all sheets, 2 at a time, ending with phyllo dough, fold top sheets over, to cover the filling so nothing is hanging over the sides. Spray the surface with cooking spray and top with almonds.

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Cooking Spray

Filo Pastry