Spiced Chicken Filo Pie

Name: Spiced Chicken Filo Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters almonds; 6 Tbsps butter, melted; 2 kilograms chicken (about , neck and giblets removed, cut into 8 pieces (see notes); 6 larges eggs; 1 liters fat-skimmed chicken broth; 454 grams package filo dough, thawed (see notes); 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped; 1 teaspoon granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 227 grams onion , peeled and chopped; 0 teaspoons About pepper; 2 Tbsps powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons About salt; 2 teaspoons turmeric

Spiced Chicken Filo Pie requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 863 calories, 54g of protein, and 54g of fat each. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have eggs, salt, fat-skimmed chicken broth, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Place almonds in a 10-inch baking pan.

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Almonds

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Baking Pan

Bake in a 350 regular or convection oven until golden beneath skins, about 10 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool. In a food processor, pulse almonds with 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon and the granulated sugar until coarsely chopped (or coarsely chop with a knife).

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Granulated Sugar

Cinnamon

Almonds

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Food Processor

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Rinse chicken. In a 5- to 6-quart pot, combine chicken, broth, onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and cloves. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat, cover, and simmer until chicken is tender when pierced, about 45 minutes.

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Turmeric

Whole Chicken

Clove

Garlic

Ginger

Broth

Onion

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Pot

Pour chicken mixture through a strainer set over a large bowl; return strained broth to pan. With your fingers, remove skin from chicken and pull meat from bones; discard skin and bones. Shred chicken into bite-size pieces.

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Meat

Broth

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Sieve

Bowl

Frying Pan

Mix chicken and strained onion in a bowl and moisten with about 2 tablespoons broth. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Broth

Onion

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Bowl

Let cool; if desired, cover and chill up to 1 day.

Bring broth in pan to a simmer over medium-high heat; reduce heat to maintain simmer. In a bowl, beat eggs to blend with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.

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Pepper

Broth

Egg

Salt

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Add eggs to broth; stir gently until set, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Broth

Egg

Pour through a strainer into another bowl; reserve broth for other uses.

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Broth

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Sieve

Bowl

Let eggs cool.

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Egg

Lightly brush the inside of a shallow 3- to 3 1/2-quart casserole or baking dish with melted butter.

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Place one 13- by 17-inch sheet of filo in dish so that it covers the bottom and sides of casserole and hangs over the edge slightly.

Brush sheet lightly with butter. Repeat to layer and butter three more sheets.

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Butter

Sprinkle half the almond mixture evenly over filo in bottom of casserole; spread chicken mixture over nuts.

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Whole Chicken

Almonds

Spread

Nuts

Cut four sheets of filo in half crosswise to make eight 8 1/2- by 13-inch rectangles. One at a time, brush four half-sheets with butter and layer them over chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Sprinkle remaining half of the almond mixture over filo and arrange egg mixture evenly over nuts. Fold in overhanging edges of filo and top with four more buttered half-sheets, tucking any overhanging edges into sides of casserole.

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Almonds

Nuts

Egg

Brush top layer with butter.

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Butter

Bake pie in a 375 regular or convection oven until top is well browned, 35 to 40 minutes.

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Oven

Mix powdered sugar with remaining 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and sift evenly over top of pie.

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