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Chicken Salad in Pastry Puffs




Source of Recipe


Bankermom


Recipe Introduction


These are always a hit, and super easy to make. (I cooked the chicken, threw the salad together, toasted the almonds, and made and baked the puffs, all within an hour. Had nothing left to do the next day but stir in the nuts and stuff the puffs!)



List of Ingredients




Yields: about 50 cocktail size puffs

Chicken Salad Ingredients:
2 c. cooked* chicken, roughly diced
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup coleslaw dressing
6 mandarin orange sections (canned), chopped
1/2 cup white raisins
2 tbsp Major Gray Mango Chutney
5-6 strips bacon, crumbled
1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted

*to quickly cook up the chicken, poach it in water with a rib of celery, and a small onion, quartered.

Chicken Salad Method:
Combine mayo & coleslaw dressing. Mix with meat.
Add orange sections, raisins, chutney, toasted almonds and bacon.

Pastry Puffs:
1 cup water
1/2 cup sweet, unsalted, butter
1 tsp salt
1 cup sifted, unbleached, all-purpose flour
4 eggs

Recipe



Pastry Puff Method:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine water, butter and salt in small saucepan and bring to boil. Remove pan from heat, pour in flour all at once. Stir well to combine and return to medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until sticky and pulls away from sides in a ball. Remove pan from heat and cool for about 1 minute. Stir in eggs --- one at a time --- making sure the first one is completely incorporated before adding second. Beat vigorously at end. Lightly grease baking sheet. Drop batter on sheet by small spoonfuls. Set baking sheet in middle rack and reduce heat to 375 degrees. Bake for 20 minutes or until they have puffed and are firm and golden brown. Remove puffs from oven. Using a small knife, immediately cut a slit in the side of each puff to allow steam to escape. (Puffs will be soggy if this is not done.) Cool puffs completely before filling (or storing.) Garnish serving plate with green leaf lettuce and sliced mangos.

NOTE: All of this can be done the day ahead. Add almonds day of. Store puffs in air-tight container if making ahead.