Despite its name, the chicken can be cooked not only with chicken meat, but also with minced pork, beef, lamb, and any other, at the discretion of the hostess. A feature of this pie is the laying out of the filling. The main rule of the kurnik is evenly laid layers. Moreover, in some recipes, between the layers provides the addition of pancakes or pita bread.

Classic puff pastry chicken

In a classic henhouse made of puff pastry, the filling is divided by pancakes. Therefore, before you start, you need to bake them, or buy a ready-made analog. This will not affect the taste of the dish.

Ingredients for the classic henhouse with pancakes:

  • chicken meat (boil) - about 0.5 kg;
  • puff pastry - 1 pack (500 grams);
  • boiled rice - ¼ kg;
  • butter - 50 grams;
  • champignons - 200 grams;
  • chicken eggs (boil) - 2 pieces;
  • salt to taste;
  • fresh dill.

Stages of cooking:

  1. If the pancakes were not bought in advance, then first of all it is necessary to start the dough and bake 4 pancakes. While they cool, you can proceed to cooking the main dish.
  2. Since the filling of the chicken coop is laid out in layers, each should be kneaded in a separate bowl. The first layer will consist of finely chopped eggs, dill and butter. Mix all ingredients and add a little salt.
  3. The second layer will go mushrooms, fried with onions in a preheated pan for 20 minutes.
  4. Check the chicken meat, if necessary, separate from the bones and chop finely.
  5. Divide the packaging of puff pastry into 2 equal parts. Roll the first one to the desired size in the form of a circle and put on a baking sheet, greased with vegetable oil.
  6. Put the first layer of eggs. Add 1/3 of the previously cooked rice. Put 2 pancakes on top. If desired, grease with sour cream.
  7. Put the second layer: mushrooms. Sprinkle 1/3 of the rice. Close pancakes.
  8. The last ones are chicken and the remnants of rice groats.
  9. The cake is closed with 2 parts of puff pastry. The edges should be tightly pinched so that the juice and filling do not flow out onto the baking sheet.

In order for the kurnik to turn golden, grease the upper part with one beaten chicken egg. The cake is baked in a preheated oven for 35 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

Chicken and Potato Recipe

Before you start cooking the chicken meat from puff yeast dough, you need to prepare important ingredients. For the recipe, you will need to fry the chicken until cooked, fry the onion until golden brown, fry the mushrooms (preferably champignons), boil the potatoes and make mashed potatoes from it.

Thus, it turns out:

  • chicken meat - 500 grams;
  • mushrooms - 300 grams;
  • medium onions - 4 pieces;
  • puff pastry - 1 pack;
  • mashed potatoes - 400 grams;
  • pancakes - 3 pieces.

Cooking Instructions:

  1. Roll out the dough of the desired shape and put on a baking sheet, oiled.
  2. Start laying out the layers from the pancake.
  3. Put chicken on the pancake and close it with pancake again.
  4. Then comes a layer of potatoes with onions.
  5. Cover mashed potatoes with 1 pancake.
  6. Spread onion mushrooms and leftovers.

Close the pie with the remnants of puff pastry. Or initially roll out a large-sized form and after the ingredients have taken their place, collect the dough around the edges and wrap it on top. Spread the top edge with beaten egg yolk. The dish is fried in an oven, preheated to 200 degrees in 25 minutes.

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With cheese

A kurnik with ready-made puff pastry and cheese takes a little longer to cook than a classic recipe. The reason for this is to use raw potato toppings.
Ingredients:

  • finished puff pastry - packaging weighing 500 grams;
  • chicken fillet - 400 grams;
  • Bulgarian pepper - 1 piece;
  • hard cheese - 150 grams;
  • onion - 2 pieces;
  • medium-sized potatoes - 3 pieces;
  • butter - 40 grams;
  • salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking steps:

  1. It is recommended that you pre-marinate the chicken fillet with onion, pepper and salt. Stand the meat for about 15 to 20 minutes, after which you can start cooking.
  2. Sauté bell pepper and onion until golden brown.
  3. Washed and peeled potatoes cut into thin plates.
  4. Stir the potatoes with salt and pepper.
  5. Roll out one piece of puff pastry and place gently on a greased baking sheet.
  6. Put the finished filet. Add slices of butter.
  7. Grate 1 part of cheese, cover them with a mass of chicken meat.
  8. The next layer is potatoes and onions, fried with pepper.
  9. The filling is covered with the remains of grated cheese.

On top of the pie, put the rolled out second part of puff pastry, and carefully fix it with the base. Bake the chicken house at a temperature of 180 degrees for 40 minutes.

Mini - puff pastry chickens

Mini-chambers differ from the original in a smaller size. Cooking them fast and easy enough. Inside, you can put as a filling of chicken, and any other meat, such as pork. The main thing is to pre-boil until fully cooked.

Ingredients:

  • prepared meat - 400 grams;
  • mushrooms (champignons) - 300 grams;
  • small potatoes - 3 tubers;
  • onions - 2 pieces;
  • puff pastry - 1 pack;
  • salt, pepper - to taste;
  • vegetable oil;
  • butter.

To prepare mini-chambers it is important to follow the following instructions:

  1. Cut the boiled meat to the desired size.
  2. Cut mushrooms with onions, mix and fry until cooked.
  3. Thinly peeled potatoes, salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Roll out the puff pastry and make small circles. You can use a regular plate for this.
  5. In the middle of the base lay out layers of meat, mushrooms, potatoes.
  6. Pinch the dough so that an open circle of small diameter remains in the middle.
  7. Put pieces of butter in the center.

So do the rest of the chickens. After all the mini-pies are ready, put them on a greased baking sheet with vegetable oil, and put in a preheated oven.Wait until ready (usually about 35 minutes).

Chicken Stew

As mentioned earlier, you can cook a kurnik with any filling. In the piggy bank, the hostess must have a recipe for a chicken pie in a slow cooker with the addition of stewed cabbage.

Ingredients:

  • chicken fillet (boil) - 300 - 400 grams;
  • fresh cabbage (stew) - 250 grams;
  • mayonnaise;
  • puff pastry.

Step by step cooking:

  1. Roll out the puff pastry in the shape of a multicooker pan and put it on a greased surface.
  2. Lay out layers of chicken and stewed cabbage.
  3. Lubricate the filling with a small amount of mayonnaise.
  4. Close the pie with the rest of the dough, carefully fix.

Since the ingredients used in the recipes are ready, baking a chicken in a slow cooker will take about 25 minutes. Cooking mode “Baking”.

To make the kurnik fragrant and appetizing, you can experiment with its fillings: add this or that ingredient, take a layer from another recipe. A little effort, and the perfect pie will gather relatives and friends at the table.

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