Chicken Fatayer

CHICKEN FATAYER

(Recipe Source ~ Arabic Bites)

Ingredients:

2 1/3 cups flour, unbleached, whole wheat, or a mixture of the two
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 Tablespoons yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup warm milk
3 Tablespoons oat flour

Method:

Place all ingredients in the bowl of mixer ,beat 10 minutes to make a soft dough.
Cover and let rise for 10 minutes.
Divide dough into 32 pieces. Roll each to a 9 cm round.
Fill each with 1-2 Tablespoons of chicken filling (or with the filling of your choice).
Place Fatayer onto oven trays.
Bake at 375 F about 20 minutes or until browned.

For the Chicken Filling:

(My own recipe)
(This filling is enough for about 15 fatayer or half amount of Fatayer recipe given above)

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts cubed
2 garlic cloves, sliced
Ginger-1”piece
Salt and pepper powder to taste

For the white sauce:

Butter -2 tbsp
All purpose flour/ Maida -2 tbsp
Milk -1 cup
Salt - to taste

Method:

Cook chicken breasts with garlic, ginger, pepper powder and enough salt, and when cool run in a food processor and keep aside.
Melt butter in a saucepan, stir in flour and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Whisk in milk and cook, stirring, over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until mixture thickens.
Lower the flame and add chicken and adjust the seasoning. Turn off the flame.
The filling should be of a spreadable consistency.