Chicken Vol Au Vent With Tomato Mango Relish A1 Recipes

CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENT WITH TOMATO MANGO RELISH #A1

Steps:

• For Chicken: Add 4 Boneless & Skinless Chicken Thighs, 1/2 cup A.1. Original Sauce, ¼ cup Olive Oil, 1 tablespoon Agave Nectar, 1 tablespoon minced Garlic, 1 tablespoon Fresh Tarragon, 2 chopped scallions, ½ teaspoon Salt and ¼ teaspoon Pepper to a zip top bag and place in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 1 hour before you are ready to cook. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken and marinade in an oven safe dish and cook 25-30 minutes, or until juices run clear. When it's cool enough to touch, chop the chicken into ½ inch cubes and return to the dish you cooked it inches.
• For Relish: Combine all tomato mango relish ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• For Sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, cook onion and mushrooms in butter 5 minutes, until soft. Add the flour and cook about 2 minutes until all the raw flour has cooked out and looks like wet sand. Add the Half & Half and bring to a boil. Then reduce to a simmer. Add the goat cheese and stir until it's melted. Add the peas, carrots, chopped chicken, any remaining marinade and nutmeg.
• . For Vol-au-Vent: Place Puff Pastry on a lightly floured cutting board and cut into 6 rectangles. Then place the rectangles on a parchment lined baking sheet and cook in a 400-degree oven 15 minutes, or until pastry has puffed up and tops are lightly browned.
• To Assemble: Carefully separate the puff pastry rectangles into 2 pieces each. (You'll notice that there will be a natural middle spot). Use your fingers to depress a well in the bottom and fill each one with about 1 soup ladle full of the chicken mixture. Top with about a tablespoon of the tomato mango relish. Replace the top and spoon just a bit of both the sauce and relish over the top. Serve hot.

CRUNCHY CHICKEN EGG ROLLS WITH TANGY DIPPING SAUCE #A1

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Add oil to a medium size non-stick skillet and heat over medium high until the oil starts to shimmer. While the oil heats, rub pepper, salt, 5 spice, and brown sugar on all sides of the chicken. Cook chicken on each side until brown, approximately 6 - 8 minutes. Lower the heat, cover and cook the an additional 5 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Remove chicken from pan, let rest, rough chop and add to a food processor.
• Blend the sweet chili sauce, hoisin sauce, A.1. Steak Sauce, jalapeno, cilantro, onions, and walnuts in a small bowl. Blend with a fork and remove 4 tablespoons to the food processor containing the chicken. Lightly pulsate mixture.
• Unfold the pastry sheets on a lightly floured surface. Cut each pastry sheet into four 5-inch squares. Spoon 1/4 cup chicken mixture on the lower third of each pastry square. Fold 2 sides over the filling and roll up like an egg roll. Place the egg rolls seam-side down onto an ungreased baking sheet. Brush the egg rolls with the egg and bake for 20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown.
• Garnish with a few sprigs of cilantro and serve immediately with the sauce.
• NOTES.
• Time saver tip: buy a rotisserie chicken and use it to replace the skillet chicken.
• If you like spicy flavors, add 1 minced chipotle pepper from a can of chipotle in adobo sauce to the sauce prior to serving.

CHICKEN LIVER VOL-AU-VENTS

Steps:

• Bake the pastry according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a skillet. Add the chicken livers and saute gently for 3 to 4 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from the skillet.
• Add the onion to the skillet and saute until softened.
• Add the mushrooms and saute for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in the flour, then the broth. Simmer, stirring, for about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the chicken livers.
• Remove the "lids" from the pastry shells and spoon the filling into the shells.
• Sprinkle with the cheese.
• Replace the lids and serve.

CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENTS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven at 180oc.
• Saute garlic, spring onions, tarragon and seasoings in the butter for 2 minutes.
• Reduce heat, add sliced chicken and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add wine and cream and bring to the boil.
• Combine cornflour with water, then add to the chicken and stir until thickened.
• Spoon into the vol-au-vent cases
• Heat in the oven for 5 mintes.
• Serve it hot.

CHICKEN VOL AU VENT

Steps:

• 1. Put 1/4 cup of cooking oil in a large fry pan.Cook chicken pieces over medium heat for 5 minutes and set aside. To oil in pan add the 1/4 cup of onion. Cook for 2 minutes...be careful not to burn.Add the wine, chicken broth and tarragon. Bring to a boil than simmer uncovered for 3 minutes.Add the whipping cream and simmer 1 - 2 minutes longer until sauce thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon. Return chicken to skillet along with 1/2 tsp pepper Stir well Serve over pastry shells.
• 2. Cook Pastry shells according to package directions. Be sure to clean out centres before filling with chicken mixture. I usually double or triple the liquid ingredients as I love this sauce!!!

CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENTS WITH SWEET AND SOUR SALSA

Steps:

• Make salsa by mixing together ingredients from pineapple to vinegar together thoroughly in a bowl.
• Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes or more.
• Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C), set the baking sheet to be around the middle of the oven.
• Place a piece of cooked chicken in each case that fills it to about half way.
• Top with a little cheese, it will melt down a bit during cooking but leave some room at the top for the salsa to be added after cooking.
• Bake filled vol-au-vents case on a baking sheet for 10-15 minutes until cheese has melted, keeping an eye on it to make sure the vol-au-vent cases don't burn.
• Top each evenly with the salsa mix (about 3/4 teaspoon each) and serve.

CREAMY CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. On a lightly floured surface, unfold 1 puff pastry sheet. Using a 3-1/4-in. round cutter, cut out six circles. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet., Unfold the remaining pastry sheet. Cut 6 more circles out with the 3-1/4-in. round cutter; with a 2-1/2-in. cutter, cut centers out of the circles. Place the rings on top of the circles that are on the baking sheet. Place the center circles also on the baking sheet. In a small bowl, whisk egg and water; brush over pastries. Chill 15 minutes. Bake until dark golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain. Discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings. Add leeks and pepper to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender, 5-7 minutes. Reduce heat to low; stir in bacon, chicken, cream cheese, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until blended; remove from heat., When cool enough to handle, hollow out pastries with a small knife. Fill with chicken mixture. Sprinkle with parsley and pepper. Serve with small center pastries on the side.