Mexican Chicken Pie
Mexican Chicken Pie
When weĀ mentioned we were cooking a Mexican chicken pie to theĀ Gran Luchito teamĀ they were all pretty excited. Merely mentioning Pie broughtĀ back childhood memories, a portion of pie served on a winterās evening alongside some carrots.
One of the keys to any pie is the pastry and for something a little different weāve gone with filo pastry. You could alsoĀ try shortcrust or puff pastry or really mix it up with chicken pot pie with dauphinoise potatoes on top.
To give this chicken pie recipe a Mexican twist, we spiced up the creamy white sauce with some of our Gran Luchito Chipotle PasteĀ and threwĀ in some lovely chunky chorizo for good measure.
Well worth a try on a weekend or midweek.
If you like the look of this, youāre going to love ourĀ spicy creole chicken casserole with herby dumplings.
Please let us know your thoughts on this recipe by leaving your comments below! We'd love to hear from you.
Serves 4
Prep 30 mins
Cook 45 mins
Ingredients
- 40g / 1 Ā½ oz butter
- Olive oil
- 3 chicken thighs, deboned and cut into chunks
- 2 small leeks, roughly chopped
- 1 large carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 100g / 3 Ā½ oz cooking chorizo, casing removed and chopped into chunks
- 1 tablespoon chopped thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon tarragon, chopped
- 2 teaspoons Gran Luchito Chipotle Paste
- 100ml / 3 Ā½ fl. oz white wine
- 450ml / 16 fl. oz Chicken Stock
- 200ml / 7 fl. oz cream
- 3 tablespoons cornflour, mixed with
- 2 tablespoons water
- 450g / 1 lb pack of filo pastry
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
KCAL:
143
FAT:
7.1g
Saturates:
3.1g
Carbs:
15.5g
Sugars:
1.6g
Fibre:
1.4g
Protein:
5.6g
Salt:
0.9g
Nutrition: PER SERVING
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200Ā°C / 400Ā°F / Gas 6.
- Heat the butter and a slug of the olive oil in a pan over a high heat.
- Add the chicken and cook for a few minutes until it takes on a little colour.
- Lower the heat to low and add the leeks, carrots, garlic, chorizo, thyme and tarragon along with the Gran Luchito Chipotle Paste. Stir and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the white wine, stir and cook for a few minutes.
- Add the stock, cream and cornflour paste. Stir continuously until it simmers and begins to thicken. This should take about 10ā15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and spoon into an ovenproof dish.
- Cut the filo pastry sheets to the approximate size of your dish. Add a layer at a time, with the meat in between, creating texture by scrunching up the filo.
- Brush each sheet with a little olive oil and a sprinkle of pepper before adding the next. Youāll want about 10 layers in total. Finish with a brush of olive oil, pepper and a generous sprinkle of salt.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until golden on top, taking care not to burn it.
What youāll need
Mexican Chicken Pie
When weĀ mentioned we were cooking a Mexican chicken pie to theĀ Gran Luchito teamĀ they were all pretty excited. Merely mentioning Pie broughtĀ back childhood memories, a portion of pie served on a winterās evening alongside some carrots.
One of the keys to any pie is the pastry and for something a little different weāve gone with filo pastry. You could alsoĀ try shortcrust or puff pastry or really mix it up with chicken pot pie with dauphinoise potatoes on top.
To give this chicken pie recipe a Mexican twist, we spiced up the creamy white sauce with some of our Gran Luchito Chipotle PasteĀ and threwĀ in some lovely chunky chorizo for good measure.
Well worth a try on a weekend or midweek.
If you like the look of this, youāre going to love ourĀ spicy creole chicken casserole with herby dumplings.
Please let us know your thoughts on this recipe by leaving your comments below! We'd love to hear from you.
Ingredients
- 40g / 1 Ā½ oz butter
- Olive oil
- 3 chicken thighs, deboned and cut into chunks
- 2 small leeks, roughly chopped
- 1 large carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 100g / 3 Ā½ oz cooking chorizo, casing removed and chopped into chunks
- 1 tablespoon chopped thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon tarragon, chopped
- 2 teaspoons Gran Luchito Chipotle Paste
- 100ml / 3 Ā½ fl. oz white wine
- 450ml / 16 fl. oz Chicken Stock
- 200ml / 7 fl. oz cream
- 3 tablespoons cornflour, mixed with
- 2 tablespoons water
- 450g / 1 lb pack of filo pastry
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 200Ā°C / 400Ā°F / Gas 6.
- Heat the butter and a slug of the olive oil in a pan over a high heat.
- Add the chicken and cook for a few minutes until it takes on a little colour.
- Lower the heat to low and add the leeks, carrots, garlic, chorizo, thyme and tarragon along with the Gran Luchito Chipotle Paste. Stir and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the white wine, stir and cook for a few minutes.
- Add the stock, cream and cornflour paste. Stir continuously until it simmers and begins to thicken. This should take about 10ā15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and spoon into an ovenproof dish.
- Cut the filo pastry sheets to the approximate size of your dish. Add a layer at a time, with the meat in between, creating texture by scrunching up the filo.
- Brush each sheet with a little olive oil and a sprinkle of pepper before adding the next. Youāll want about 10 layers in total. Finish with a brush of olive oil, pepper and a generous sprinkle of salt.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until golden on top, taking care not to burn it.
What youāll need
- Chipotle Paste https://gran.luchito.com/our-products/chipotle-paste/
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