Hen Pastel is a Filipino-style hen pot pie with creamy hen stew filling and a flaky pie crust. It is hearty, tasty, and positive to be a household favourite. Good for meal prep, events, or a easy household Sunday dinner.

I had an inventory of party-friendly dishes for final yr’s holidays, however I assume even the best-laid plans of mice and males go awry, however by no means bought round to posting the recipes on time.

Luckily, Christmas does come yearly, so sure, I will get all of the scrumptious vacation recipes up on the weblog, and you will find them right here once you want them. Within the meantime, try nilagang pasko soup for all-year-round consolation meals and particular bibingka pancakes for anytime Pasko feels.

What’s Hen Pastel

Hen Pastel is a hearty stew made with diced hen, sausages, mushrooms, peas, and carrots in a wealthy, creamy sauce.  Tailored from Spain’s pastel de pollo, the hen filling is encased in a flaky pie crust and baked to a golden, buttery goodness.

It’s normal apply, nonetheless, to serve this Filipino-style hen pot pie with out the crust and with rice as a substitute. Both manner, it is a satisfying meal that is positive to be a household favourite.

Many of the work on this recipe includes assembling the pie dough. You may, in fact, skip it and serve the pastel with rice, however I actually urge you to go the additional mile. That buttery, crisp layer makes the dish additional particular, including taste and texture.

Creamy hen filling

• You may select boneless, skinless hen breast, which is leaner, or thigh meat, which tends to be juicier. It can save you time through the use of rotisserie hen; simply debone and slice the meat into cubes. Turkey can be an important different, particularly in the course of the holidays.
• Chorizo de Bilbao and Vienna sausages add a smoky layer of taste and prolong servings. You may also use ham or sizzling canine.
• I add diced carrots, sliced mushrooms, and frozen candy peas for additional bulk and vitamin. Celery, bell peppers, and potatoes are additionally good choices.
• Evaporated milk brings creaminess. You may substitute half-and-half, all-purpose cream, or entire milk.
• Simmer the cream sauce gently and do not carry it to a boil, lest it curdle or separate. Be sure the filling may be very thick to forestall a runny pie.

Easy methods to Make Flaky Pie Crust

• For the flakiest crust, have components very chilly. This inhibits gluten formation, ensuing within the flakiest crust. Utilizing very chilly fats inhibits gluten formation and helps stop overworking the dough.
• Restrict the quantity of liquid and add simply sufficient to make the dough maintain collectively. Be sure to make use of ice-cold water.
• Massive specks of fats/butter within the dough are okay. Don’t overwork the dough, as this develops gluten and makes the crust powerful.

• Earlier than rolling the crust, chill for not less than half-hour to 2 hours. If the dough feels mushy between rolling, freeze it for about 10 minutes.
• Create vents within the pie crust to permit steam from the filling to flee throughout baking, stopping the crust from getting soggy or bursting.
• Brush the pie crust with egg wash for a shiny, stunning brown end. If wanted, cowl the sting of the crust with strips of foil for the final 5 to 10 minutes to forestall extreme browning.

Easy methods to serve and retailer

• Serve this hen pastel, freshly baked within the oven, with steamed rice or mashed potatoes, and inexperienced salad for a hearty, filling lunch or dinner. Or pair with crusty French bread or mushy, fluffy pandesal to sop up the creamy sauce!
• Wrap any leftover pie with aluminum foil and refrigerate for as much as 3 days or freeze for as much as 2 months.
• Reheat within the oven at 350 F for about 15 to twenty minutes or in an air fryer for about 10 minutes till heated by means of. I do not advocate the microwave because it makes the crust soggy.

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Hen Pastel or Pastel de Pollo with creamy hen stew and flaky pie crust is the last word consolation meals! Hearty and engaging, this Filipino-style hen pot pie is bound to be a household favourite.

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time: 1 hour hr 10 minutes minutes

Complete Time: 1 hour hr 30 minutes minutes

Course: Principal Entree

6 Servings

Components

For the Filling

• 2 kilos boneless, skinless hen breast or thigh meat reduce into ½-inch cubes
• juice of 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 5 ounces (2 items) Chorizo de bilbao reduce into ½-inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion peeled and chopped
• 1 clove garlic peeled and minced
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups water
• salt and pepper to style
• 1 giant carrot peeled and reduce into ½-inch cubes
• 1 cup frozen inexperienced peas thawed
• 1 can (7 ounces) button mushrooms drained and sliced thinly
• 1 can (5 ounces) Vienna sausages drained and sliced thinly
• ½ cup evaporated milk

For the Crust

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces butter very chilly
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons ice water

Directions

• In a bowl, mix hen, lemon juice, and soy sauce. Marinate for about 10 to fifteen minutes. Drain meat, reserving liquid.

• In a large pan over medium warmth, warmth oil. Add chorizo de bilbao and cook dinner for about 1 to 2 minutes or till evenly browned. 

• Add hen and cook dinner for about 3 to five minutes or till evenly browned. Take away from pan and put aside.

• Vast down pan as wanted. Add butter. When it begins to soften, add onions and garlic and cook dinner till limp. 

• Add flour and cook dinner, stirring repeatedly, till evenly browned, bubbly and begins to scent “nutty’.

• Add water and reserved marinade, and whisk vigorously to forestall lumps. Convey to a boil till clean and barely thickened. 

• Return hen and chorizo to pan. Season with salt and pepper to style. Decrease warmth, cowl and cook dinner for about 15 to twenty minutes or till hen is cooked by means of.

• Add carrots and cook dinner for about 3 to five minutes or till tender. 

• Add inexperienced peas, mushrooms, Vienna sausage, and evaporated milk. Stir to disperse. Proceed to cook dinner for about 3 to five minutes or till greens are heated by means of and sauce is thickened.

• Preheat oven to 400 F.

• Switch filling onto an oven-safe baking dish. Gently prime filling with the crust and seal edges with a fork, trimming edges if obligatory. Reduce a few 1-inch vent on the crust.

• In a bowl, mix egg wash: egg and water. Whisk collectively till effectively blended. Frivolously brush prime of crust.

• Bake the pie for about 20 to half-hour, or till filling is bubbly and crust is golden. Take away from warmth.

• Permit to face for about 10 to fifteen minutes and reduce into serving parts.

For the Crust

• In a bowl, whisk collectively flour, sugar, and salt.

• Add butter to the flour combination. Reduce the butter into the flour utilizing a pastry blender or by pinching the fats into the flour combination together with your palms. Work collectively till it resembles coarse cornmeal, with pea-like, butter-speckled items.

• Add the egg and vinegar.

• Slowly drizzle in water and, together with your palms, combine the dough till simply mixed.

• Collect the dough right into a ball, wrap it with plastic movie, and refrigerate for about 2 hours.

• Place the pie crust between two sheets of parchment paper and with a rolling pin, gently flatten into ¼-inch thickness.

Notes

• Simmer the cream sauce gently and do not carry it to a boil, lest it curdle or separate.
• If the dough is simply too crumbly and doesn’t maintain collectively, add extra water a tablespoon at a time. DO NOT ADD TOO MUCH LIQUID and DO NOT OVERWORK DOUGH. 
• If wanted, cowl the sting of the crust with strips of foil for the final 5 to 10 minutes to forestall extreme browning.

Diet Data

Energy: 967kcal, Carbohydrates: 64g, Protein: 50g, Fats: 56g, Saturated Fats: 28g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 4g, Monounsaturated Fats: 18g, Trans Fats: 1g, Ldl cholesterol: 287mg, Sodium: 1636mg, Potassium: 963mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 3121IU, Vitamin C: 14mg, Calcium: 118mg, Iron: 5mg

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