🥧 Chicken Pastel

Meat · Main ingredient: Chicken · ⏱ 38 min · Serves 5 · ~₱395 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg Chicken, cut into serving pieces
• 3 tbsp Cooking oil
• 1 pc Onion, chopped
• 4 cloves Garlic, minced
• 3 pc Hotdogs (or Chinese sausage), sliced diagonally
• 1 cup Button mushrooms, sliced
• 1 pc Red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 pc Carrot, sliced
• 1 cup All-purpose cream
• 2 tbsp Flour (mixed with a little water, for thickening, optional)
• 2 tbsp Fish sauce
• 3 pinch Salt, to taste
• 0.5 tsp Pepper, to taste
• 1 tbsp Butter

Instructions

1. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
2. Heat oil in a pot and sauté onion and garlic until fragrant.
3. Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned.
4. Pour in chicken broth, bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 20-25 minutes until chicken is tender.
5. Add hotdog slices, mushrooms, and carrot; simmer for 5-8 minutes.
6. Stir in all-purpose cream and fish sauce, and simmer for 5 minutes.
7. If a thicker sauce is desired, stir in the flour-water mixture and cook until thickened.
8. Add bell pepper and butter, and cook for 2-3 more minutes.
9. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve hot with rice.

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