Peri Peri Chicken Crepes
A savory crepe stuffed with peri peri chicken stuffing which can be an excellent snack food for a High Tea party or a healthy and filling Iftar delicacy.
Ingredients
For Peri Peri Chicken Stuffing:
- 500 grams boneless chicken
- 1 medium size onion finely chopped
- ½ cup spring onion finely chopped
- 5 tbsp cooking oil
Grind to a fine paste:
- 4 cloves garlic
- 5 dry red chilies as per taste
- 1 tsp dried oregano powder
- 1 tsp paprika / red chili powder
- 3 tsp balsamic vinegar / white vinegar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt
For Crepes:
- 1 egg
- 2 cups milk
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup plain flour
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- Salt
Instructions
For chicken stuffing:
- Finely chop boneless chicken (can also use chicken mince).
- Prepare the peri-peri paste and marinate the chicken in it for 1 hour.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry chopped onion till light golden.
- Add marinated chicken, stir well, cover and cook till chicken is fully done and all the water has dried up. To that add chopped spring onion.
- Check the salt and other seasonings, if required adjust accordingly.
- Remove from heat and cool it completely before using it as a stuffing.
For crepes
- Mix all the above-mentioned ingredients for crepes in a large bowl till you get a smooth mixture.
- Heat a non-stick pan and grease it with few drops of oil.
- Pour a ladle full (2 or 3 tbsp) of batter into the pan and slowly rotate the pan in such a way that batter spreads evenly over the pan making thin crepes.
- Cook for 1 minute and flip over the crepe and again cook for 30 seconds on the other side.
- Remove to a plate and cool before adding the stuffing.
- This batter will make 6 to 7 medium-size crepes.
For peri peri chicken crepes
- Make a flour mixture to stick the edges. (1 tbsp plain flour + 2 tbsp water)
- Take a crepe and place a tbsp of chicken stuffing in the middle of the crepe.
- Fold the crepe from all four sides to make a square-shaped pocket.
- Stick the edges with a mixture of 1 tbsp of flour and 2 tbsp of water.
- Heat 2 or 3 tbsp oil in a pan and shallow fry the folded crepes on both sides till golden.
- Serve hot with chili sauce.
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