Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger, minced
- 500g chicken thigh, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup thickened cream
- 2 cups cooked basmati rice
- 1 sheet puff pastry, slightly thawed
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 tsp each black sesame seeds and salt for pastry topping
Instructions
- Heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet on medium heat.
- Add onions, garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Add chicken, garam masala, cumin, yellow mustard seeds, turmeric, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring for 3-4 minutes until the chicken is slightly browned.
- Add tomato paste and cream, and stir to combine. Cook for 8 minutes,
- Preheat the oven to a 200°C fan. Remove the pastry from the freezer and leave it on your bench to thaw.
- Spoon 1/2 cup of rice into four oven-proof ramekins.
- Top the rice with the butter chicken mixture.
- Cut the puff pastry sheet into four even squares and top each ramekin with a square pastry. Fold down the edges using your fingers.
- Brush the pastry all over with the egg. Sprinkle each pie with sesame seeds and salt.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
Notes
MAKE AHEAD – Butter chicken pie filling can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored in the fridge until ready to use.
LEFTOVERS – If made fresh on the day, refrigerate leftovers for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave. The pastry will soften. If preferred, remove the pastry and reheat it separately in a preheated 200°C oven until crisp and heated through. Not suitable to freeze.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Category: pie, chicken
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: Butter Chicken Pot Pie, Butter Chicken Pot Pie recipe, Chicken Pot Pie recipe
bonniemackintosh says:
So easy! Winner with the whole family. Feels like such a treat to have butter chicken in a pie but it really is so easy.
sharnnahmorris says:
So easy to make and the whole family loves it. Even our 1yr old loves it.
Had to use lactose free milk, but I think I’ll use coconut cream instead next time (hubby can’t have dairy ☹️) and the pastry we can only find in Canada is butter pastry…. Can’t for the life of me find puff pastry any where….
Still comes out beautiful ❤️. From a busy mum of 4 kiddos, I love your page…. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou xo
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