JULIENNED CHICKEN BREAST AND VEGETABLES IN A FILO POUCH

Succulent chicken, mushroom, red capsicum, avocado and cream cheese with flavours of onion, garlic and Cajun seasoning baked in filo pastry.

Ingredients (serves 4 | makes 4 )

8 Sheets filo pastry
6 tablespoons melted unsalted butter (or spray oil for a low fat option)
1 x 200g tub Soft Philadelphia Cream Cheese
4 raw chicken breasts, skinned, cut in strips
1 avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced
1/2 red capsicum, cut into strips
8 small mushrooms, sliced
2 teaspoons Cajun Seasoning (can add more flavour depending on taste)
2 teaspoons Onion Flakes (can add more flavour depending on taste)
Garlic Granules/Powder to taste
Poppy seeds and Sesame seeds to decorate pastry

Method

SERVES 4 Preheat oven to 180oC
Take 2 sheets of filo pastry. Brush first sheet with melted butter, fold in half from right to left. Repeat with second sheet and place on top of the first folded sheet.
Spoon a quarter of the cream cheese into the centre of the pastry to spread into a 10cm round; top with a quarter of the chicken, capsicum, mushroom and avocado (in that order). Sprinkle with a little Cajun seasoning, garlic powder and onion flakes.
Gather pastry over filling to form a pouch; seal and gently frill out edges. Brush edges with butter and sprinkle with sesame and poppy seeds.
Repeat procedure 3 times.
Bake for around 30 minutes or until pastry is very crisp and golden brown.

Notes

NOTES - The Cajun seasoning, garlic powder and onion flakes really make this dish tasty as the flavours develop inside the pouch as it cooks. - You can add more or less of the Cajun, garlic and onion depending on taste. - You may find you run out and need extra melted butter, this is fine and will not alter the end outcome. - The time given to make this is including a generous 45 minutes to prepare the pouches - you might be quicker or slower.

57 Comments

- - BellaB said
  - 16 Oct 2024
    6:51 pm
Wonderful, another flexible recipe that could be used for a main meal, or for school lunches, or even for a snack (because I have teenage boys). It sounds very tasty, and open to a bit of fiddling to suit personal tastes as well. And of course anything home made is pretty healthy.

- - cassy26 said
  - 03 Sep 2024
    8:55 am
These look absolutely delicious. Think I better go get some filo….

- - mom462038 said
  - 16 Feb 2021
    10:50 am
Mmmmmm, filo pastry, anything with filo is delicious

- - nadine_hill said
  - 09 Jul 2020
    2:25 pm
A delicious bend of flavours and looks awesome!

- - serotonin said
  - 30 May 2019
    12:27 pm
Oh this looks very yummy! Love the ingredients, I imagine they go very well together.

- - happymum2018 said
  - 09 Apr 2019
    11:01 am
Love to try this!! Lovley looking thanks so much for sharing

- - mom112023 said
  - 23 Jan 2018
    6:49 am
Have to try this. Thanks for the recipe.

- - mom93821 said
  - 19 Aug 2016
    10:28 am
Chicken in a pouch – just perfect!

- - mom112217 said
  - 29 Oct 2015
    4:47 pm
A recipe l want to make as soon as possible,so good! Thanks l’ll make a large batch!

- - mom57522 said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    9:48 pm
Love how you just prepare the pouches and then it takes care of itself!

- - mom94125 said
  - 08 Nov 2014
    4:27 pm
this is also really impressive for dinner parties and you could just do a strip of chicken
- mom93821 replied
  
  20 Aug 2016 , 5:03 am
  Definitely a recipe to impress – chicken delight.
- - shortaez said
  - 27 Oct 2014
    11:07 pm
Great ingredients for a filo pastry

- - jabelle said
  - 21 Oct 2014
    9:57 pm
I’d love this with ham off the bone instead of the chicken too!

- - mom94125 said
  - 12 Oct 2014
    4:59 pm
this looks so delicious!
thanks for posting

- - Samiaye said
  - 29 Aug 2014
    5:18 pm
I really like this idea, something different. Definately trying this!

- - ginoula5 said
  - 11 Aug 2014
    9:11 am
these are fantastic, prefect for parties too, thanks for sharing

- - jadedbutjoyful said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    12:47 pm
all my favourite flavours yum a must try for sure

- - mcspenny said
  - 15 Jun 2014
    8:04 am
Sounds so yummy, I would love to try it.

- - gem1991 said
  - 29 May 2014
    3:28 pm
Sounds delicious

- - kazh said
  - 28 May 2014
    12:58 am
These flavours sound really wonderful