Samsa with chicken

Surely, each of us at least once bought samsa from oriental sellers and more than once thought about how to prepare these triangular pies at home. And this is not at all difficult to do; lamb, beef or chicken are usually used for the filling; some housewives also fill baked goods with vegetables and cheese. And the dough for this dish can be made with your own hands from the simplest ingredients, or you can use a purchased version, then the cooking process takes much less time and requires a minimum of effort from the cook.

Homemade samsa from ready-made puff pastry with chicken

Samsa is a traditional Uzbek pastry that consists of juicy triangular pies with a lot of meat filling, spices and onions. Using ready-made puff pastry, cooking is simplified to the maximum and consists only of preparing the meat and shaping the pieces.

1. 
   How to cook puff pastry samsa with chicken at home? Remove the package of dough from the freezer and leave at room temperature until softened.
2. 
   Without wasting time, prepare the filling: clean the fillet from white films and inclusions of fat, rinse thoroughly under water and dry with paper towels - cut into small cubes.
3. 
   Remove the husks from the onions and chop them.
4. 
   Combine the bird with onion pieces in a deep container, season with ground pepper and salt - mix well.
5. 
   Roll out the thawed dough into a layer and cut it into 6 squares of the same size (we do the same with the second sheet).
6. 
   Place a large tablespoon of filling in the center of each square.
7. 
   Using wet fingers, pinch the edges tightly, giving the pieces a triangular shape.
8. 
   Place the shaped samsa on a baking sheet with parchment, seam side down, and brush with beaten egg to make it golden brown. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees.
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   After the time has passed, remove the heat-resistant dish from the oven and let the buns sit for 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy. Bon appetit!

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Samsa with chicken and potatoes in the oven

If you are a fan of homemade baking, be sure to take note of this recipe! From such simple and affordable products as chicken fillet, potatoes, dough and onions, you can easily prepare oriental samsa and delight your taste buds.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 2 minutes.

Portions – 5-6.

Ingredients:

• Yeast puff pastry – 500 gr.
• Chicken fillet – 350 gr.
• Potatoes – 3 pcs.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Sesame – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1.We place the products indicated in the list of ingredients on the work surface and prepare for the process: peel the onions and potatoes and rinse them under running water, let the dough rest for a while at room temperature, rinse the meat and blot it dry with paper napkins.

Step 2. Cut the potato tubers into small cubes and pour into a plate with high sides.

Step 3. In a similar way, chop the bird and send it to the potatoes.

Step 4. Finely chop the onion and add to the rest of the filling ingredients.

Step 5. Sprinkle the vegetables with the fillet with salt and ground pepper, focusing on your preferences.

Step 6. Mix the filling thoroughly to distribute the spices evenly.

Step 7. Cut the softened puff pastry into squares about 8 centimeters in size.

Step 8. Lightly roll out the dough and, using a cooking glass or bowl, cut off the corners to obtain circles.

Step 9. Place a large spoonful of aromatic filling in the middle of each “flatbread”.

Step 10. We fasten the edges tightly, forming triangles.

Step 11. Line a baking sheet with a sheet of parchment paper and place the pieces seam side down.

Step 12. Brush the pies with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Step 13. Place the baking sheet in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.

Step 14. Bon appetit!

How to bake samsa from minced chicken in the oven?

As a rule, finely chopped lamb, beef or poultry are used for filling samsa, however, if you don’t have a whole piece at home, you can also use twisted meat - minced meat. Let's complement it with onions and spices, and you are guaranteed an incredibly tasty and aromatic filling!

Cooking time – 120 min.

Cooking time – 25 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 220-240 gr.
• Water – 100 ml.
• Butter – 70 gr.
• Minced chicken – 300 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Sesame – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Let's start with the dough: sift the flour into a deep container and mix with 1/3 teaspoon of salt.

Step 2. Pour 100 milliliters of cold water into the flour mixture.

Step 3. Mix the ingredients and knead the dough for at least 4-5 minutes.

Step 4. Divide the wheat lump into 4 parts.

Step 5. Roll out each segment into thin layers of the same size.

Step 6. Melt 50 grams of butter in a water bath or in a microwave oven and grease the layer, folding it one on top.

Step 7. Roll it into a tight roll, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 60 minutes.

Step 8. Let's start with the filling: in a separate bowl, combine the minced meat and finely chopped onion, sprinkle with salt and ground pepper and mix.

Step 9. After an hour, remove the dough from the cold and cut crosswise into 8 identical pieces.

Step 10. Roll out each segment of the dough into a flat cake and put the filling and a small piece of butter in the center for juiciness.

Step 11. Using wet fingers, pinch the edges to form a triangle.

Step 12. Cover a baking pan or baking sheet with parchment and place the pieces seam side down, brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Step 13. Bake the pies for half an hour in the oven at 200 degrees.

Step 14. Serve the rosy triangles with a crust and juicy filling warm or cold. Bon appetit!

Puff samsa with chicken and cheese

There is nothing tastier and more aromatic than homemade pastries prepared with special love and care, especially when it comes to oriental triangular pies with a juicy filling of chicken fillet and cheese, which gives the dish a unique touch of piquancy.

Cooking time – 1 hour 30 minutes

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Margarine/butter – 100 gr.
• Sour cream – 200 gr.
• Flour – 375 gr.
• Baking powder – ½ tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.

For filling:

• Chicken fillet – 250 gr.
• Cheese – 100 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Tomatoes – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Additionally:

• Yolk – 1 pc.
• Sesame – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Prepare and measure the required amount of ingredients: sift the flour through a sieve with fine holes along with salt and baking powder.

Step 2. Grate the margarine.

Step 3. And add to the flour.

Step 4. Grind the dry ingredients into crumbs, add sour cream and knead the dough.

Step 5. Form a wheat ball and let it “rest” for half an hour.

Step 6. Meanwhile, prepare the filling: cut the meat and cheese into cubes, about a centimeter by centimeter in size, cut the tomato into slices. Combine the ingredients of the filling (except for the tomato) in a separate bowl, season with salt and pepper, season with vegetable oil - stir.

Step 7. Roll out the dough into a layer about half a centimeter thick.

Step 8. Cut the wheat leaf into squares of the same size (with a side of 5-6 centimeters).

Step 9. Place the filling and a tomato slice in the center of each square and fold the top left corner.

Step 10. Next we bend the right one.

Step 11. We do the same with the bottom edges.

Step 12We form a pie in the shape of a boat or a triangle, tightly pinching the dough.

Step 13. Place the pieces on parchment paper lined with a baking sheet and brush with beaten egg yolk.

Step 14. Sprinkle with sesame seeds for beauty and aroma.

Step 15. Bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes. Bon appetit!

Homemade samosa with chicken and onions made from puff pastry

Homemade samsa is a thin puff pastry with an abundance of fillings that you can easily choose to suit your taste. For example, in the classic version, finely chopped lamb is used in combination with fat tail fat, however, in order to reduce the calorie content of the dish, we suggest using chicken meat and onions.

Cooking time – 1 hour 30 minutes

Cooking time – 25 min.

Portions – 7.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Butter – 100 gr.
• Flour – 250 gr.
• Water (cold) – 100 ml.
• Salt – 1/3 tsp.

For filling:

• Chicken legs – 2 pcs.
• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Additionally:

• Yolk – 1 pc.
• Sesame – 1-2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. In a plate with high sides, mix flour with salt and add chilled butter, grated on a coarse grater.

Step 2. Stir, pour in ice water and knead the dough - cover the lump with cling film or a towel and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Step 3. Without wasting time, let's start filling: remove the skin from the legs and separate the meat from the bones, cut the flesh into small cubes along with inclusions of fat (for greater juiciness).

Step 4. Remove the peel from the onion and puree it in a blender or food processor, or chop it very finely with a knife.

Step 5.In a separate bowl, combine the onion and chicken, add salt and pepper according to your preferences and mix thoroughly. If desired, supplement the ingredients with herbs and cumin.

Step 6. Divide the chilled dough into two parts, roll into sausages and cut each into 7 segments of the same size.

Step 7. Roll each piece into “pancakes” with a diameter of about 10 centimeters, put the chicken filling with onions in the center.

Step 8. Using wet fingers, pinch the edges tightly, giving the pie a triangular shape.

Step 9. Repeating the molding manipulation, we prepare the remaining “buns”.

Step 10. Turn the samsa seam side down and grease it with yolk, sprinkle with sesame seeds for beauty.

Step 11. Line a baking sheet with a sheet of parchment paper and place the blanks.

Step12. Bake triangular meat pies for about 40 minutes at 180 degrees, until an appetizing golden crust forms. Bon appetit!

Delicious samsa with chicken made from puff pastry

Even those housewives who don’t particularly like working with dough can please themselves and their family with fresh homemade baked goods. To do this, we buy ready-made yeast dough, fill it with chicken and bake it in the oven, garnishing with sesame seeds!

Cooking time – 1 hour 20 minutes

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 5.

Ingredients:

• Minced chicken – 300 gr.
• Yeast puff pastry – 500 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 1-2 teeth.
• Egg yolk – 1 pc.
• Turmeric - to taste.
• Ground paprika - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Remove the package of dough from the freezer and let it sit at room temperature to defrost.

Step 2.First defrost the minced meat or pass the meat through a meat grinder (you can use chicken, pork, beef and even lamb minced meat, you can also mix it to your taste) and sprinkle with spices and salt, focusing on your preferences - mix well.

Step 3. Grind the peeled onion in a blender to a puree consistency and send it to the meat component - stir again.

Step 4. Combine two layers of dough into one and roll out.

Step 5. Roll the layer into a tight roll.

Step 6. Cut the resulting “sausage” into segments of the same size.

Step 7. Press each wheat piece with your palm onto the work surface.

Step 8. Lightly roll out each piece and place a heaping tablespoon of chicken filling in the center.

Step 9. Forming a triangle, pinch the edges.

Step 10. Cover a baking sheet with parchment, place the samsa seam side down and brush with beaten egg yolk to make it golden brown.

Step 11. Bake the pies for about 15-20 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees. Bon appetit!

Samsa with chicken and pumpkin at home

Just once, having prepared samsa stuffed with tender chicken fillet and spicy pumpkin, you will return to this recipe again and again, because the combination of these components is unusual and very nutritious. Vegetable pieces perfectly dilute lean meat and form a juicy filling in a thin dough.

Cooking time – 120 min.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 16.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Flour – 500 gr.
• Water – 250 ml.
• Butter – 80 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Salt – 1 tsp.

For filling:

• Chicken thigh/fillet pulp – 600 gr.
• Pumpkin – 250 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Zira – 1/3 tsp.
• Dried cilantro – ½ tsp.
• Butter – 80 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.

Additionally:

• Sesame – 1 tbsp.
• Egg – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We start cooking with the dough: in a bowl with high sides, mix sifted flour, egg, water, salt and 50 grams of melted butter - knead the dough. We form a ball from the wheat mass, cover with cling film or a cotton towel and let it brew for half an hour at room temperature.

Step 2. Without wasting time, prepare all the necessary products for the filling.

Step 3. Cut the thigh meat or fillet into small cubes.

Step 4. Grind the peeled pumpkin and onion in a similar way.

Step 5. In a separate container, combine poultry and vegetables, season with salt, ground pepper, cumin and dried cilantro - mix well.

Step 6. Roll out the “rested” dough into a layer and coat it with the remaining butter - roll it into a tight roll.

Step 7. Cut the resulting “sausage” into 16 segments of the same size, turn it over with the cut side down and lightly press it onto the surface with your palm. We put the preparations in the freezer for 15-20 minutes, or in the refrigerator for an hour and a half.

Step 8. After time, roll out each piece of dough into a thin round cake. Place the filling in the center of each “Pancake” and, with wet hands, tightly pinch the edges, giving the shape of a triangle.

Step 9. Place the pies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds for decoration. Bake the food for about 40 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

Step 10. Serve the rosy samsa to the table in combination with aromatic tea or “strong” meat broth. Bon appetit!

A simple and tasty recipe for samsa with chicken and mushrooms

When you want something unusual and tasty, we prepare Uzbek pastries with a rich and juicy filling inside - samsa with chicken fillet, cheese, potatoes and champignons. Thanks to the use of ready-made puff pastry, the labor intensity of the process is significantly reduced and the housewife does not have to spend a long time rolling and kneading.

Cooking time – 1 hour 15 minutes

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 15.

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry without yeast – 750 gr.
• Chicken fillet – 260 gr.
• Onion – 150 gr.
• Champignons – 250 gr.
• Semi-hard cheese – 140 gr.
• Cream (fat content not less than 33%) – 100 ml.
• Potatoes – 250 gr.
• Egg yolk – 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 15 ml.
• Sesame – 15 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Prepare the products indicated in the list of ingredients: peel the mushrooms, potatoes and onions, remove the white films and fat from the meat, defrost the dough at room temperature.

Step 2. Cut the fillet into 2-3 parts and boil in salted water for about 8 minutes from the moment of boiling.

Step 3. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and saute the chopped onion with mushroom slices until lightly browned. Then, add small cubes of potatoes, fry for a couple of minutes and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix the ingredients and pour in the cream - simmer over low heat until the liquid has almost completely evaporated.

Step 4. We separate the boiled meat into fibers or cut it into cubes and pour it into the frying pan with the rest of the filling ingredients.

Step 5. Roll out the soft dough into a thin layer (it is recommended to sprinkle the working surface with flour) and cut into squares about 8-10 centimeters in size on one side.

Step 6.Place a tablespoon of filling in the middle of each piece, add a couple of handfuls of grated cheese and “seal” the edges in the shape of a triangle or square - to your taste.

Step 7. Place the pies on parchment, which we first cover a baking sheet with, grease with beaten yolk and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Place in the oven for 20-30 minutes at 200 degrees.

Step 8. Bon appetit!