Chicken coop in the oven with chicken and potatoes

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a quick chicken coop in the oven with chicken and potatoes? First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Kefir can take any fat content. I have 2.5%.

2. Step 2:

   

   Melt and cool the butter.

3. Step 3:

   

   In a bowl, combine kefir at room temperature, soda, salt and mix. Kefir will begin to foam strongly, air bubbles will appear. Due to the fact that after the addition of soda, the mass increases in volume by 2-3 times, the dishes need to be selected taking into account this moment.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour the melted butter into the kefir and mix quickly. The dough should be kneaded quickly until the reaction of soda with kefir is over.

5. Step 5:

   

   Sift the flour and pour it into the dough in parts. If necessary, adding a little more flour, knead a soft elastic slightly sticky dough. Depending on the quality of the flour itself, the moisture content of kefir, flour, you may need more or less.

6. Step 6:

   

   Therefore, focus primarily on the consistency of the dough. And do not rush to score the dough with extra flour, otherwise it will become stiff.

7. Step 7:

   

   Wrap the dough in plastic wrap or a bag and put it in the freezer for 30 minutes.

8. Step 8:

   

   While the dough is cooling, prepare the filling. You can add herbs to taste and 1-2 crushed garlic cloves to the filling. In addition to these spices, you can add your own to taste. A similar pie can be made from any other types of meat - pork, beef or turkey.

9. Step 9:

   

   Wash the chicken fillet, dry it, cut it into small pieces.

10. Step 10:

    

    Peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces. The smaller the potatoes are cut, the faster they will bake. The biggest problem in such pies is usually that the meat and dough are baked, and the potatoes remain raw. Especially if you chose potatoes with a small amount of starch. You can fix the situation by fine-slicing.

11. Step 11:

    

    Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. If you or your children do not like onions in pies, you can not add them at all.

13. Step 12:

    

    In a bowl, combine the chicken, potatoes and onions.

14. Step 13:

    

    Season everything with salt, pepper and mix.

15. Step 14:

    

    Separate the fourth part from the cooled dough and set aside. Roll out most of the dough on a floured table in an even circle.

16. Step 15:

    

    Put the rolled dough into a greased baking dish (Ø 20-24 cm) and form high sides.

17. Step 16:

    

    Put the filling on the dough and smooth it out. Spread the pieces of butter on top of the filling.

18. Step 17:

    

    Roll out the remaining dough into a circle with a diameter slightly smaller than the split mold. Put it on top of the filling and pinch the edges.

19. Step 18:

    

    In the center of the pie, make a small hole for steam to escape. If you have some dough left, you can make a cake decoration out of it - leaves, flowers, etc.

20. Step 19:

    

    Now prepare everything to lubricate the surface of the cake.

21. Step 20:

    

    Combine the yolk with water and whisk with a fork until smooth.

22. Step 21:

    

    Lubricate the surface of the cake with beaten egg yolk. Bake the chicken coop at 180 ° C for about 50-60 minutes until golden brown. If the pie has started to get crusted, and the inside is not ready yet, cover it with a double sheet of foil. Bon appetit!