Chicken Cigars with Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce recipe – 34 calories
Ingredients:
Chicken Cigars
1 1/2 lbs ground chicken
1/2 cup butter, melted
8 sheets phyllo dough
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons grill seasoning
Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce
1 scallion (green tops only), thinly sliced
1/4 cup vegetable, peanut or canola oil
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sweet plum sauce or Chinese duck sauce
salt, to taste
fresh ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 cup finely diced mangoes (optional)
Preparation:
1. To make the chicken cigars: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Place the ground chicken in a bowl and mix with the parsley and spices and parsley (you can use your food processor to shred/chop the chicken and mix in the spices).
3. Place a piece of phyllo dough on a non-stick cookie sheet and brush with some of the melted butter. Repeat 3 more times, placing each phyllo over the last buttered sheet to make 4 layers.
4. Cut the layered phyllo into 16 4×4 rectangles.
5. Place a heaping tablespoon of chicken filling on one end of each of the rectangles. Roll up tightly to make mini “cigars”. Cut each of these in half and place on a cookie sheet, buttering the tops of each.
6. Bake for about 10-12 minutes (until golden brown).
7. Repeat with the second half of phyllo sheets and chicken mixture.
8. To make the sweet and sour dipping sauce: in a bowl, whisk together the plum or duck sauce and the vinegar. Stream in oil and continue whisking to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Fold in the sliced scallions and mango (optional).
9. Serve either hot with dipping sauce.
Servings: 64
Nutritional information for one serving:
Calories: 34
Calories from fat: 17
Total fat: 2g
Cholesterol: 11mg
Total carbs: 1.7g
Protein: 2.5g
Photo credit: Sharlene~W
