These Moroccan Chicken Turnovers have a secret ingredient. I promise you that no one will know that it uses leftover chicken. I came up with this recipe when I had lots of leftover chicken. I am also always looking for easy appetizer recipes and this one satisfied both. I don’t know about you but I get a certain thrill when I get compliments on leftovers! I served these to guests once and had to control myself from telling them what was inside. This appetizer is very tasty and comes together quickly. The chicken is already cooked so you just need to saute it in a pan with spices and tomato paste and then roll out store bought puff pastry. I make a big batch and freeze them raw. Whenever I am short on time and need an appetizer, I pull this out of the freezer and bake it. I like to serve it with tahini. I included a recipe for that as well.
The list of ingredients
Chicken mixed with spices
You add about a tablespoon to each square
Fold over and pinch the edges
Press edges with a fork
Dip the turnover into tahini and enjoy!
Ingredients for tahini sauce
You don’t want the sauce to be too thin
Ingredients
Method
- Add spices and salt to pan with olive oil
- Cook for 30 seconds until fragrant
- Add chicken and tomato paste and cook until warmed through
- Set aside chicken to cool
- Roll out dough and cut into 9 squares
- Add a tablespoon of the cooled filling (See pictures above)
- Fold over and pinch edges
- You can freeze for use another time or bake at 400 for 20 minutes until the turnovers are a golden brown color
Ingredients
Method
- Add all ingredients to a food processor
- Mix until smooth
- Refrigerate
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