Chicken Mini Muffin Pies | Light Pie Crust from Scratch

This is a wonderful delicious low fat/light mini chicken pie version. Tastewise I have not found any big difference between full fat/butter pie crust n this version. Actually we the whole family caught up with cold n flu, so thought of making some spiced pie for me n hubby.  I made Shortening+butter based Apple pie for kids which I already posted it. After few recipe hunting finally adapted the Oil crust recipe from here. After I baked this cutie pies, my cutie pie 🙂 asked whats this. In her term I explained this as Chicken cupcakes 🙂

Ingredients

• Mix salt with flour, cut the very cold butter in to it.
• Now add tbsp of oil at a time and keep on mixing with fork.Once done with oil add yogurt n rub gently with fork.
• At last add a tbsp of cold water n make as crumbled mixture.
• When u try to make balls from the crumbled mixture it should happen with cracks otherwise continue adding cold water.
• Now divide the gathered dough in to 2 with one 3/4th in size n remaining 1/4 in another.
• Flat the balls separately in plastic wrap, if breaks adjust it and seal the wrap.
• Refrigerate both the dough for at least 1 hour.
• Meanwhile prepare the filling for pie.
• For detailed step wise pictures of making n rolling a pie crust please click the link here.

For the filling

Method

• Heat oil and add the chicken with salt saute for few mins like 2-3 mins
  Then add tomato ketchup, hot chili sauce n mustard sauce, if needed sprinkle little water n cook till chicken becomes soft.
  Finally add flour and make switch off the flame (don’t over cook).

How to Roll the Pie Crust and Fill the Chicken mixture

• After 1 hour, in between two parchment/wax papers roll the 3/4th sized(large portion) dough.
• The edges may leave cracks, fix it with ur hands n continue rolling.
• Use any round caps/cookie cutter with size more than each round of your muffin pan (Pic 1).
• Just invert the pan over the dough n make sure before you cut.
• You may notice butter in white tiny spots all over the dough, if you see than the crust is perfect.
• Insert the dough in to the muffin, adjust the inner corners n prick with fork the bottom dough (Pic 2).
• Once you done with one, refrigerate till you make the next one.
• Do it for the remaining by gathering the left over dough again n again.
• When you feel the dough is flexible or butter starts melting refrigerate or freeze it for a fraction of mins.
• Now take the remaining separately stored 1/4th dough roll and make strips using knife or pizza cutter(Pic 2).
• Arrange it as shown in picture 3 (Lattice) or cover the top fully n make slits for the bubbles to release.
• Decorate to ur creativity n apply milk over the top.
• Bake in preheated oven at 350° F for 30-35mins/till the crust gets golden brown color (Pic 4).

• Serve hot.

Notes

1. Be sure the bottom and top layers are of even thickness otherwise one cooks soon n turns dark brown when compared to other.
2. Even you can add Onion/Capsicum to the chicken filling.
3. Can use this same pie crust for making any reduced fat pies, increase the flour quantity to 2 n 1/2 cups for 9″ pie.
4. The leftover dough can be stored in freezer for month if the quantity is less then mix it with dinner rolls/chapathi/paratha etc