Chicken Salad Puffs I Made It

Chicken Salad Puffs

mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago
By: Mrswilliams

I made all of this up earlier this morning so that we could have a quick dinner ready when we got home from a super busy day :) I have never made dough like this! Now I see why it's referred to as a pastry, it's super light and airy. These are small like the size of a biscuit so perfect for a hand held appy. For a good dinner about 3 would do. You could easily probably triple the size of dough you drop to make bigger pastries so you can have one good size puff for lunch. I checked these and they were done at 27 minutes, so I would start checking at 20 minutes to be safe. I couldn't bring myself to dig out any of the insides of the pastry, so I just didn't :) Good stuff! Oh, used Craisins in place of raisins.
Look's like Keni made this a LONG time ago, I'm guessing even before the IMI was around.

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NPMarie 9 years ago said:

Neat way to serve chicken salad! I adore a good chicken salad, I usually make it during the summer months and serve inside a quartered homegrown tomato..this would be a great way to have chicken salad throughout the year:)

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lovebreezy 9 years ago said:

Another review for this recipe: Another From Me

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

Oh yes I love chicken salad inside a tomato!! It's also great inside a bell pepper too :)

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

Wow what a good find LB! I honestly didn't think the Keni review existed!!

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frankieanne 9 years ago said:

I read the recipe first and when I got to the part about digging out the dough, I thought "what a waste after all of that work!" So, I'm glad you didn't do that. :-) It looks good to me, except I'd have to leave out the raisins. Pretty picture!

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chuckieb 9 years ago said:

Oh my goodness Michelle. Your pictures have me wanting to grab that Chicken puff off of my computer and pop it in my mouth. The pastry almost, almost looks like a choux pastry, the cream puff stuff, but denser. My hubby LOVES chicken salad. And Lord knows I have a ton of leftover cooked chicken in my freezer. I think Craisins in place of raisins is a brilliant idea. I bookmarked this to give it a whirl. Thanks.

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

I know Frankie, I thought it was perfect without digging out any insides :) Yup leave out the raisins, I sure didn't miss them lol!
I hope you get to make this one Janet! I spread some jelly on a cold puff this morning and oh my gosh, it was good!

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chuckieb 9 years ago said:

Duh....just read MrsWilliams Intro to the recipe and see that indeed it is a cream puff pastry that she used. Wake up Janet and get with the program! :)

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

Lol! :P

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chuckieb 9 years ago said:

Had this last night for dinner and really, really enjoyed it. I just used my own Chicken salad mixture in the puffs (chicken, onion, tomato, pepper and mayo) . I halved the recipe and made four larger ones. It really changes up the taste and makes it seem more festive somehow. :) The puffs were easy to make and I'll do them again for sure. I like Michelle's idea of just making small ones more appetizer sized. I think serving some cream cheese and hot pepper jelly in them would be fun. I didn't scoop out the inside dough either.
Thanks Michelle for bringing this one to my attention. :)

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

So glad to hear you didn't do any scooping either! Nice to know they turn out good when made larger. Did you have to cook them any longer? Love the idea of cream cheese and pepper jelly, yum....great pic!

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frankieanne 9 years ago said:

Oooh, those look yummy, Janet! So puffy! :-)

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chuckieb 9 years ago said:

You know Michelle...I'd even be a tad worried if I did scoop out any of the insides that the pastry might fall apart once I started to eat the sandwich. I think you need the insides in there to help with the structure. I cooked mine for 30 min.
Thanks guys!

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

I agree, I think it needs the insides, it's just so light!

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