Chicken Spinach Parcels

These are easily whipped up and you can make up extra parcels to freeze for cooking up later.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 6-8 parcels

Ingredients

• 500  g skinless chicken breasts
• 1  tablespoon plain flour
• 150  g spinach, chopped (frozen is OK)
• 1  tablespoon cracked black pepper
• 1  cup spring onion
• 1  teaspoon butter
• 8  medium mushrooms, chopped (tinned champignons = OK)
• 1  teaspoon  chicken stock powder
• 200  ml  cream
• 1  cup  grated cheese
•  phyllo pastry or  puff pastry sheet

Directions

1. Slice the chicken into strips lengthwise, approx 15mm thick (like for a stir-fry).
2. Melt the butter in a deep frypan or saucepan, adding the chicken, eschalot, mushrooms and pepper.
3. Saute lightly for around 3 minutes.
4. Add the flour and mix well.
5. Add the spinach, cream and chicken stock powder.
6. Heat it til the sauce thickens, then add the cheese and remove from the heat and allow it to get quite cool. (You can do this step early, let it sit in the fridge and assemble the parcels later on).
7. Layer 3 sheets of filo, slice in half, and spoon about 2 tblsp of mixture onto one end of the filo stack, then roll up like a spring roll, tucking the ends inches
8. Spray lightly with oil, sprinkle with sesame/poppy seeds and bake in a hot oven for around 20 minutes.