Asian Phyllo Purses

Ingredients

  • 3/4 pound chicken breast halves — skinless
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 5 ounces  water chestnuts, canned — sliced in 1/4-inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup stir-fry sauce — bottled, any flavor
  • 8 sheets phyllo dough — thawed
  • oil — butter-flavored spray
  • 1/2 cup green onions — sliced

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 °F
  2. Cut chicken into 1/4-inch pieces.
  3. Heat oil over high heat in a large, nonstick skillet. Stir-fry chicken for 1 minute.
  4. Add onions, and water chestnuts and stir-fry 1 minute longer.
  5. Add sauce and stir-fry until liquid has evaporated to a glaze. Set aside.
  6. Peel 2 sheets of phyllo dough from stack, keeping remaining sheets covered with wax paper and a damp towel.
  7. Place the two sheets, one on top of the other, on a work surface. Spray the top sheet with butter-flavored oil spray. Cut the two sheets in half horizontally, then in half vertically. Cut each oblong in half vertically to produce 8 oblongs.
  8. Place a teaspoon of the stir-fry in the center of each oblong of dough. Gather the dough around the filling like a drawstring purse, working gently to prevent tearing the dough. Twist top slightly.
  9. Place on a baking sheet and spray the outsides of the kisses with butter-flavored spray. Repeat with remaining dough and filling until filling is used up.
  10. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until golden brown.

Notes:

Source: Susan Ross
Yield: 26 pieces
Susan made these for the Millenium beach trip, Dec/Jan 1999/2000.
These may be assembled a day in advance and stored uncovered on a cookie sheet in the refrigerator.

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