Garlic Butter Chicken Tikka Masala Pie

Ingredients

• 400 g cooked chicken breast (roughly chopped or shredded)
• 1 white onion (finely diced)
• 500 g tikka masala cooking sauce (jarred)
• 100 g frozen peas
• 1 tsp garlic granules (for the filling)
• 1 tsp chilli flakes (optional)
• 300 g reduced-fat ready-rolled puff pastry
• 1 egg (beaten, for brushing the pastry)
• 30 g light butter (melted, for the garlic butter)
• 1 tsp garlic granules (for the garlic butter)
• 1 tsp dried parsley (for the garlic butter)
• salt (a generous amount, to taste)
• black pepper (a generous amount, to taste)

Steps

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 180°C fan. Use a medium baking dish.

2. 2

   Add the cooked chicken and finely diced onion to the baking dish.

3. 3

   Pour the tikka masala cooking sauce over the chicken and onion.

4. 4

   Add the peas, 1 teaspoon garlic granules and the optional chilli flakes. Season generously with salt and pepper, then mix well until the chicken is completely coated.

5. 5

   Lay the puff pastry over the filling. The creator likes to arrange it in small squares.

6. 6

   Brush the pastry all over with the beaten egg.

7. 7

   Bake for 25–30 minutes, until the pastry is puffed and beautifully golden and the filling underneath is piping hot and bubbling.

8. 8

   While the pie bakes, mix the melted light butter with the remaining 1 teaspoon garlic granules and the dried parsley to make the garlic butter.

9. 9

   Brush the garlic butter over the pastry while it is still hot.

10. 10

    Serve with vegetables.

Notes

The source gives no specific baking dish dimensions. Serving vegetables are suggested but not specified or included as an ingredient. The author reports 590 calories and 55.1 g protein per serving.

Nutrition per serving

• main
• dinner
• comfort food
• easy
• baked
• high-protein
• autumn