Chicken Loaf # Ramadan Cooking Contest#

Name: Chicken Loaf # Ramadan Cooking Contest#
Yield: 2-3 loaves
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: For the dough: 4 Cups flour; 1 tbsp instant yeast; 1 tsp salt; 4 tbsp oil; 1 egg (plus 1 for glazing); 1 tsp sugar; 1 1/4 Cups warm milk; For Chicken filing:; 1 1/2-2 Cups chicken (boiled & shredded); 1 medium or 2 small onion chopped finely; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp garam masala powder; 2 tbsp flour; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp coriander leaves; 4 chopped green chillies; 1 Cup milk; sesame seeds or chia seeds

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

For the love of braided and stuffed breads

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

For the love of braided and stuffed breads

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Ingredients

2-3 loaves

For the dough: 4 Cups flour
1 tbspinstant yeast
1 tspsalt
4 tbspoil
1egg (plus 1 for glazing)
1 tspsugar
1 1/4 Cupswarm milk
For Chicken filing:
1 1/2-2 Cupschicken (boiled & shredded)
1medium or 2 small onion chopped finely
1 tspsalt
1 tspblack pepper
1 tspgaram masala powder
2 tbspflour
2 tbspbutter
2 tbspcoriander leaves
4chopped green chillies
1 Cupmilk
sesame seeds or chia seeds

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Steps

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Heat 2 tbsp butter fry onions till soft then add 2tbsp flour with 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp garam masala.
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Add milk, cook till thick, mix in shredded chicken, add chopped green chillies and coriander leaves. Remove & cool completely.
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In a bowl mix together 4 cups f,our, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp yeast, 4 tbsp oil and 1 egg, knead to a soft dough with warm milk. Leave to rise for an hour. Divide the dough into 2-3 depending on how big you want the loaves.
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Roll out the dough into a rectangle, brush with some butter.
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Put your filing in the center of the rectangle and make slits on both of the longer sides
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Start bringing the top most slit ends across from each other alternating, like a criss cross fashion - left to right, right to left....
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Grease your trays and place your bread.
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Apply eggwash and sprinkle your seeds, then bake in a preheated oven at 200c for about 25mins
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Enjoy your delicious chicken bread!
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Right after taking out of the oven, brush well with butter and let it rest covered with a cloth for 2-3 mins to often it.
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