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Kurnik is eaten hot or cold. Chicken Stuffing: Recipes with Chicken, Mushrooms and Potatoes

Do you know how rich our National cuisine? Kurnik is a Russian dish that was traditionally prepared for the festive table. it closed pie from butter, unleavened, puff or shortcrust pastry with rich meat filling. Cooking is easy, but not fast. But it turns out chic pastries that will appeal to all guests.

The peculiarity of the chicken is not only in its taste. It looks chic, both from the outside and in the cut. Pieces of multi-layered pies look especially appetizing. In principle, any filling is acceptable here. Even sweet. However, we will talk. Seven best recipes in front of you. Write it down and get started.

Kurnik with chicken and potatoes (recipe with photo)

I present a simple kurnik prepared according to a classic recipe.

The dough on this technology always turns out. Keep in mind, it will come in handy for other dishes as well.

We prepare the dough from the following components:

  • 400-500 g flour;
  • salt, soda - 0.5 tsp each;
  • milk - a stack;
  • 2 tbsp. l. sour cream 20%;
  • sugar - a couple of pinches;
  • 200 g margarine.

For the filling, take the following products:

  • 1 medium onion;
  • 600 g of chicken;
  • 800 g potatoes;
  • 1 bay leaf;
  • salt, pepper to taste;
  • a little sunflower oil;
  • butter - 60 g;
  • 50-70 g of boiled water (cooled down).

Note! Sprinkle the top of the cake with sesame seeds, if desired.

Cooking step by step:

We start cooking with a batch of butter yeast-free dough. Melt a pack of margarine in a saucepan over low heat or in the microwave. Separate the yolk from the protein. We introduce the yolk into the dough. Lubricate the pie with protein.

Add sour cream. Then we introduce salt, soda, sugar, milk. We begin to gradually add flour. We knead the dough. The mass is soft, tender, does not stick to hands.

Cover the finished dough with foil. So it will retain its consistency and not dry out. While the mass is infused, let's deal with the filling.

Potato cut into cubes. We divide the chicken into small pieces. Chop the onion into cubes. We combine all the chopped components in a common container.

We add oil. Season, add bay leaf, chopped into several parts. We mix the filling and proceed to the assembly of the chicken.

We heat up the oven. Grease a baking dish with butter. We divide the dough in half (one part is smaller, the other is larger).

We take part, which is more. We roll out into a layer corresponding to the parameters of the form (together with the sides). Thickness is approximately 0.5 cm.

Lay out on top chicken pieces with vegetables, evenly distributed throughout the container.

Roll out the second half. Cover the filling with a layer of dough. Close the edges neatly. Make a small hole in the center with a knife.

Pour boiled cooled water there - so the contents of the pie will turn out juicy, and the potatoes will cook faster. A hole will be needed in order to evaporate excess liquid.

Lubricate the cake with protein. We send the form to the oven. Temperature: 200 degrees. Time: 1.5 hours.

On a note! There is no need to sprinkle the table with flour before rolling - properly prepared dough does not stick to the table.

Rosy, beautiful cake ready.

Puff pastry chicken with potatoes - a classic recipe

This recipe enjoy its speed and simplicity. Therefore, dear lazy hostesses, write down as soon as possible.

Let's prepare a set of products:

  • 2 chicken breasts;
  • 2-3 small onions;
  • 4 small potatoes;
  • a couple of tomatoes;
  • 40 g butter;
  • puff pastry packaging (0.5 kg);
  • spices to taste;
  • 3 art. l. milk;
  • 1 egg;
  • greens as desired.

Note! Fine cutting of all components speeds up the preparation time of the filling.

Recipe Description:

  1. Chop the onion heads and transfer to the pan. Lightly fry.
  2. We wash the breast, dry it and finely chop it. Next, send the meat to the onion. Fry under a closed lid, on low heat.
  3. Grate the potatoes on a coarse grater and add to the chicken.
  4. Fry and add a piece of oil. We continue frying and in the meantime we will blanch the tomatoes.
  5. We put water on fire. Cut the stalks off the tomatoes. From the bottom of the fetus we make an incision crosswise. send vegetables to the pan.
  6. We are waiting for boiling, cook for a minute.
  7. Preparing a deep bowl with cold water, where we introduce tomatoes immediately after boiling. While the tomatoes are cooling, season the filling, which is cooked in a pan. Then we will start preparing the test.
  8. We divide the dough layer into two parts along - we make one smaller. We begin to roll out with a piece that is larger. We adjust the dough to the size of the baking dish, taking into account the sides.
  9. We cover the container with parchment. We spread the layer, trimming it to the parameters. Then we send the stuffing.
  10. We remove the peel from the tomatoes. We divide the vegetables into slices and lay them on top of the filling. Sprinkle with herbs if desired.
  11. Roll out the second part of the test. We cover the contents of the pie. We connect the sides.
  12. In a bowl, combine egg and milk. With the resulting mass, without sparing, we lubricate the surface of the chicken coop. Make an incision in the center so that the steam can escape freely during baking.
  13. We send it to the preheated oven for half an hour. The time may be increased, depending on the size of the chicken coop and the power of the oven.

On a note! Do not overdo it with tomatoes - otherwise you will get a taste of sourness.

Take the cake out of the mold and let it cool. Cut into portions and serve.

How to cook pancake chicken with mushrooms, cheese

A pancake chicken is unusual option chicken pie. There is a variety of fillings, and an incredibly appetizing look. Be sure to surprise your guests with such a chic festive dish.

Ingredients for pancakes:

  • 1.5 cups flour;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 3 glasses of water;
  • sugar sand - 2 tbsp. l.;
  • vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
  • 1 st. l. salt.

For stuffing:

  • mushrooms - 600-700 g;
  • 1.3 kg boiled chicken;
  • 3 onions;
  • 250 g of cheese;
  • mayonnaise -200 g;
  • ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp;
  • vegetable oil for frying.

Recipe Description:

  1. Chicken meat is separated from the bone and split into fibers. Finely chop the mushrooms.
  2. We chop the onion into thin strips and transfer part of it to a frying pan heated with oil.
  3. Bring to golden. Then add the chicken. Fry no more than 7 minutes. The first filling is ready.
  4. Let's get to the second one. The remaining onion is again sent to the frying.
  5. When browned, add mushrooms. Cook until excess liquid has evaporated.
  6. Season the stuffing mixture to taste. While the fillings are cooling, let's make pancakes.
  7. In a deep bowl, add eggs, water, salt, beat with a whisk.
  8. Gradually add the flour while beating the mass with an immersion blender.
  9. We add vegetable oil. We bake pancakes. It turns out not 20 pieces minimum.
    We rub the cheese on a coarse grater. All components of the chicken are ready.

Let's start assembling.

  • We send two pancakes to a round flat pallet. Next, lay out the pancakes along the edges overlapping one after another - these will be the petals. Takes about 8 pieces.
  • In the center we have a pancake. And on top of the stuffing with chicken. Drizzle with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover with pancake.
  • We spread the mushroom filling. Then again comes mayonnaise and cheese. We continue the layers until the components run out.
  • We leave one beautiful pancake separately - we will cover the assembled chicken coop. We close the topmost filling with our petals as follows - put a pancake from the bottom up, form a fold. Then the next, overlapping the previous one.
  • Cover the dish with a reserved pancake. We send it to the oven for 20 minutes. Temperature 160 degrees.

Before serving, decorate the cake as desired.

Kurnik with rice - my grandmother's recipe

Check out the recipe for a hearty, festive pie. The dish turns out beautiful on the outside and inside - it looks appetizing in the context. Gentle and delicious pieces all guests will appreciate it.

We will need:

  • 1 kg carcass;
  • 100 g butter;
  • 400 g of any mushrooms;
  • 200 g boiled rice;
  • 400 g flour;
  • one raw egg;
  • a quarter glass of milk;
  • sour cream - 3 tbsp. l.;
  • boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • a pinch of soda;
  • spices and herbs to taste.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Boil chicken and rice. The meat is separated from the bone. Cut into small pieces.
  2. We start kneading the dough. Add milk, egg and sour cream to melted butter. Add flour with soda. Mix the ingredients until soft. We insist in the refrigerator for 40 minutes.
  3. Chop the eggs and chop the greens. Then combine with rice. We divide the mushrooms into several parts, send them to the pan. Add chopped onion and fry.
  4. We collect chicken. Divide the dough into several balls. Each roll into a thin cake. We make one more for the top.
  5. Put the pancake on the baking sheet first, then the filling. We continue the assembly until the components run out.
  6. Stuffing can alternate: chicken, rice, mushrooms. Can you combine all the components in common stuffing. Completely cover the chicken with a large tortilla.

We decorate at will - we cut out pigtails or other curly patterns from the dough. Make a small incision at the top. We send the dish to the oven for 1.5 hours at a temperature of 180 degrees.

On a note! Pour into the hole chicken bouillon, which remained from cooking the carcass. This will make the cake very juicy and flavorful.

Serve the finished cake to the table and divide into pieces.

Royal kurnik (very juicy and tasty) - cooking step by step

Treat your loved ones to a royal dinner. Kurnik will delight you with a generous filling, delicious dough and appetizing look.

Let's prepare a set of products:

  • 2-3 onion heads;
  • 650 g domestic chicken;
  • 1 carrot per broth;
  • 1 carrot for stuffing
  • 120 g of rice;
  • a glass of milk;
  • 2 eggs plus 1 for brushing
  • 400 g flour;
  • 50 g sour cream;
  • 300 g mushrooms;
  • 150 g butter;
  • spices and herbs to taste;
  • stack of vegetable oil.

Instruction:

  1. We lower the carcass into a pan with water. We throw peeled carrots, cut in half, and onion slices.
  2. We add spices. You can add bay leaf, peppercorns and salt. When the meat is cooked, separate the flesh from the bone. Split into strips. Season the boiled pieces to taste.
  3. Boil rice. We wash the mushrooms, divide into plates. Fry.
    In a separate bowl, pass the onion with carrots (previously chopped with a knife). In a bowl, combine mushrooms and fried vegetables.
  4. Add chopped greens. Salt, mix. Enter boiled rice. The filling is ready, we start baking pancakes.
  5. Pour milk into the container. Add egg, salt, oil. We beat with a whisk.
  6. Add flour and bring the mass to a homogeneous state. We bake thin pancakes. We start kneading the dough for the base of the chicken.
  7. Connecting butter, sour cream and egg. Add soda and salt. Mix the mass, then pour in the flour.
  8. Knead soft dough, wrap under the film. We send it to the refrigerator for half an hour. After the time has passed, we take out the bun.
  9. Divide into two parts (one smaller than the other).
  10. We roll out the pieces into thin layers (40-50 mm). Place the smaller cake on the bottom of the baking dish.
  11. Next, spread the pancake and rice-mushroom mass. We do not regret the act. Cover with pancake. Lay out the chicken. Continue alternating layers until the ingredients run out.
  12. We cover the assembled chicken coop with the remaining layer of dough. We seal the edges.

Use the rest of the dough for decorations - if desired. The easiest option is to cut circles and spread over the entire top. Make a hole in the middle.

Lubricate the workpiece raw egg. Bake for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.

We get the finished chicken. Pour the chicken broth into the hole.
Serve the dish cut into portions.

Chicken pie - portioned classic recipe

I represent good recipe mini-kurnikov on shortcrust pastry. They are beautiful on the outside, juicy on the inside. Nothing comes out while baking. The triangles hold their shape very well. Be sure to try cooking.

For the dough we need:

  • 0.5 tsp soda (or 1 tsp baking powder);
  • 1 tsp salt;
  • 250 g of soft melted butter (or margarine);
  • 400-450 g flour;
  • 200 g sour cream.

For stuffing:

  • 600 g chicken fillet;
  • a pair of bulbs;
  • a couple of potatoes;
  • pepper to taste.

On a note! Do not spare the onion - its juice makes the meat more juicy.

Recipe Description:

  1. Pour sour cream into the bowl for dough. Add baking powder. Mix and add oil.
  2. Gradually add flour. kneading elastic dough that does not stick to hands. Cover with a towel and let the mass rest a bit.
  3. Finely chop the onion. Cut the chicken fillet and potatoes into cubes (the smaller, the better). Salt, pepper the filling and proceed to sculpting mini-kurniki.
  4. We roll a small ball and turn it into a layer with a rolling pin. We make the thickness not too thin - so the base will not tear and withstand the filling. Put a tablespoon of the filling in the middle.
  5. Raise the two edges of the circle and interlock the edges together, forming a triangular shape. We leave a small hole in the center - we give the steam the opportunity to freely exit.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, prepare the form. Bake for 30 minutes.

It turns out 18 pieces. We cool a little and call everyone to the table as soon as possible.

Lazy kurnik from batter - a quick jellied pie recipe

Jellied chicken is ideal for those housewives who do not like to mess with the dough. Here you simply mix the ingredients and pour the cake.

On a note! Potatoes chopped into circles will not fall out when cutting the chicken into pieces.

We will need:

  • 0.5 kg boneless chicken;
  • 4 large potatoes;
  • 100 g of mayonnaise;
  • sour cream - 150 g;
  • a glass of flour;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 0.5 tsp soda;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking step by step:

Cut potatoes into rings, onion into half rings. Grind the chicken fillet into small cubes. We lay out the components in separate bowls.

We salt and pepper each. Grease the pie mold with oil. We spread the potatoes on the bottom (half). Then half an onion.
Then meat. Next, the remaining bow. Top the rest of the potatoes. Let's start preparing the filling dough.

Mix eggs with sour cream, mayonnaise. Add salt, soda and flour. The consistency of the mass resembles thick sour cream.

We fill the billet chicken with dough. We send it to the oven for 60-70 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

Cool and serve to the table.

How to cook dough for a kurnik on kefir (sour cream) and margarine

Let's make awesome dough for meat pie. It is very tasty, does not stick to hands. It is a pleasure to work with him.

AT classic version kurnik - a rich dome-shaped wedding cake, layered with pancakes stuffed with chicken and cereals. This festive cake appeared in Rus'. Like any Russian pastry, rooted in the distant past, the traditional kurnik has undergone many flavor “variations” over the years.

Puff, shortbread pies-kurniki, kurniki from kefir dough appeared. The stuffing for the kurnik began to be prepared from meat, fish, mushrooms and vegetables, moreover more recipes kurnikov appeared, the more popular Russian pastries became.

I offer one of the cooking variations - mini-kurniki with chicken and potatoes on yeast dough. Such kurniki are prepared and sold in modern canteens, bakeries and culinary establishments. Baking is no less in demand than fish pies, shanezhki and simple potato patties. Dear girls and girls, homemade baking tastier than store bought! This mini pie recipe is just for you. Our great-grandmothers knew how to bake pies from the age of 17, and why are we worse?

STEP 1. Yeast dough for chickens.

How to knead yeast dough for mini chickens?

For the test, take the products from the list. All ingredients must first be removed from the refrigerator.

Pour warm milk into a bowl. Dilute salt in milk.

Let's add wheat flour with dry active yeast.

Let's start kneading the dough. In the process, add any vegetable oil.

Break the egg into the dough.

We knead a soft bun and send it to fermentation. Our bowl is deep, which means that the dough will not run away. Let's cover the bowl cling film and a towel. Leave warm for 2-3 hours.

Our dough has increased three times - it turned out lush and tender.

STEP 2. Stuffing for chickens.

Let's prepare the products from the list. Vegetables must first be cleaned.

We cut potatoes into cubes.

Here is the onion. Cut into any shape, but not too large.

Three carrots.

Add chicken. I cut the flesh from the chicken legs and chopped lightly with a knife.

Salt and ground black pepper.

I got a great filling. You can bake a big chicken pie. I decided to make some not very large chicken coops.

STEP 3. Modeling and baking.

We take the dough out of the container, and so that it does not stick, we grease our hands vegetable oil or dip your fingers in flour.

From a large kolobok we form small balls. I got 8 pieces.

Dip each ball in flour and roll into a round cake.

Place 1 heaping tablespoon of filling in the middle.

We form the edges of the cakes into a triangular-shaped kurnik. We make the dough well with our fingers, after dipping them in flour.

Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Lubricate with a light layer of vegetable oil. Our chickens go on top.

Chicken hats need to be lubricated chicken yolk, whipped with water. We send the chickens to the oven preheated to 220 ° C for 45-60 minutes.

Mini-kurniki with chicken and potatoes baked on yeast dough.

Their aroma is incomparable, and the taste - of real Russian pies. Let it cool down a bit and you can enjoy.


A real, juicy, amazingly tasty kurnik can be prepared by every, even not quite experienced, hostess. And it doesn’t matter if the dough for the kefir chicken is cooked or another drink is taken as the basis. Having at hand a recipe for cooking, clearly following the instructions, it will be possible to please the household unusual dish, which is not without reason called the "royal pie".

The classic recipe is quite common.

Ingredients:

For test:

  • 800 g wheat flour;
  • 300 g of high-fat sour cream;
  • 180 g butter;
  • add salt to taste;
  • a little sugar.

For pancakes:

  • 250 ml of milk;
  • 100 g flour;
  • 1 egg;
  • 1 st. l. oils;
  • some salt and sugar.

For filling:

  • 0.5 kg of boiled rice;
  • 4 eggs;
  • 1 large chicken breast;
  • 0.5 kg of any mushrooms;
  • 2 heads of onions;
  • the addition of salt and sugar is determined by taste preferences.

Cooking:

  1. First of all, the dough is prepared. The flour is mixed with softened butter, everything is thoroughly mixed.
  2. Sour cream, salt and sugar are also sent there. The dough is kneaded.
    Important! How better dough knead, the more airy it will turn out.
  3. To make pancakes, the egg is beaten with milk. The rest of the ingredients are added, flour last. Add it gradually to make a semi-liquid dough. 4-5 pancakes are baked.
  4. To prepare the filling, finely chop the mushrooms and onions, fry with the addition of butter.
  5. Boiled chicken breast is torn into small pieces and added to the onion-mushroom mixture. Finely chopped eggs and onions are added to boiled rice, everything is thoroughly mixed.
  6. The formation of the kurnik begins with rolling into a large circle of dough. On it, in the center, a pancake is laid out, and on it - one of the fillings. It is covered with a pancake on top and the filling is put again, but already different. So the filling is laid out in layers until the pancakes run out.
  7. Place the remaining rolled out dough on top. Make a hole in the center.
  8. Place the pie smeared with whipped yolk in the oven, preheating to 180 degrees. The dish will be ready in 30-40 minutes.

With added potatoes

Kurnik with chicken and potatoes turns out to be appetizing and satisfying.

Ingredients:

  • 300 g of chicken meat (better thighs and breast);
  • 0.3 kg of potatoes;
  • 2 onions;
  • 200 g butter (margarine is also suitable as an alternative);
  • 2 eggs;
  • ½ cup of water;
  • 5 st. flour;
  • 3-4 st. l. sunflower oil
  • salt and spices are added to taste.

Cooking:

  1. The potatoes are peeled, chopped into small sticks, sprinkled with salt and mixed.
  2. Chicken meat is cut into small pieces, salted, sprinkled with pepper and mixed.
  3. The peeled onion is cut into pieces.
  4. For the dough, break 2 eggs into a bowl. Add water, salt and stir.
  5. Butter is added to the egg water, which must first be melted. After that, flour is gradually introduced. The dough is kneaded. The resulting mass must be divided into 2 unequal parts.
  6. In a baking dish, most of the dough rolled into a cake is placed on the bottom. It is important not to forget to leave the edges free for subsequent pinching.
  7. Potatoes are placed on the dough, then chicken meat, then onions and spices.
  8. From the remaining piece of dough, roll out another cake and put it on top. Don't forget to make a hole in the center for steam to escape.
  9. Kurnik with meat and potatoes is baked for an hour. The temperature in the oven must be at least 180 degrees.

Cooking in a multicooker

Kurnik can be cooked in a slow cooker.

You will need:

For the test, stock up on the following products:

  • kefir - 1 cup;
  • butter - 400 g;
  • 0.5 tsp salt and soda;
  • flour - 3-4 cups.

For filling:

  • 3 boiled potatoes of medium size;
  • 3 onion heads;
  • 300 g mushrooms;
  • 300 g of chicken meat;
  • greens.

Cooking:

  1. Salt and soda are added to chilled kefir. Butter is also poured there (it is melted in advance).
  2. Flour is added, the dough is kneaded. It needs to be put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  3. Turn on the multicooker on the "Frying" mode. Fry chopped onion in hot oil. After 5 minutes, add mushrooms, finely chopped, mix and leave until the end of the program. Prepared vegetables are transferred to a plate.
  4. The multicooker bowl is sprinkled with flour. Divide the dough into 2 pieces, one slightly larger than the other. Most of it is rolled out and laid out on the bottom so that small sides remain. Meat is placed on the dough, then onions with mushrooms, boiled and cut into pieces potatoes and greens.
  5. The pie is covered with the second part of the pie. Make a hole in the center. A chicken is being prepared in a slow cooker for 1.5 hours in the "Baking" mode.

Pancake chicken with mushrooms

The unique taste of the dish will not leave anyone indifferent.

Ingredients:

Pancakes are made from:

  • 500-700 g flour;
  • 130 g butter;
  • 100 g of mayonnaise and the same amount of sour cream (10-15% fat);
  • 150 ml 2.5% milk;
  • 1 egg;
  • salt.

The filling is prepared from:

  • chicken fillet - 400 g;
  • mushrooms (any) - 300 g;
  • 2 medium potatoes;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • dill greens - 30-50 g;
  • salt and black ground pepper.

To lubricate the product, you will need vegetable oil and the yolk of one egg.

Cooking technology:

  1. First of all, knead the semi-puff pastry. To do this, most of the flour is sifted into a bowl. Salt is also poured there, a couple of pinches will be enough, softened butter is laid out. Grind flour and butter into dry crumbs. If necessary, flour is added little by little.
  2. In another container, sour cream, mayonnaise and 100 ml of milk are mixed until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. In this milk mixture, it is necessary to introduce the previously prepared butter crumb. We introduce gradually, stirring. The resulting dough is soft and supple. Put it in the fridge for a while.
  3. While the dough is chilling, prepare the pancake mixture. To do this, the remaining 50 ml of milk is poured into the remaining milky consistency, and the egg is broken. The mixture is slightly shaken so that the egg disperses and flour is introduced. The dough should be of medium thickness. Bake pancakes in a well-heated pan, greased with butter. You should get 2-3 thick pancakes.
  4. The process of preparing the filling begins with mushrooms. They are boiled in salted water, gently squeezed and sautéed. Mushrooms are placed in a pan with oil, and sent there chicken fillet and diced onion. All this is fried until cooked. After that, twist the mushroom and chicken fillings in a meat grinder. An egg, pepper, salt is added to the mixture. Potatoes are peeled, chopped into medium-sized cubes. It and greens are also laid out in minced chicken and mushrooms.
  5. It remains to form a chicken. Divide the dough from the refrigerator into 2 unequal parts. You can also leave a small piece to decorate the finished dish. Each part should be rolled into a layer. With the help of 2 plates of different diameters (25 and 30 cm), an even look is given.
  6. The smaller cake is placed on a baking sheet greased with oil. A third of the minced meat is laid out on it in such a way that there is a little free space left to the edge. After that, it is laid in layers: pancake - filling - pancake - filling. The last one should be pancake.
  7. The whole structure is covered with the second (largest) part of the dough. Make a small cut in the center. At the base, the cake is fastened. The top is decorated with the remaining piece of dough.
  8. To bake the cake, the oven must be heated to 180 degrees. Cooking time - 40 minutes.
  9. Kurnik is served to the table cut into triangular pieces.

From sand dough

Shortcrust pastry chicken is festive.

For cooking you will need:

  • wheat flour - 430 g;
  • butter (can be margarine) - 120 g;
  • a quarter cup of milk (or water);
  • baking powder - a pinch is enough;
  • mayonnaise (sour cream is also possible) - 3 tbsp. l.;
  • chicken meat - 900 g;
  • champignons - 450 g;
  • rice, pre-boiled - 200 g;
  • eggs - 3 pcs.;
  • greens, salt, pepper to taste;
  • 6 ready pancakes.

Cooking:

  1. Boil a chicken and a couple of eggs.
  2. During this time we are preparing shortbread dough. For its kneading, margarine and sour cream are used. The egg is beaten with sour cream and butter, milk is added.
  3. Flour is combined with baking powder, then poured into the prepared composition. Everything is thoroughly mixed. The resulting dough should lie in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  4. For the filling, chicken meat is cut into small pieces. boiled eggs are also crushed and mixed with boiled rice and chopped herbs. The mass is salted and peppered.
  5. Washed mushrooms, along with onions, are fried in oil in a pan.
  6. The chilled dough is divided into 2 pieces and then the kurnik is cooked as usual: the filling is laid out in layers on the dough rolled out into a cake, which alternates with pancakes. The second piece of dough is rolled out and covers the chicken coop from above.
  7. A small hole is made in the center of the cake to allow steam to escape. Bake in an oven heated to 180 degrees for 1 hour.

Margarine based recipe

You can prepare dough for a chicken coop using margarine according to the following recipe.

Ingredients:

  • creamy margarine - 250 g;
  • milk - 150 g;
  • ½ tsp baking soda;
  • 1 st. l. baking powder for dough;
  • 2 eggs;
  • ½ st. l. granulated sugar;
  • 3 cups flour;
  • a pinch of salt.

Cooking:

  1. Mix flour with baking powder, sift through a fine sieve.
  2. Eggs broken into a deep bowl are mixed with sugar, salt and softened margarine. Everything is thoroughly mixed.
  3. Milk is added, flour is gradually poured. The dough is kneaded, which must be placed in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes.

You can take any stuffing for the chicken.

An old recipe with chicken and rice

To prepare a pie for 8 servings for the dough, we take:

  • flour - 3 cups;
  • butter - 200 g;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • sour cream - 1 tbsp.;
  • salt - ½ tsp

For filling:

  • 1 kg chicken fillet;
  • 4 eggs;
  • cream - ¼ cup;
  • juice of half a lemon;
  • 1 glass of rice;
  • a small pinch of nutmeg;
  • parsley - to taste champignons - 6-8 pcs.;
  • vegetable oil - 1-2 tbsp. l.

Cooking:

  1. Initially, you should start preparing the components. Cut the boiled chicken meat into pieces.
    Important! Do not pour out the broth, it will still come in handy. Mushrooms are made in medium-sized pieces and fried in vegetable oil for 5-7 minutes. Eggs are boiled, cooled and finely chopped.
  2. In the chicken broth, previously strained, put the chicken meat, finely chopped parsley and add lemon juice. After that, pour a little more than a glass of broth, add cream and nutmeg. All this composition is mixed and sent to the stove for boiling.
  3. In the meantime, boil the rice, put it in a colander, rinse with cool water and add the parsley.
  4. Chicken meat is also mixed with parsley.
  5. To knead the dough, take 2 eggs, butter, sour cream, flour and salt. The resulting product is divided into 2 unequal parts.
  6. From the larger half, a layer is rolled out and placed on a baking sheet. After that, layers are formed: rice on the dough, then eggs, followed by half of the whole chicken and mushrooms. Again rice, eggs and chicken-mushroom mixture.
  7. From the remaining dough, another circle is rolled out, which will become a “lid” for the chicken coop. A small hole must be cut in the center.
  8. Bake the dish at 180 degrees. Cooking time is about 40 minutes.

yeast pie

Need to stock up:

For test:

  • milk - 250 ml;
  • egg;
  • butter - 70 g;
  • dry yeast - 1 tsp;
  • sugar - 1 tbsp. l.;
  • salt;
  • flour - 600 g.

For filling:

  • 0.5 kg of boiled chicken;
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 3-4 st. l. any oil;
  • 1 head of onion;
  • pepper, salt, herbs to taste.
  1. For the dough, stir the yeast in warm milk and do not touch the dish for 10-15 minutes. At the same time, an egg is beaten in a cup with sugar, salt and melted butter. Milk is added to this composition, and in small portions flour pours in. The dough is kneaded and left for 30-40 minutes.
  2. While the dough is resting, prepare the filling. Onions are fried in vegetable oil. Potatoes are peeled, washed, chopped into cubes. Chicken meat is also chopped.
  3. Break off a small piece from the dough, roll the rest into a cake and place on a baking sheet so that large sides remain.
  4. Mixed chicken, potatoes and onions are laid out on the dough. The filling is salted, peppered, oil is added.
  5. The remaining dough is used to make strips that are laid on top of the cake.
  6. Bake chicken at 200 degrees for 40 minutes.

Fast lazy chicken

A quick lazy chicken will save time on cooking.

The easiest option is with minced meat.

For test:

  • 1 glass of kefir;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 1 glass of flour;
  • 1 tsp soda;
  • ½ tsp salt.

For filling:

  • 400 g minced meat;
  • 3 onion heads;
  • salt and pepper are added according to taste preferences.

Cooking process:

  1. Kefir is mixed with soda and left for 10 minutes. Eggs are broken there, everything is mixed. Salt is added, flour is gradually poured, the dough is kneaded.
  2. Finely chopped onion mixed with raw minced meat. All this is seasoned with pepper and salt.
  3. Part of the dough is poured onto a greased form, and minced meat is laid out on top. The rest of the dough is poured on top again. Kurnik goes to the oven, heated to 170 degrees for 40 minutes.

From puff pastry

You can make a chicken coop from puff pastry. A semi-finished product is sold in any store. For the filling, a classic set of products: chicken fillet, potatoes, onions.

  1. To start cutting chicken breast cubes.
  2. Peeled and washed potatoes are also cut into cubes.
  3. The onion is finely chopped.
  4. All components are mixed, sprinkled with salt, black pepper.
  5. 2 layers are rolled out of the defrosted dough. Place one on a baking sheet previously greased with oil. Lay the filling on top.
  6. Cover with the second part rolled into a layer. Finish the edges, brush the top with egg.
  7. Bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.

Filled with pork

As meat, you can put pork in the chicken coop. The dish will turn out tasty and satisfying.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups flour;
  • ¾ cup sour cream, preferably oily;
  • 1 egg;
  • salt to taste;
  • 3 art. l. butter;
  • 20 ml cream.

For the filling you will need:

  • 2-3 potatoes;
  • 1 head of onion;
  • 300 g pork;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking:

  1. To prepare the dough, sour cream, egg, butter and salt are mixed until a homogeneous consistency. Then flour is gradually added and the dough is kneaded. For 30 minutes, it is removed in the refrigerator.
  2. The peeled potatoes are rubbed on a grater, the onion is finely chopped.
  3. Pork is cut into small pieces.
  4. Meat, potatoes, onions are mixed, flavored with pepper and salt.
  5. The dough is divided into two unequal parts.
  6. Most of it is rolled into a cake, which is placed on a baking sheet. The sides are left. The filling is laid on the dough, covered with a second layer on top.
  7. The edges are pinched, the top is smeared with an egg. Kurnik goes to the oven for 50-55 minutes. Bake at 180 degrees.

On kefir with chicken and buckwheat porridge

Kurnik with chicken and rice is a familiar option. Have you tried buckwheat chicken?

Ingredients:

For test:

  • 800 g flour;
  • 600 g of milk or kefir;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 2 tbsp. l. yeast;
  • 5 g salt.

For filling:

  • 1 chicken;
  • 1 glass of buckwheat;
  • 400 g boiled mushrooms;
  • 2 onions;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking:

  1. The dough is kneaded from warm milk, eggs, salt, sugar and yeast. It is left in a warm place for 40 minutes, then stirred again and left again.
  2. The chicken is boiled, the meat is separated from the bones and cut into small pieces.
  3. Buckwheat is boiled so that a crumbly porridge is obtained.
  4. Mushrooms are boiled if necessary.
  5. Chopped onion is fried in chicken fat and divided into three parts. One part is fried with mushrooms, salted and peppered. Also, chicken and buckwheat are fried separately with onions.
  6. The dough is divided into three parts. One of them is rolled out into a layer and placed on the bottom of the baking sheet.
  7. The second part is divided into small pieces, each of which will roll into a very thin pancake.
  8. Half of the buckwheat is laid out on the first layer and covered with one "pancake". Then the chicken filling is placed and again the pancake. The last layer will be mushrooms.
  9. Repeat all layers again in the same sequence.
  10. From above it is covered with the third part of the dough, previously rolled out. The edges of the barn are pinched.
  11. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes.

From sour cream dough

The dough on sour cream is tender, satisfying and fragrant.

Ingredients:

  • 400-500 g flour;
  • 300 g of fat sour cream;
  • 250 g butter;
  • 1/2 tsp. salt and soda.

Cooking:

  1. Sour cream and butter are mixed. Flour, soda and salt are poured into another cup. Everything is mixed and sieved.
  2. Flour is gradually poured into the first vessel and the dough is kneaded.

It turns out plastic, easy to use.

You can take any filling, for example:

  • chicken fillet - 500 g;
  • 2 onion heads;
  • salt and pepper to taste.
  1. The peeled onion is cut into pieces.
  2. Grind the chicken fillet with a meat grinder or blender and fry the minced meat with onions. The resulting mixture is peppered and salted.
  3. Two unequal-sized plates are made from the dough. A large one is rolled into a layer and placed in a deep frying pan, greased with oil. Borders are formed.
  4. Minced meat is placed on the dough. From above it is covered with a layer rolled out from the second part of the dough. Make a hole in the middle. If you pour a little hot water or broth into this hole, the chicken will turn out to be especially juicy.
  5. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees.

Kurnik - amazingly delicious, incredibly hearty pie, which can become not only a dish home dinner or dinner, but also decoration holiday table. There are many cooking options, each housewife will definitely find the best recipe for herself.

Kurnik is a popular Russian pie that has a long history and several cooking options.

Previously, the chicken was obligatory dish at the wedding

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Kurnik is considered one of the most famous Russian pies. Even in the times of Rus', this dish was called royal. Such a cake is festive and is prepared on the day of great events. It is baked for the Trinity, Easter, wedding or just when they want to surprise guests with unusual pastries.

Previously, on the wedding day, two types of kurnik were prepared, one of which was intended for the bride, and the second for the groom. Such pies were large, and wheat grains were taken for the filling. They were broken over the heads of young spouses, and the falling grains symbolized wealth, good luck and prosperity. Also, the pie was one of the favorite treats of the kings.

The name itself - "Kurnik", has several interpretations. Some people think it comes from chicken stuffing, which is most often used, while others are inclined to believe that the Cossacks called it that, since the dish looked like a round chicken. In addition, a small depression was made in the center of the baking, from which a small smoke came out.

Nowadays, the kurnik will become a tasty and unusual table decoration. The recipe for making a pie is not very simple, therefore, mostly housewives bake it for big celebrations. We will tell you how to quickly and tasty cook such a dish in several ways.

Test selection

The peculiarity of kurnik is that it can be prepared from different dough with different fillings.

You can use this dough:

  1. on sour cream or kefir;
  2. creamy;
  3. yeast;
  4. fresh;
  5. puff.

Concerning traditional pie, then it is made with pancakes, which are needed as separators for fillings inside baking. Two cakes are made from the dough. One of them rolls out a little more, as it will overlap on top and cover the filling.

As a rule, two are made to make a pie. different tests. Pancakes are prepared from one, and a pastry cap from the second.

Possible options for filling the chicken

There are several options for how to start a chicken coop. Naturally, the most popular ingredient is chicken meat.

The following fillings can also be used:

  • cereals, eggs;
  • vegetables, mushrooms;
  • berries, fruits, nuts;
  • potatoes, fried onions, sauerkraut etc.

Most often, fish or poultry are used for the filling.

The traditional recipe always includes chicken, fried onions, eggs and buckwheat. You can then add ingredients of your choice. As a rule, the more varied the filling, the tastier pastries. Also, to taste, you need to add herbs and spices to make the dish fragrant.

Very often, rice, eggs, butter and herbs are used as fillings. A recipe with fried onions, mushrooms, boiled meat and sauce is also popular. The choice of filling depends on personal taste preferences. In this dish, you can embody all your culinary fantasies.

Classic step-by-step chicken recipe with photo

Now there are many recipes for how to cook chicken. Some of them are quite unusual. The classic recipe includes the following ingredients:

Pie head dough:

  • flour - 400 g;
  • butter - 100 g;
  • eggs - 1 pc.;
  • milk - ¼ cup;
  • sour cream - 3 tablespoons;
  • soda - on the tip of a knife.

The dough cooks pretty quickly. It is necessary to mix all the ingredients and divide the resulting mass into two parts. Pancakes are made from them for the base and caps of pastries, the second pancake should be larger to cover the entire cake. You can also leave the dough to decorate the dish.

a) divide the dough into 2 parts; b) make a smaller circle from the first part, and a larger circle from the second.

To make pancakes, you need the following:

  • eggs - 1 pc.;
  • milk - 350 ml;
  • flour - 5 tablespoons;
  • salt, sugar - to taste.

From the resulting mass, you will need to bake about 6-8 pancakes. The number of pancakes depends on the planned number of baking layers.

For the preparation of the filling, the following products are used:

  • chicken - 1 pc.;
  • mushrooms - 400 g;
  • onions - 2 pcs.;
  • boiled buckwheat- 200 g;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • salt, spices, herbs - to taste.

Instead of buckwheat, you can also use rice and millet. Mushrooms are also chosen at your discretion.

When all the ingredients for the filling are prepared, their cooking begins:

  1. boiled buckwheat mixed with finely chopped fried onions and chopped herbs;
  2. boil the chicken and chop, add 3 tbsp. l. broth and spices to taste;
  3. fry mushrooms and mix with boiled chopped eggs.

After preparing the filling, you can proceed to the assembly of the pie. On a baking sheet or pan, you need to put parchment, and on top of a rolled pancake from the dough. Then, boiled buckwheat is hatched and covered with a baked pancake. Also done with chicken meat and so on with mushrooms. Layers are laid out until pancakes and stuffing run out. After the last layer is covered with a pancake, everything is fixed on top with a well-rolled layer of dough, which is pinched at the edges, so it connects to the bottom layer.

The rest of the dough is used to decorate. Then everything is smeared with whipped yolk and a small hole is made in the center of the pie.

Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes. When the cake becomes golden brown, you can take it out.

Potato Chicken Recipe

Another fairly common chicken recipe is considered with potato stuffing. It is simpler than the classic recipe and cooks faster.

To prepare the dough you will need:

  1. margarine - 100g;
  2. sour cream - 200g;
  3. eggs - 3 pcs.;
  4. soda - 0.5 tsp;
  5. flour - 3 cups.

To prepare the dough, you need to mix softened butter with eggs, sour cream, soda and flour. From the resulting mass, make two pancakes, one of which must be larger to cover the pie.

Ingredients needed for potato chicken

For the filling you need:

  • chicken fillet;
  • potato.

Boil the peeled potatoes and fillet, chop the onion and fry. Cut boiled potatoes and fillet into cubes, then mix with onions. Put parchment and a layer for the base on a baking sheet, then spread the filling evenly and cover with a large pancake, pinning it with the base. On the surface, make punctures with a fork, grease with yolk and put in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. Instead of fillet, you can use minced chicken.

Also often used for stuffing. raw ingredients, but I bake the cake at the same time a little longer and at a lower temperature.

Recipe with fish

You can move away from traditional recipe and cook a chicken coop with fish. This pie is quite unique and delicious. In addition, it is made very quickly from sour cream dough.

This will require:

  • sour cream - 300 g;
  • soda - 1 tsp;
  • flour - 3 cups;
  • white fish fillet 0.5 kg;
  • potatoes - 4 pcs.;
  • onion - 2 pcs.
  • spices - to taste.

To prepare the dough, you need to mix sour cream, slaked soda and flour, sprinkling it in small portions. When the dough is kneaded, leave it for 20 minutes, covered with a towel. While the dough is rising, cut fish fillet cubes, thin slices of potatoes and onion rings. Then add seasonings of your choice.

Parchment is lined on a baking sheet and oiled. Two pancakes are rolled out of the dough, one smaller for the base, a larger one for the top of the pie. The lower pancake is evenly distributed over the sides and base, then the filling is laid out and covered with a large pancake on top, its edges with the base are carefully fixed. A hole is made in the center, then the surface is smeared with beaten egg yolk and sent to the oven for 45 minutes, at a temperature of 180 degrees.

This recipe is quite unusual and everyone will like it.

sauce preparation

As a general rule, the pie should always be served with a sauce, which can be anything the chef likes. Often mushrooms, tomatoes, butter and other products are used for its preparation.

The easiest thing to do cream sauce, for this you need:

  • flour - 1 tbsp. l.;
  • butter - 1 tbsp. l.;
  • broth - 2 cups;
  • cream - 0.5 cups.

All ingredients must be mixed and gradually add flour, carefully combining everything. Then put on fire and bring to a boil, stirring constantly so that there are no lumps. When the mixture becomes a creamy consistency, it must be cooled. Separately grind with 1 tbsp. l. butter 2 yolks, add spices to them and mix with cooked flour. At the end, add spices and serve with the finished pie.

Kurnik is one of the most delicious pies, how not to cook it, what filling do not take. It will become a real masterpiece of the hostess who will serve it to the table.


Among the huge number of pastries, a special place is occupied by pies with savory filling. Kurnik with chicken and potatoes won the hearts of our ancestors and still does not leave the tables of true gourmets. He is flour product with meat filling. Initially, the pie was made with chicken, but over time, such popular products began to be used as an original addition:

  • mushrooms;
  • fish.

As a result, the dish took pride of place on the wedding table, in restaurants and on home kitchen. Kurnik with chicken and potatoes is considered a very satisfying treat, as it instantly satisfies the feeling of hunger and energizes for several hours. Although this dish is quite complicated, even a novice cook can learn how to cook it. Consider a detailed guide to creating a royal pie, as it was often called in Ancient Rus'.

There are many analogues of chicken and potato kurnik, which are popular in the countries of the East. The most common of them is samsa.

Traditional pie "Tenderness"

Many will agree that the "new" is the well-forgotten "old". Therefore, it is not surprising that the recipes that have been preserved in the archives come to life in the hands of smart chefs. As a result, the dishes of our ancestors with a touch of modernity appear on the tables. Traditional step by step recipe kurnik with potatoes and chicken reveals the secret of making royal pie.


List of required products:

  • wheat flour of the highest grade;
  • chicken fillet;
  • potato;
  • mayonnaise;
  • eggs;
  • soda;
  • salt;
  • vegetable fat.

Reliable steps towards the goal:

  1. First, cooks knead a simple dough. To do this, beat the eggs in a bowl until foam appears. Add soda, salt and wheat flour. Mix well to get a creamy mass.
  2. The next step is the filling. Chicken meat is cut into small slices of the same shape. Medium-sized potato tubers are grated with a large base. The onion is finely chopped, lightly sautéed in vegetable oil until soft. The prepared ingredients are put in a separate container, salted, and then mixed.
  3. The heat-resistant form is lubricated with vegetable oil. Pour the dough on the bottom, making sure that its level does not exceed half a centimeter.
  4. On top of it spread the meat, mixed with potatoes and onions, at a distance of 1.5 cm from the walls of the form.
  5. Then a layer of dough is poured again, covering the filling.
    Bake for about 40 minutes in a hot oven up to 200°C.
    Serve cold as a full meal.

It is desirable to make a small depression in the center of the pie so that liquid can be added to the filling through it and steam can escape.

Excellent appetizer - kurnik with chicken and potatoes

Who among us does not like to eat Russian pancakes? And if they are inside chic pie? Our ancestors often pampered their family with such gourmet dish. Let's try to understand the technology of cooking a chicken and potato chicken at home. Step by step option creating a dish consists of such actions.

Ingredients for chicken

First of all, collect the necessary components so that they are at hand:

  • wheat flour;
  • butter;
  • chicken eggs;
  • sour cream;
  • fresh milk;
  • vegetable oil;
  • chicken meat;
  • several potatoes;
  • mushrooms;
  • salt;
  • spices;
  • greens.

Cooking order


First prepare the meat filling. Put a little butter on the pan. When it melts, add flour. Lightly fried. Fill with cold broth or boiled water. The chicken meat cut into small pieces is lowered into the mixture. Simmer for about 10 minutes.

Next, proceed to mushroom stuffing.
Fresh chopped in halves, add canned mushrooms(optional) and fried in ghee.
In a separate pan, make a sauce like for chicken and pour mushrooms over it. Boil for about 15 minutes.

Rice groats boiled in salted water until fully cooked. Add to it chopped eggs, grated potatoes, fresh herbs and salt. Drizzle with butter and mix everything well.

The main ingredient is pancakes. To prepare the dough, the eggs are ground with sugar and salt. Add flour and then fresh milk. AT finished product add some vegetable oil.

To make the dough without lumps, first make it steep, and then dilute it with milk.

Pancakes are baked in the same shape.

Knead unleavened dough. Salt, a little granulated sugar, soda are stirred in warmed milk. Then butter and sour cream are added. Flour is added in small portions to make a soft dough.

The flour product is divided into two parts. One of them is larger than the other. A smaller piece is rolled out into a layer and a layer of several pancakes is laid out on it.

Next, with a spoon, make a layer of meat filling. Cover with pancakes.
Then mushrooms.
Pancakes again.
A mixture of rice and grated potatoes is placed in the form of a hemisphere, which is hidden under a layer of pancakes.

Now roll out the second part of the dough into a thin sheet. Make several cuts in it. Decorations are molded from the remnants of the dough, which are pinched to the product. Lubricate the Kurnik with a beaten egg and bake for at least 40 minutes.

The dish is served cold.

Puff pastry treat

Invaluable help for housewives - ready dough different types, which is freely sold in stores. It is especially wise to use it when you need to cook quickly. favorite dish. Let's get acquainted with the popular recipe for kurnik with potatoes from ready-made puff pastry. Wise housewives First collect the necessary ingredients:

  • puff pastry packaging;
  • potato;
  • chicken fillet;
  • butter;
  • bulb;
  • spices;
  • salt;
  • vegetable oil;
  • egg yolk.

It is advisable to put the frozen dough in heat a few hours before baking.

First of all, the chicken fillet is cut into pieces and put on a plate.

Potato tubers are washed and peeled.

To make the chicken with meat and potatoes juicy, put pieces of butter in several places.

The workpiece is covered with a second sheet of dough. They make a primitive decoration (as in the photo). Lubricate with yolk whipped with water. Bake at 200 degrees for about 40 minutes.

Serve a delicacy after cooling completely, cutting into portioned pieces.

Puff pastry chicken recipe video