The black beans are an unexpected touch in that version of this favorite.
Makes 6 servings
Cornmeal pastry
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup yellow cornmeal
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup cold water
Filling
- 4 green onions, cut diagonally into ½-inch pieces
- 2 carrots, pared, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1½ cup milk
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 3 cups cooked chicken meat, cubed
- 1 can/15 ounces black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can/10 ounces corn kernels with red and green peppers, drained
- 1 can/4 ounces chopped green chilies, drained
- Pinch of salt
Cornmeal pastry
- Combine flour, cornmeal and salt in medium-size bowl.
- With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs ; sprinkle cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, over mixture, tossing lightly with fork after each addition until pastry is moist enough to hold together.
- Shape pastry into ball ; cover with plastic wrap aned refrigerate until needed.
Prepare filling
- Cook green onions, carrots and chili powder in butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add flour ; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until smoth and bubbly.
- Stri in milk and chicken broth ; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Stir in chicken, black beans, corn kennels, green chilies and salt ; spoon chicken mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish.
- Roll pastry out on lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin into rectangle 1 inch larger than baking dish ; center pastry over filling.
- Fold overhang over pastry ; press to form decorative edge.
- Using sharp knife, cut decorative vents in pastry ; bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and chicken mixture is heated through.
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