Mini Chicken Cigars With Sweet And Sour Dipping Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 64
• 1 1/2 lbs ground chicken
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons grill seasoning (recommended montreal seasoning by mccormick)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves (a handful)
• 8 sheets phyllo dough
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons sweet plum sauce or 2 tablespoons chinese duck sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup light oil (such as peanut, canola, or vegetable oil)
• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup finely diced mango (optional)
• 1 scallion, green tops only, thinly sliced on the bias

Recipe

• 1 for the chicken cigars: preheat oven to 425°f.
• 2 place chicken in a bowl and mix with spices and parsley. (i actually used my food processor to shred/chop chicken and mix in the spices and it worked nicely--use it to chop the parsley first and then add other ingredients).
• 3 place a piece of phyllo on a nonstick cookie sheet and brush with some of the melted butter. repeat 3 more times, placing each of phyllo over the last buttered sheet to make 4 layers. cut layered phyllo into 16 rectangles (4 x 4).
• 4 on one end of each of the rectangles, place a heaping tablespoon of chicken filling. roll up tightly to make mini "cigars". cut each of these in half and place on a cookie sheet. (they should overlap slightly on the bottom--they will stay together nicely if you press them gently after you place them on the cookie sheet). butter the tops of each.
• 5 bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.
• 6 repeat with second half of phyllo sheets and chicken mixture.
• 7 make the sweet and sour dipping sauce by whisking together plum or duck sauce and vinegar in a bowl. stream in oil and continue whisking to combine. season with salt and pepper. fold in mango and sliced scallions.
• 8 serve either hot or at room temperature with dipping sauce.