Chicken Vol-au-Vents

    Description

    At heart, this recipe is just creamed chicken--but pair it with puff pastry shells, and it's an elegant light meal.

    Don't tell your guests that it's a good way to use up leftover cooked chicken!

    Ingredients

    • 6
       
      puff pastry shells, frozen
    • 2
      c
      white sauce, prepared as directed
    • 1⁄2
      c
      chicken broth
    • 2
      T
      sherry, dry
    • 2
      c
      chicken, cooked and cubed

    Instructions

    Prepare White Sauce for Freezer Cooking.

    Stir chicken broth and sherry into warm white sauce. Add chicken meat, cooked and cubed.

    To freeze: pour sauce into freezer container. Freeze.

    Bundle with: frozen puff-pastry shells.

    To prepare: Bake pastry shells as directed. Place frozen sauce into saucepan, and reheat gently on top of stove, stirring occasionally. Add 1 tablespoon water or stock if necessary. To serve, spoon hot sauce into puff-pastry cases; serve.

    Summary

    Yield
    Prep time10 minutes
    RecipesFreezer Chicken