Mango Chicken Puffs
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Mango chicken puffs are impressive puff pastry appetizers made with creamy mango chutney and chicken filling. They are easy to make, and crowds love them!
If you are looking for leftover chicken recipes, put these puffs with mango chutney on your menu! It is a great recipe for it.
4 reasons to make these puff pastry appetizers:
- Easy recipe.
- Easily customizable – do you like larger bites? Then make them! You don’t want to use chia seeds or egg wash? Simply omit or substitute those!
- Recipe can be doubled – or tripled, if needed.
- Always a hit at every party.
How to make mango chicken puffs
Ingredients:
- Chicken breasts
- Mayonnaise
- Mango chutney
- Puff pastry
- Chia seeds
- Fresh parsley
- Egg
- Salt
Tools:
- Pot – for cooking the chicken
- Baking sheet + baking parchment paper
- Measuring spoons & cups – or scale
- Medium mixing bowl & spoon or fork for mixing
- Small bowl – or a glass, cup or anything for egg wash
- Pastry brush
- Chopping board & knife
The process:
Roll out puff pastry, cut into small rectangles. 2.4 x 1.5 inch/6 x 4 centimeters is a great size, but you can cut them into larger pieces, if you like. Just note that this will reduce the quantity of puffs you get out of the recipe.
Transfer them onto a baking sheet, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with some chia seeds. Bake until golden brown and nicely puffed.
You will need to let them cool down completely before you separate each puff in half lengthwise.
Cooked and cubed chicken breasts are combined with the rest of the ingredients. This filling is then spooned onto the bottom parts of pastry “shells”. When covered with the top part it will look like small sandwiches.
Expert tips:
- Don’t discard the water you cooked the chicken breasts in. Instead, use it as a simple stock or turn it into homemade chicken soup.
- Chia seeds can be simply omitted or substituted with poppy seeds. Sesame seeds will also work great!
- The quantity of mayo and chutney can be adjusted to your liking and so can be their ratio.
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley works great here, and it is the best option for this recipe. Dried parsley is an easy substitute though it will not give you as much flavor (as well as color) as the fresh leaves.
- Use pizza cutter for faster cutting!
Chicken:
Use either cooked chicken breasts or cook them a day before. When cutting, smaller pieces are better than larger! Rotisserie chicken will also work.
Baking unfilled pastry – Pro tip:
I noticed that when baking ready-rolled puff pastry on its own (without any filling) it doesn’t do well when baked at a high temperature. Most of the time, the sheets don’t rise to their full potential.
Perhaps it was the pastry issue but from my experience when cooking with unfilled puff pastry, 350 Fahrenheit/180 Celsius works better than the 400 Fahrenheit/200 Celsius that the package instructions said.
Frequently asked questions:
I recommend using the brand you know and like. If you prefer buying frozen pastry to fresh one, then go ahead and use it. I personally prefer chilled puff pastry (fresh) to the frozen one as it is ready-rolled and all I have to do is unroll it and bake it.
Yes, you can! Bake it, cool it, separate each piece and store in air-tight container until the following day when you fill it! Also, the filling can be made ahead of time, if necessary.
Storage
Chicken mango puffs are best served right away but if you have any leftovers, place them into an airtight container and refrigerate. They will be good the following day but keep in mind the pastry will soften in the fridge!
More tasty appetizers you might like to try:
- Guacamole Deviled Eggs
- Blue Cheese Palmiers
- Artichoke Heart Dip
- Anchovy Hors d’Oeuvre
- Figs with Goat Cheese
Watch how to make mango chicken puffs
Mango Chicken Puffs
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breasts (450 grams), see note 1
- 1 puff pastry sheet , ready-rolled, rectangle (9.7 ounce/275 grams), see note 2
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds , see note 3
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise (70 grams), see note 4 & 5
- ⅓ cup mango chutney (100 grams)
- ⅓ cup flat leaf parsley , fresh, chopped
- salt to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Cook the chicken breasts in boiling water for 20 minutes or until cooked through. Cut them into tiny cubes or shred them. Chill in the fridge.
- Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut rolled-out puff pastry into rectangles (about 1.5×2.4 inches/4×6 centimeter, no smaller though). Transfer these onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Brush them with egg wash (egg beaten with 1 tablespoon of water) and sprinkle with chia seeds.
- Bake them in a preheated oven at 350° Fahrenheit/180° Celsius for 15 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. To make sure not to burn them – check them 10 minutes into baking.
- Meanwhile: In a medium mixing bowl, mix mayonnaise, mango chutney, finely chopped parsley and cold chicken pieces. Taste it. Add salt, if needed.
- Let the baked puffs cool down before cutting each piece in half horizontally. Fill the bottom part with mango chicken mixture and cover with chia seed top.
Notes
- This is about 10.5 ounces (300 grams) of cooked chicken.
- You can use frozen puff pastry if that is what you usually buy. You will have to thaw it and roll it out though so the overall prep time will increase.
- Instead of chia seeds, you can use poppy seeds or sesame seeds. You can also omit them.
- Shredded chicken will need more mayo & mango chutney mix than cubes so you might need to adjust the quantity of these two.
- It is a very forgiving recipe. It depends on everyone’s taste. You can add more/less of each ingredient.
- These mango chicken puffs can be also assembled a day in advance. However, keep in mind that they will soften in the fridge. The longer they sit in the fridge the soggier they can get. If you are looking for a crispy pastry, then assemble them on the day of serving.
- The filling and the puffs can be easily prepared a day in advance.
Can I make the puff pastry the day before to be filled right before serving? Thanks.
Yes, you can!
These mango chicken puffs are so delicious! I love how easy they are to make and they are perfect for a party!
Thanks so much for your feedback!
Just made the mistake of cutting the rectangles into 6x3cm as said in your blog. In the recipe it says 6x4cm which I think is correct. I’m sure they will taste just as delicious but thought you may like to edit your blog. X
Thanks for your comment, Karen. I have corrected the typo. In this recipe it does not really matter what size you cut the pastry. It will not affect the taste of the puffs, they will just be smaller. I usually eyeball it :). Hope you like them as much as we do!
Hi.. I’d love to try this recipe. How long before can I prepare the puffs?
Hi Coleen, in order to assemble the puffs together, the puffed pastry “cases” need to be cooled completely. You can do it in advance too (several hours) and keep them in the fridge – they will not be so crispy though. Hope this helps. If you need any more help, let me know!
These are beautiful and look very tasty! Can’t wait to give them a try!
Thank you so much, Alix! I hope you do!
This is the perfect appetizer! I am always looking for fun food to entertain guest and this is awesome. I’m all about beautiful looking food, and to me these look very appealing. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks a lot, Amanda! Glad you like the look of them :)!
Love these little bites! I can imagine just how crispy those edges get with the puff pastry. Yum! I also really like your use of chia seeds instead of poppy seeds. Never thought of that before.
Thank you, Amy! Hope you’ll give them a try!
I love the mango chutney flavor.
It’s a great flavor, isn’t it? :)
These sound awesome! I love finger food (much better than what is used in North America for appetisers). It is a small bite and leaves room for other, small bites :~D I LOVE THE ADDITIONS OF MANGO CHUTNEY IN THE CHICKEN.
Hi Charlie! Glad you like them. Hope you’ll try making them. They are the best! :)
wow ! this is a must make recipe if only because the ingredient list is very crazy, chia seeds mango and chicken! I can’t wait to make these and see people’s reaction when I explain what’s in them haha!
Haha! I like it! Let me know what the reactions were :)
These really do look irresistible! I love the video, too — it really breaks it down and makes the recipe seem that much easier. Will have to get my hands on some mango chutney so I can try these!
Thank you! :) Hope you’ll like them.
Very nice recipe. I’m doing a baby shower and these will fit in very nicely!
Hope you’ll like them! :)
These delicious puffs would be perfect at a game day party! I love that they are quick and easy to make!
I absolutely agree with you! They are perfect for parties! :)
I love the sound of mango chutney with Chicken. Looks so delish. Perfect appitizer
Thank you, Veena! :)