Focus on food: January 04, 2008

Portuguese Style Chicken Pie

Ingredients:
• 1 lb. boneless chicken thighs
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 green pepper, sliced
• 1 red pepper, sliced
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cup white wine
• salt & pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoons water
• 6 hard boiled eggs, sliced
• 2 lbs frozen bread dough, thawed
• 1 cup sliced black olives
• egg wash

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Directions:
1. saute the onions and peppers in two tablespons of butter and olive oil. Add the chicken, and more butter if necessary.

2. Saute until browned and add the onion mix along with the seasonings, wine and water to the chicken and cook slowly until the chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken from the peppers and skin.

3. Spread one half of the thawed dough over the bottom of a 13”x9” baking pan. Spread onion pepper mix over the bread dough. Then layer the onions and peppers with the chicken. Spread the hard boiled eggs over the chicken along with the sliced black olives.

4. Cover the chicken with the rest of the bread dough. Brush on the egg wash and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until the bread is brown and has puffed up.