Chicken Bites

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb ground chicken, cooked
• 1/2 cup rice, cooked
• 1 (12 ounce) can cream soup, any flavor
• 3/4 cup skim milk
• 2 garlic cloves, minced fine
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed (optional)
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• salt and black pepper (to taste)
• 2 (60 g) packages phyllo dough, shells (or an equal amount of phyllo dough sheets)
• thyme, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350° f (176.6° c).
• 2 cook the chicken and garlic in a non-stick skillet.
• 3 add the rice and soup to the skillet and stir well to combine.
• 4 add the lemon zest to the skillet, and stir well.
• 5 slowly add the milk to thin the texture out. note that you might not use all of it. the mixture should not be runny.
• 6 taste and season with salt, pepper, and thyme.
• 7 if you can't find pre-made shells, use phyllo dough cut into squares. spray a little bit of non-stick cooking spray in between the layers, cut them to fit tart shells, and pre-bake them for 10-15 minutes in the hot oven.
• 8 spoon filling into phyllo dough shells and place them on a cookie sheet.
• 9 cook in the hot oven until the shells crisp and begin to brown, about 15-20 minutes.
• 10 garnish with sprigs of fresh thyme.
• 11 serve warm.