Kurnik with chicken and potatoes - step-by-step recipe with photos, videos

Among the huge number of baked goods, pies with savory filling occupy a special place.
Kurnik with chicken and potatoes won the hearts of our ancestors and is still on the tables of true gourmets. It is a flour product with meat filling. Initially, the pie was made with chicken, but over time, the following popular products began to be used as an original addition: On the topic:

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rice;
cheese;
mushrooms;
fish.

As a result, the dish took pride of place on the wedding table, in restaurants and in the home kitchen. Kurnik with chicken and potatoes is considered a very satisfying delicacy, as it instantly satisfies the feeling of hunger and fills you with energy for several hours. Although this dish is quite complex, even a novice cook can learn how to cook it. Let's look at a detailed guide to creating the royal pie, as it was often called in Ancient Rus'.

There are many analogues of kurnik with chicken and potatoes, which are popular in Eastern countries. The most common of them is samsa.

General cooking principles

The dough for kurnik can be made with yeast or kefir using rippers; the pie is perfectly made from store-bought puff pastry or shortbread. There are actually a lot of options; you can choose simpler ones or spend half a day preparing. Read also: Frosting for Easter cake.

The filling for kurnik is made from raw ingredients. These step-by-step recipes use chicken and potatoes. Usually fillet is used, as it bakes quickly, is easy to cut, and goes well with any other ingredients.

The quantity of potatoes used is almost the same or a little more, but not less. It needs to be cut thinly so that the vegetable has time to cook during baking.

What else can you put in the filling:

onion garlic;
cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes;
oil, spices.

Kurnik pie is always formed closed, that is, it consists of an upper and lower layer. You can give the product a round, square or rectangular shape. Before baking, the top is brushed with egg. Since the filling is raw, the temperature is not higher than 180-190 degrees.

Chicken kurnik with potatoes: step-by-step recipe from kefir dough

A version of the simplest and most famous, one might even say classic, pie. The step-by-step recipe for chicken and potatoes uses kefir dough. But you can also start it with regular yogurt or sour cream.

Ingredients

250 ml kefir;
180 grams of margarine or butter;
600-700 g millet. flour;
½ tsp. salt and the same amount of soda.

Filling for chicken:

0.4 kg chicken fillet;
3-4 potatoes;
1 onion;
30 grams of butter;
salt and pepper.

To grease the pie, you will additionally need one yolk and a spoonful of water or milk.

Preparation

It is better not to use cold kefir to knead the dough. You need to get it in advance or just heat it slightly. We monitor the fermented milk product so that it does not turn into cottage cheese, bring it to body temperature.
Add salt to the kefir according to the recipe and immediately add baking soda. Sometimes eggs are added to this dough, which can also be done. But in this case you need to add more flour. Mix salt and soda.
The butter needs to be melted and cooled. You can use a microwave oven for this. Add to the bowl with kefir.
Add flour to the dough, but not all at once. If there is not a lot of water in the oil and it has cooled well, less flour may be needed. Thoroughly stir the dough first with a spoon, then put it on the table and knead an elastic mass that can be easily stretched into shape or rolled out with a rolling pin.
Let the lump lie for 15 minutes. It is better to cover the top with film so that the crusts do not dry out.
While the dough is resting, you can make the filling. Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes, a little larger than a pea, or shred into strips. Sprinkle with spices, stir, let marinate a little.
Peel the onion. You can use two things. We cut either into strips or into cubes, but always thinly. The onion takes longer to bake, it should not crunch. Pour it over the chicken.
Peel the potatoes. If the tubers are large. Then three things are enough. Cut into thin slices and also add to the common bowl with the filling. Add more salt. Perchik. Stir and you can start sculpting the chicken pot.
Separate about a third from the dough and set aside. Roll out a large piece into a flat cake. Transfer it to the mold, line the bottom and use your fingers to make sides.
Place the filling from the bowl on the bottom crust of the kurnik. Before doing this, stir it again so that the spices are distributed evenly.
Cut a piece of butter into slices and place it on top of the filling. As the pie warms up and bakes, it will melt and soak the minced meat.
Roll out the remaining piece of dough, cover the kurnik, and connect the edges of the upper and lower flatbread.
The filling is made from raw ingredients and juice will release during baking, so you need to make holes on top. Otherwise, the cake will simply crack on top or the seams will come apart.
Mix egg yolk with water or milk. Grease the top of the chicken pot.
Bake at 180 degrees for about 50 minutes.

Cooking kurnik with potatoes and chicken

Let's start with the test

First, melt the margarine (butter) in a microwave oven or in a water bath.

Add the egg yolk to it. We don’t throw away the protein; we need it to grease the top of the chicken pot. Add 2 full tablespoons of sour cream and milk.

Next, add a little salt and sugar. Bring everything to a homogeneous mass and begin to gradually add flour.

Knead the dough first with a spoon and then with your hands. The dough should be soft and elastic, not sticking to your hands. Leave the dough for 20-30 minutes in the refrigerator under cling film to let it settle.

Filling

Let's start preparing the filling for the chicken. Cut the onion into small cubes, the potatoes into slightly larger ones. Cut the chicken into pieces of approximately 2 centimeters. Mix everything. If desired, you can add 1 bay leaf, after tearing it into small pieces. Fill with vegetable oil, salt and pepper to taste. Then all this needs to be mixed thoroughly. The filling is completely ready.

Baking

Take a glass baking container or a metal baking tray and grease it with butter. Please note that the dishes must be deep.

While the final preparation is in progress, turn on the oven at 200 degrees and let it warm up.

Take the dough out of the refrigerator and divide it into 2 parts. One part is slightly larger; we roll it out as the bottom layer for the mold. Be sure to make sides so that you end up with an equilateral “boat”. We also roll out the second part of the dough; it will serve as a “lid”.

Place our filling in a baking container and level it out. Cover it all with a second piece of dough and pinch the edges to form a pie with filling.

Lifehack! To prevent the chicken from being dry, before putting it in the oven, make a hole in the center of the pie and pour about 50 grams of boiled water (but not hot) into it. This hole also serves to allow steam to escape from the cake during cooking.

Remember we had some egg white left over when we made the dough? So now we take a brush and grease the entire upper surface of the pie with protein.

Place the chicken for 1.5 hours in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. As soon as our wonderful pie is ready, take it out and leave to cool for 15-20 minutes. You can even eat it completely cold. Bon appetit!

Chicken kurnik with potatoes: step-by-step recipe for a pie made from yeast dough

Yeast pies are particularly tender and soft. In this step-by-step recipe for chicken with potatoes, the dough is the simplest using water with dry yeast.

Ingredients

300 ml water;
8 g yeast;
0.5 tsp. salt;
1 tsp. Sahara;
45 ml oil;
flour;
small egg or yolk for greasing.

For filling:

3 potatoes;
2-3 onions;
30 g butter;
0.3 kg chicken;
spices.

Preparation

Water for yeast dough should be used warm, about 40 degrees. Add salt and sugar, add dry yeast and dissolve everything thoroughly.
We will knead the dough using a straight method. Let the yeast dissolve in the water for a few minutes. If you use pressed yeast, you need to increase the quantity to 20 grams.
Add butter to the dough. You can use any fat or melted margarine, but it should not be hot.
Add flour. We put it until we get a soft, elastic, not too tough dough. Knead the lump until a homogeneous, soft and smooth ball is obtained. We put it in a warm place, let it rise well. This will take about two and a half hours.
Cut the onion for the filling into large cubes. Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the onion and sauté lightly. This technique will prevent the vegetable from crunching after baking and will give the filling juiciness and a pleasant aroma.
While the onions are cooling. Cut the chicken fillet into pieces. Then we combine them in a bowl.
Peel the potatoes. Cut into thin and small slices, combine with other filling ingredients.
Add spices to the filling. Keep in mind that there is a lot of onion and it is slightly sweet. Salt is fine. Additionally, we add pepper, you can add a little garlic, herbs, but just a little, after all, the pie should have its own rich taste.
We take out the dough, which has already risen well, and separate a little more than half. We make the first, that is, the bottom layer of the pie. You can roll it out with a rolling pin or simply stretch it with your hands.
We spread the filling of potatoes with chicken and sautéed onions, and level it out.
Roll out or stretch the second piece of yeast dough, hide the filling under it, and fasten the edges of the two layers.
Again we make several holes on top.
Beat the egg or take just the yolk. Lubricate the chicken pot with a brush.
Let the pie bake. At 180-190 degrees it will take about an hour.

Traditional pie “Tenderness”

Many will agree that the “new” is the well-forgotten “old”.
Therefore, it is not surprising that recipes that have been preserved in the archives come to life in the hands of smart cooks. As a result, the dishes of our ancestors appear on the tables with a touch of modernity. The traditional step-by-step recipe for kurnik with potatoes and chicken reveals the secret of making the king's pie. List of required products:

premium wheat flour;
chicken fillet;
potato;
mayonnaise;
eggs;
soda;
salt;
onion;
vegetable fat.

Reliable steps towards your goal:

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First, cooks knead a simple dough. To do this, beat the eggs in a bowl until foam appears. Add soda, salt and wheat flour. Mix well to obtain a mass of creamy consistency.
The next step is the filling. Chicken meat is cut into small slices of the same shape. Medium-sized potato tubers are grated on a grater with a large base. Finely chop the onion and lightly sauté in vegetable oil until soft. The prepared ingredients are placed in a separate container, salted, and then mixed.
The heat-resistant form is greased with vegetable oil. Pour the dough into the bottom, making sure that its level does not exceed half a centimeter.
Place meat mixed with potatoes and onions on top of it, at a distance of 1.5 cm from the walls of the mold.
Then a layer of dough is poured again, covering the filling.

Bake for about 40 minutes in a hot oven at 200°C.

Serve cold as a complete dish.

It is advisable to make a small depression in the center of the pie so that liquid can be added to the filling and steam can escape.

Lazy chicken chicken with potatoes: step-by-step puff pastry recipe

One of the easiest and fastest ways to make a pie without getting your hands dirty with flour. The step-by-step recipe for chicken and potatoes uses store-bought puff pastry. You can take the regular version or with yeast, whichever you prefer. Additionally, cheese is included in the filling, but you don’t have to add it.

Ingredients

500 g dough;
3-4 potatoes;
100 g cheese;
1 onion;
300 g chicken;
pepper and salt;
small egg;
butter for filling juiciness.

Preparation

Take out the dough in advance so that it rests for 30-40 minutes until it thaws. If you are using homemade puff pastry that was recently prepared, put it in the refrigerator. This type of dough does not like heat.
While you can prepare the filling. Shred the chicken into strips, place it in a bowl, and lightly sprinkle some spices on top.
Cut the onion into thin strips, add to the chicken and knead these ingredients well together. They will soak each other with juices, the filling will be tastier.
Peel the potatoes and cut each tuber into four parts. Then chop the slices crosswise into very thin pieces. Pour the potatoes into the chicken with onions and also season with spices.
Unroll the dough. If there is only one layer, then cut it into two parts. We make the bottom of the chicken pot a little larger to create sides. We roll out the layers, as they are usually a little thick.
If the dough is already divided into two parts, then lightly roll out one and cut off a small strip. This layer will go up. Let's roll the bottom layer a little too.
Break the egg into a bowl and beat with a fork. Puff pastry is dry enough that it can be formed without lubrication, but there is a high probability of the layers coming apart.
Brush the edges of the bottom layer with egg; it is convenient to use a silicone brush for this.
We spread the filling, before adding grated cheese, stir thoroughly.
Scatter small pieces of butter on top of the filling or simply sprinkle with vegetable oil.
Cover with the top layer of dough, connect and curl the edges.
We make holes on top.
Cover the pie with egg to create a beautiful crust.
Bake at 180 degrees for about 45-50 minutes. In general, it is better to cook puff pastry at temperatures above 200 degrees, but we need to bake the raw filling.

Step-by-step preparation

Let's prepare the filling

Peel and thoroughly wash two medium-sized onions. Cut the onion into small cubes.
Pour 20-30 ml of vegetable oil into a well-heated frying pan. Once the oil is hot, add chopped onion and fry until soft.
Wash two chicken fillets thoroughly, then remove film and excess fat. Cut the meat into small thin pieces and place it in a deep bowl.
Wash and finely chop one bunch of parsley, then place it with the meat.
Peel three potatoes, then wash them thoroughly and cut them into small squares.
Place the potatoes and cooled fried onions in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients.
Salt and pepper the vegetables to taste, and then stir everything thoroughly - the filling is ready.

Knead the dough

Place 60 g of mayonnaise in a bowl for kneading dough and pour in 150 ml of kefir at room temperature.
Add half a teaspoon of salt there and break two chicken eggs.
Using a whisk, thoroughly whisk the ingredients until smooth.
Separately, sift 150-200 g of premium wheat flour through a fine sieve. Pour the flour into the egg-kefir mixture in small portions and knead a homogeneous liquid dough, the consistency of which resembles pancake dough.
Finally, add 10 g of baking soda and mix everything thoroughly again.

Form and bake the cake

Grease the baking dish generously with odorless vegetable oil, and then sprinkle with a small amount of flour.
Pour a little more than half of the total amount of dough into the bottom of the mold. Distribute the dough evenly over the entire surface of the mold.
Place the prepared filling on top of the dough, then level it and lightly press it onto the dough.
Fill the filling with the remaining dough, trying to distribute it as evenly as possible throughout the filling.
Preheat the oven to 200°C and place the formed pie into it. Bake the product for 35-45 minutes, depending on the heat of your oven. We check the readiness of the pie using a wooden skewer or toothpick - if it comes out dry, then the pie is ready.
Let the finished pie cool slightly, then cut it into 12 pieces and serve.

Cooking option with kefir

Kurnik with kefir is not very different from the traditional recipe, the only difference is that a certain dough is made.

Required Products:

about 400 ml kefir;
one onion;
one and a half cups of flour;
five potatoes;
a little soda;
black pepper and salt;
four spoons of sour cream;
0.5 kg chicken fillet;
half a small stick of butter.

Cooking process:

Let's start with the test. To do this, you need to slightly heat the sour cream, then combine it with kefir, add soda and salt and flour. The result should be a soft, non-sticky mass. Knead it and divide it into two parts. They need to be turned into two layers slightly larger in size than the form in which you will bake.
Place one of the rolled out layers in the mold and start laying out the filling, cut into squares, and salted potatoes.
Then comes the spiced chicken, also cut into medium pieces. Cover it with chopped onion.
Throw pieces of butter on top of everything and cover with a second layer of dough. Seal the edges nicely and cook in the oven for 45 minutes at 160 degrees.

Kurnik with chicken and mushroom pancakes

Pancakes, pancakes, but the shell will still be made of dough. Yeast butter, with butter and sour cream, very soft and tasty. I usually cook in a bread machine, but this is not a requirement. I just have this device and I prefer to entrust the “dirty” work to robots. This does not mean at all that it is not possible to knead by hand; for the purity of the experiment, I did this. It turns out no worse, there’s just an element of manual labor.

As for pancakes, you can definitely cook according to your usual recipe. I have only one recommendation - they should not be thin, otherwise you will not find them in the finished pie.

Pie ingredients

Yeast dough for crust:

butter – 100g;
sour cream – 100g;
water – 100ml;
eggs – 2 pcs;
sugar – 1 tsp;
salt – 1 tsp;
instant dry yeast – 1 sachet (11g);
flour – 540g.

Delicate puff pastry with cheese

You can bake kurnik with chicken and potatoes with the addition of cheese. Then the result will be even more appetizing.

Required Products:

150 grams of cheese;
one onion;
package of puff pastry – 700 grams;
500 grams of chicken fillet;
four medium-sized potatoes;
spices to your taste.

Cooking process:

Let's turn on the oven at 180 degrees so that it heats up and move on to the dough. Divide the finished dough into two parts and turn it into two thin layers. Their size should be slightly larger than the container in which you will bake.
Place the first layer in the mold and put chopped potatoes on it, and then chicken and onions. All this needs to be seasoned with the selected spices.
Top with grated cheese. You can cut it into thin slices.
Lay out the second layer and fasten both parts of the dough at the edges.
Place in the oven for 30 minutes.

Classic chicken recipe with cheese

This recipe is perfect for those who can't resist cream cheese. The dairy product goes well with rice, chicken and mushrooms, making the taste of the pie a little more interesting and richer.

Ingredients:

For filling:

Chicken fillet – 500 g.
Fresh mushrooms – 150 g.
Egg – 1 pc.
Rice – ½ tbsp.
Cheese – 100 g.
Flour – 2 tsp.
Butter – 50 g.
Dill - to taste.
Salt – 1 tsp.
Ground black pepper – 1 pinch.

For puff pastry:

Butter – 150 g.
Flour – 250 g.
Water – ½ tbsp.
Citric acid – 1 pinch.
Salt – 1 pinch.

For pancakes:

Eggs – 1 pc.
Milk – 150 ml.
Flour – 100 g.
Sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.
Salt – 1 pinch.

To frost the cake:

Fat sour cream – 1 tbsp. l.
Egg – 1 pc.

Cooking method:

Let's prepare pancakes. Mix all the necessary ingredients to form a dough. Preheat the frying pan, for the first time grease it with vegetable oil and bake about 5 thick pancakes. If desired, you can grease the pancakes with butter to prevent them from sticking to each other.
Prepare the filling. Boil the poultry fillet in salted water. When the chicken is ready, reserve 1/3 cup of broth. We remove the skin and bones from the bird, if not fillet, and finely chop it.
To prepare the sauce, pour the flour into a heated frying pan and add the reserved broth.
To prepare the other filling, we need to cook the fluffy rice and egg in advance. Add butter, finely chopped egg, chopped herbs to the porridge and mix the ingredients. You can add a little salt at the end.
We wash the mushrooms, peel them and cut them into medium-sized pieces. Then fry them in a heated and oiled frying pan, seasoning with pepper and salt.
Preparing the base for the chicken pot. Sift the flour and pour it into a deep bowl to form a circle. In a separate glass, mix soda, citric acid and salt, then pour the resulting mixture into the center of the flour circle. Immediately knead the dough, then make 2-3 cuts on the surface and leave for 15 minutes.
Roll out the dough 0.5 cm thick on a clean table sprinkled with flour. Place the butter on top and spread it, leaving a little space around the edges. Fold the dough into quarters so that the ends meet each other. Roll out the dough again, increasing its thickness to 1 cm. Cover with a damp cloth and place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. After the time has passed, we repeat all the steps with rolling out and again set it to cool for 20-30 minutes, after which we roll out the dough again.
When the dough is ready, cut out two even circles from it, differing in diameter. We place a small part in a springform pan, which we have previously covered with paper parchment. We form small sides 2-3 cm high. Place one pancake on the bottom, then the rice filling, pouring white sauce on it. Cover again with a pancake, on which we spread the chicken filling. Pour over the sauce and cover with the pancake again. Lay out the mushrooms, pour over the sauce, sprinkle with pre-grated cheese and cover with a pancake. At the end, pour in another portion of the rice filling to form a small mound, pour in the sauce and finish with the last pancake.
Cover the entire pie with the second flatbread, connecting its edges. Decorate the chicken pot with the remaining pieces of dough. Grease the surface of the dish with a mixture of egg and sour cream.
Preheat the oven to 170 C and bake the pie in it for about 60 minutes.

Cool the pie slightly before serving and let it soak for a while. Bon appetit!

Lazy chicken - the fastest recipe

If you don’t want to spend a lot of time, then it’s best to use this recipe , although the result will be slightly different.

Required Products:

100 grams of sour cream;
five potatoes;
two eggs;
one onion;
400 grams of chicken fillet;
100 grams of mayonnaise;
spices.
a glass of flour and a little soda.

Cooking process:

Let's prepare all the products: cut the chicken into small pieces, it is best to make the onion into half rings, and the potatoes into circles. Season with spices to taste.
Take a baking dish and place the potatoes on it first, then the meat and onions. Leave it for a while and make the filling.
In a bowl, mix sour cream with mayonnaise, beat in eggs, add soda and flour. It should have a thin consistency. Pour it into the mold with the rest of the products, so that everything is covered.
Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 50 minutes.

With mushrooms

Prepared like the classic version, only with a new ingredient. Those who love mushrooms will definitely like this chicken pot.

Required Products:

300 grams of mushrooms;
600 grams of any dough;
five potatoes and one onion;
about 600 grams of chicken.

Cooking process:

Chop the mushrooms and place them in a frying pan to lightly fry.
At this time, cut the onion, meat and potatoes - all into small pieces. And season with spices.
Divide the dough into two parts and roll them out. The size is slightly larger than the baking dish used.
We put the first layer, and on it - potatoes, mushrooms, and then meat and onions.
Cover everything with the second rolled out part and seal the edges.
Keep in a hot oven for about 45 minutes, setting the temperature to 180 degrees.

Classic chicken in the oven

Kitchen appliances: two frying pans, a saucepan, an oven, a knife, a baking sheet, a spoon.

Ingredients

For the test:

Wheat flour	800 g
Fat sour cream	300 g
Butter	180 g
Sal	1 pinch
Sugar	1 pinch

For pancakes:

250 ml milk.
100 g flour.
Egg.

A tablespoon of oil.
A little sugar, a pinch of salt.

For filling:

500 g boiled rice.
4 eggs.
1 large chicken breast.

500 g mushrooms.
Greenery.
A couple of onions.
Salt.

Cooking process

First stage: 800 g flour, 300 g sour cream, 180 g butter. Add melted butter to flour and stir.
Add sour cream, salt, sugar and knead the dough. The better you knead it, the fluffier it will be.
Second stage: 250 ml milk, egg, butter, 100 g flour. Beat the egg with milk, add salt, sugar and butter.
Stir the dough by adding flour. The dough should be liquid. Fry 5-8 pancakes (for each layer in the pie).
Third stage: rice, eggs, chicken, mushrooms, onions. Finely chop the mushrooms and onions. Fry them in butter.
Boil the chicken breast, tear it into small pieces and mix with fried mushrooms and onions.
Add finely chopped onions and eggs to boiled rice. Stir.
Stage four: dough, filling, egg. Roll out the dough into a large circle, approximately 80-90 cm in diameter. Place the pancake in the middle and place one of the fillings on it.
Cover it with a pancake and add another filling.
Lay out 6-8 layers and wrap them in dough.
Cut off the excess dough and make a decoration out of it.
Make a hole in the center of the pie.
Brush the pie with beaten yolk and place in an oven preheated to 180° for 30-40 minutes.

From yeast dough

Perhaps the most successful recipe, since yeast dough is softer and tastier.

Required Products:

about 400 grams of chicken meat;
two spoons of sugar;
100 ml oil;
four potatoes;
6 grams of dry yeast;
two onions;
spices at your discretion;
0.5 kg flour;
a glass of warm water.

Cooking process:

Add yeast and sugar to a glass of warm water (it should be no more than 39 degrees). Leave this mixture for about 15 minutes.
Place the flour in a bowl, add salt to it, and after the allotted time, the swollen yeast and vegetable oil. You should get a soft mass that does not stick to the skin. Place in some warm place for at least 40 minutes.
While the rising process is underway, it is worth preparing the remaining ingredients. Grind the meat, potatoes and onions to form small squares.
Divide the dough into two parts and make thin layers out of them.
We put the first one in a mold and fill it with the filling - potatoes, chicken with spices and cover everything with onions.
We cover everything with a second layer and fasten the edges. Cook in the oven for about 50 minutes, heating it to 180 degrees.