Recipes · Russian · Pies
Kurnik (Russian Chicken Pie)
One serving has 500 kcal and 24 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (81%), niacin (62%), riboflavin (57%), thiamin (53%), phosphorus (41%) and folate (38%). Ready in 80 minutes.
- Preparation: 45 min
- Cooking: 35 min
- Makes: 1 serving (231 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, poultry
Ingredients
- 45 g Flour, all-purpose
- 15 g Butter, unsalted
- 20 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 15 g Sour cream
- 70 g Chicken thighs, boneless, skinless, raw
- 20 g Rice, white, long-grain
- 35 g Mushrooms, white button, raw
- 10 g Onions, raw
- 1 g Salt
- 0.3 g Black pepper
Method
- Make a simple pastry by rubbing the butter into the flour with a pinch of the salt, then binding with the sour cream and a little cold water into a smooth dough; chill for 30 minutes. Makes 1 of 8 slices of a whole kurnik; multiply the recipe by 8 for a whole pie serving 8.
- Cook the rice in salted water until tender and drain. Poach or pan-fry the chicken until cooked through (74 C/165 F) and shred it.
- Sauté the onion and mushrooms in a little butter for 5 minutes until soft, season with salt and pepper, and boil the extra egg for 9 minutes, then peel and slice it.
- Roll out two-thirds of the dough and line a pie dish; layer in the rice, then the chicken, then the mushroom mixture, then the sliced egg, moistening each layer with a little sour cream.
- Roll out the remaining dough for a lid, cover the filling, seal and crimp the edges, cut a small steam vent, and brush with beaten egg.
- Bake at 190 C (375 F) for 30-35 minutes until the pastry is golden and the filling is piping hot throughout.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 500 kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 53.4 g | |
| Water | 131 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.1 g | 7% |
| Protein | 24.1 g | 50% |
| Tryptophan | 0.28 g | |
| Threonine | 1 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.1 g | |
| Leucine | 1.9 g | |
| Lysine | 1.7 g | |
| Methionine | 0.61 g | |
| Cystine | 0.35 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.1 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.85 g | |
| Valine | 1.2 g | |
| Histidine | 0.65 g | |
| Fat | 20.6 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 6.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.9 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.02 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.5 g | |
| Saturated | 10.6 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.14 g | |
| Cholesterol | 181 mg | |
| Calcium | 52.1 mg | 5% |
| Copper | 0.29 mg | 32% |
| Iron | 4.1 mg | 23% |
| Magnesium | 39.9 mg | 13% |
| Manganese | 0.61 mg | 34% |
| Phosphorus | 289 mg | 41% |
| Potassium | 420 mg | 9% |
| Selenium | 44.5 µg | 81% |
| Sodium | 493 mg | |
| Zinc | 2.2 mg | 27% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.58 mg | 53% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.63 mg | 57% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 8.7 mg | 62% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.3 mg | 27% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.46 mg | 35% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 150 µg | 38% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.68 µg | 28% |
| Choline | 110 mg | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 158 µg | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 1.6 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 19.6 IU | 3% |
| Vitamin E | 0.88 mg | 6% |
| Vitamin K | 4 µg | 5% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
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