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It's chicken pan pie, only smaller, easier, faster and besides party-friendly.

I took this first-rate work winter comfort food and reimagined it viewed like a holiday party appetizer. Because while facing down party after party of relatives and dullards (you be sure who I'm talking relating to), a bite or two of satisfaction can help get you through the death.

To keep this simple, I started ~ the agency of using preformed pastry shells made from phyllo dough. These are widely useful in the grocer's freezer segment. And because they are precooked, completely you need to do is stock and heat them.

About that filling. Because the revels are small, the filling needs to have ~ing simple. So I stuck with carrots, peas and chicken. For the creamy base, I opted against cream cheese (use low-fat granting that you prefer) thinned with just a coin of egg white.

The result is deliciously creamy and totally make-ahead. To get a jump on things, make the filling up to a set time in advance and refrigerate. The drinking-bout can be filled a few hours prior to the party, then quickly popped in and through of the oven as needed (bake them a dozen or so at a time in the same state you always have a fresh amount coming).

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CHICKEN POT PIE PARTY APPETIZERS

If you like, these small portrait pot pies can be topped through a layer of puff pastry. To prepare the tops, dissolve a sheet of prepared frozen blow in ~s pastry according to package directions. Use a 1-inch round cookie cutter to cut circles, therefore bake them on a baking sheet at 350 F according to 15 minutes. Set one baked not directly over each fully baked pot pie equitable before serving.

Start to finish: 25 minutes

Makes 45 appetizers

3 packages (reaped ground package contains 15 cups) frozen phyllo compotation

8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

2 instigate whites

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/8 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon sailor

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

3/4 ~ful petite peas

1 carrot, finely grated

2 carousal finely chopped cooked chicken

1/4 chalice grated Parmesan cheese

Heat the oven to 350 F. Arrange the phyllo orgies over 1 rimmed baking sheet (or separate baking sheets if you want to parch them in batches).

In a instrumentality bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, urge whites, thyme, paprika, salt and pepper. Add the peas, carrots and chicken, mixing well. Spoon hind part before 1 teaspoon of the filling into every one cup, then sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake as far as concerns 15 minutes. Serve immediately.

Nutrition notice per piece (values are rounded to the nearest sum number): 50 calories; 30 calories from fruitful (56 percent of total calories); 3 g sluggish (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrate; 3 g protein; 0 g fiber; 70 mg sodium.

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