Frankie's Chicken Cigars

By ctozzi

Ingredients

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves or ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 2 teaspoons grill seasoning, such as McCormick Grill Mates Montreal steak seasoning
• 1-1/2 pounds ground chicken breast
• 1 shallot, minced
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce (eyeball it)
• Flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped (a generous handful)
• 8 sheets phyllo dough
• 6 tablespoons melted butter

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 25mins

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat the oven to 425°. In the bottom of a large bowl, combine the cloves, cumin, chili powder, poultry seasoning, paprika and grill seasoning. Add the chicken, shallot, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and parsley, and stir to combine.

2.On a nonstick baking sheet, brush a sheet of phyllo with half of the melted butter and top with a second phyllo sheet. Form one-quarter of the chicken mixture into a log the length of the pastry. Roll the log tightly in the phyllo. Repeat with remaining chicken mixture and phyllo. Cut each log into 3 "cigars," for a total of 12, and brush with the rest of the butter.

3.Bake the cigars until evenly golden and firm, 15 to 20 minutes