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Chicken Pie Served With Orange Juice



BY CHINELO NWAGBO

THERE are many foods that can be eaten to help keep fit and stay healthy. Chicken pie is one of them. Many people eat just to satisfy themselves and avert hunger without knowing the nutritional content of the food. It is good to know what you eat and also eat right by including all the six classes of nutrients such as carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and water in the right proportion to help live a healthy life.

Nutritious and balanced diet helps one to stay physically fit, feel better, and prevent many illnesses. We can lower our risk of illnesses like heart disease, obesity and diabetes as well as maintain a healthy weight if we eat healthy.

You can make a chicken pie starting off with a whole chicken or just as easily from the remaining chicken meat left over from a roast chicken dinner.  Traditional chicken pie will contain plenty of fabulous fresh vegetables including carrots, peas, leeks or onions. Nowadays, you can add almost anything to your chicken pie, for example mushrooms, potatoes, sweet corn, parsnips or ham to make it rich.

Chicken pie is made with vegetables (tomatoes, onions, pepper) chicken meat and flour among others. It is highly nutritious and is rich in protein, carbohydrate, Vitamin A, B6, K, C, potassium and dietary fibre. Consumption of chicken pie helps in enhancement of growth and physical development. It also helps to protect against bone loss in older people and strong and healthy bones in children.

Recommendation
Chicken pie is recommended for those who require high-calorie and nutrient food (children, adolescents, physical workers, sportsmen, women who are pregnant or nursing), those that are in need of gaining kilo of weight, people recovering from weakening sickness because it is packed with nutrient of high biological value.

Ingredients               Quantities
Whole flour               400g (2 ½ cups)
Boneless chicken       100g
Brewer’s yeast          1 tablespoon
Milk                         100ml
Butter                      100g
Water                      100ml
Onion                       1 medium bulb
Green pepper             1 medium size
Red pepper                1 medium size
Tomatoes                  3 medium size
Olive oil                     3 tablespoons
Salt                          a pinch

Method of preparation
Wash, clean and chop the onion, pepper and tomatoes.
Season the chicken with salt, onion and maggi.
Cut the chicken meat into small pieces.
Mix the flour, egg, butter, milk and water.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté or fry the onion, pepper, tomatoes and chicken.
Using a rolling pin spread the dough over a floured board and cut circles of about 12 cm diameter.
Place in a centre of each a small amount of filling to form a half-moon shape. Join the boarder to seal the turnovers.
Place the turnovers on a slightly greased over tray and bake for 20 minutes at 180oc.
Serve hot with cold orange juice.

Orange juice
Orange juice is among the most favoured drinks in the whole world. It is naturally sweet without addition of artificial sugar. Orange juice is a good source of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), potassium, thiamine, phosphorus, folic acid (Vitamin B9) and vitamin B6. In addition, it does not contain cholesterol, sodium and fat.  It is also rich in phytonutrients, which are known as flavonoids. Flavonoids help support the immunity process and promote a strong heart. Intake of orange juice helps to boost the immune system and prevent diseases and infections. It is an ideal juice for those that want a healthy heart and for those that want to prevent arthritis, cancer, kidney stone formation and eye problem.

Recommendation
Orange juice is recommended for those that want to increase resistance to infection, prevent cardiovascular diseases, eye problem, osteoporosis and cancer.

Ingredients             Quantities
Oranges                 15 medium size

Method of preparation

Wash the oranges with clean water.

Cut them into halves and squeeze them.

Sieve with a cheesecloth to remove the seeds.

Pour the orange juice in a goblet.

Serve cold with hot chicken pie.


CHICKEN PIE SERVED WITH ORANGE JUICE