Varenyky with chicken and mushrooms

Step 1

Prepare the batter. Boil the milk. Mix the flour with the salt. Gradually add the hot milk to the flour and knead the dough with a spatula. Then add the butter and knead the dough until smooth. Wrap in clingfilm and leave in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Fry the chopped mushrooms in vegetable oil and transfer them to a bowl. Then fry the chopped chicken fillet, add the diced onion, mix and fry for a couple of minutes. Then add the fried mushrooms and stew everything together for a few minutes. Then put all the contents of the pan and potatoes through a meat grinder. Add butter, salt, pepper, mix thoroughly, cover with foil and send to the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Step 3

Prepare beet sauce. Fry the chopped mushrooms in vegetable oil at maximum temperature. Add the beet juice, reduce the temperature to minimum and simmer the sauce for 5 minutes. After this time, add butter and mix thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper and remove from the stove.

Step 4

Prepare the dumplings. Roll out the dough to 2 mm. Cut out rounds with a glass, moisten the edges with water, put the filling in the center of each, fold in half and seal the edges. Steam the dumplings at minimum temperature under a lid for 5-7 minutes.

Step 5

Serve the dumplings with beet sauce. If desired, sprinkle the dumplings with chopped green onions.