Kvrgusa - Bosnian Chicken Pie

Kvrgusa is a traditional Bosnian dish that is made by baking pieces of chicken in a flour, egg and milk batter and when it is done it tastes like a chicken pot pie.  It is a very simple dish and very tasty too.  My family did not make this dish at home that often, but whenever I ate it when we visited our friends or family I loved it.  The last time I had this dish was a few years ago when we visited our close friends and neighbors while visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina and like anything that they make, it was very delicious.  Today, I decided to try making it myself and we had it for dinner.  Here is the recipe that I came up with:

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/4 cups of milk
• 1 1/2 pounds of chicken (or 1/2 of a chicken)
• pinch of Vegeta (or to taste)
• 3/4 cup of sour cream
• 1/2 cup of milk (to add to sour cream at the end)

Directions:

• Heat oven to about 450 F
• Beat the eggs, then mix four, salt, eggs and 1 1/4 cups of milk well until batter is smooth

• Cut up the chicken into pieces
• Pour some oil into the baking pan to coat evenly and put in oven to heat up for a few minutes
• Take out the baking pan and evenly pour mixture into it

• Transfer chicken pieces into the bowl where you had the batter and sprinkle with Vegeta (or salt) and mix well
• Place chicken pieces onto the flour batter in the baking pan

• Put in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes until it starts browning a little
• Lower temperature to about 420 F and keep baking until chicken is fully cooked and browned
• In the meantime mix 3/4 cup of sour cream and 1/2 cup of milk
• Take out Kvrgusa and pour the sour cream and milk mixture over it evenly

• Put back into the oven and bake for another 5-10 minutes
• Take Kvrgusa out and let cool for a few minutes
• Serve with green lettuce salad seasoned with olive oil, vinegar and a few pinches of salt

Prijatno!  : )