Chicken Pot Pie
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007
Call off the dogs already.
How do you even know that my Chicken Pot Pie is decent? Because it’s not my recipe, that’s why. Here is a version that I tweaked from the recently published MOMYS cookbook.
Chicken Pot Pie 2 Pie Crusts (your own or purchased), unbaked
2 T. Butter
2 T. Flour
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. thyme
¼ tsp. pepper
1 c. chicken broth
¼ c. milk
2 cups chicken, cooked and cubed
1 ½ cups vegetables (I use fresh potatoes and carrots, frozen peas)
Dash of minced onionPreheat oven to 425. Line pie plate with one crust. Melt butter in a large skillet over low heat and stir in flour, salt, thyme, and pepper. Cook until smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in milk and broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly for one minute. Stir in chicken and veggies. Pout into pie crust. Top with the second pie crust. Seal edges, cut fancy slits for airing. Bake on cookie sheet 30-40 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
This is for one pie. You have to do fancy math to make eight.
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MMmmmmm! Sounds delicious! I think I’ll add that to my ‘Must Try’ list of recipes. Thanks!!
Comment by Lady Why (February 21, 2007 @ 3:45 pm )
I just received the best tip for cooking chicken for recipes like this…place a family pack of bone-in chicken (split breast, legs, thighs, whatever) frozen or defrosted in a crock pot with onion, carrots, celery, garlic, and cover with water (add cooking wine if desired) and cook all day for 10-12 hours, at least a day before you need the chicken for a recipe. The chicken falls off the bone and is moist and well-seasoned for your recipe, and the remaining contents of the crock pot can be strained for a rich chicken broth. I thought this was absolutely brilliant! Makes about 6 cups of cooked shredded chicken.
Comment by Stephanie (February 21, 2007 @ 4:18 pm )
So do you have 8 pie plates? And what do you do if you need a pie plate while they are all in the freezer being used for chicken pies?
Recipe looks yummy!
Comment by Tiffany (February 21, 2007 @ 4:33 pm )
Stephanie,
Thanks for mentioning that tip. It’s how I cook all my meat. Keep it on all day if you want shredded chicken; you have to pull it out sooner if you want to cube it.
Tiffany, I use store bought pie crusts that are already in the tin.
Comment by Amy Scott (February 21, 2007 @ 5:20 pm )
Stephanie — I do that too, and then save the bones to do it all over again for a bit less rich broth that’s still good for cooking. I add a little vinegar to leech all the gelatin I can get out of the bones and marrow.
Comment by Gem (February 21, 2007 @ 5:38 pm )
As the editress of the cookbook, I go on public record as that the ingredients should be capitalized, and the 425 should have a degree behind it… those things will make it taste better, of course! Haha. (I went over those recipes 2 times each!!! My eyes were rolling in my head!)
Glad you are enjoying the cookbook! I LOVE mine! Anyone who doesn’t have one is really missing out! Head over to http://www.marmeedear.com or http://www.ripe4harvest.com and snag yourself one. Ripe for Harvest also has empty binders… you can see on my blog site how I made myself a Brain in a Binder with it… http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/petersonclan
Comment by petersonclan (February 21, 2007 @ 9:13 pm )
Hey I still want your General Tso’s Chicken recipe!!!
I’ve made the oven french 3x now for a group, they all rave about it. I’ll be trying this recipe for sure!!
Thanks:)
Comment by Beccy (February 21, 2007 @ 10:55 pm )
Deep dish crusts or regular?
And do you boil the potatoes and carrots first?
Comment by Jeana (February 22, 2007 @ 10:15 am )
Yahoo! An easy question!
Regular pie crusts.
And about the General Tso’s chicken, I was totally not joking when I said that I use some powdered mixture for the sauce. Seriously!! Other than that it’s just stir fried chicken, green onions, peanuts, and water chestnuts in peanut oil over rice.
Comment by Amy Scott (February 22, 2007 @ 6:53 pm )
Not so fast there, Missy! Do you cook the veggies first? I know it doesn’t say to, but I wouldn’t think the potatoes and carrots would get tender in that amount of time?
Comment by Jeana (February 22, 2007 @ 7:28 pm )
Ahh, she caught you, Amy! Surely you do cook the veggies, right?
Comment by Another Heather (February 22, 2007 @ 10:46 pm )
Whoops! Sorry! No, you DO NOT pre-cook the veggies. If you had to do that, I wouldn’t go for it because I’m not into dishes that have a zillion steps right now. I use a food processor to slice the potatoes and carrots thin. If they are too thick, you will have a problem with them cooking through. There’s enough “juice” in the mixture to cook the veggies if they’re not too big.
Hope that helps.
Comment by Amy Scott (February 23, 2007 @ 1:59 pm )
I failed miserably at getting the second crust out of the tin for the top of the pie….any suggestions? (we had a pot pie without the top! it was so sad!)
Comment by Bonnie (February 24, 2007 @ 9:32 pm )
Bonnie,
Sorry for not mentioning it, as I had this same problem. The trick is, you have to keep it cool! When it gets to room temperature, it falls apart. Another way to solve the top crust problem is to buy the kind that you unroll in one sweep.
Comment by Amy Scott (February 25, 2007 @ 3:09 pm )
Amy-
Thank you! I’m always on the hunt for an easy Chicken Pot Pie recipe. This one looks great (the no cooking of the veggies beforehand is a big plus for me).
~Stacy
Comment by Stacy (February 28, 2007 @ 4:41 pm )
Just wanted to let you know I made the pot pie tonight and it was WONDERFUL! Thank you for posting the recipe!
Comment by Mrs Marcos (March 2, 2007 @ 10:45 pm )
Hey Amy!
I’m planning on making this recipe for a family with 6 children. Would you mind telling me how many pies typically feeds your family for a meal? (I was guessing 2 or 3) Also, do you freeze these before baking them?…Just put aluminum foil around them? Thanks, Amy!
I always want to comment on so many of your posts (rather than just ask questions ;)…I just want you to know how much I appreciate your honesty and your writing. I really enjoyed your post about the letter to your friends…you pointed out so many things that I think about often.
Thanks! Kat
Comment by kat (November 6, 2008 @ 6:17 pm )
Kat, We eat either one or two, depending on how many sides we have. One=salad and bread; Two=no sides.
And yes, these freeze wonderfully. Just cover in foil and stack. I usually pull them out at lunch to thaw for dinner.
Comment by Amy Scott (November 6, 2008 @ 10:00 pm )
Thank you so much, Amy. I appreciate you taking the time to answer. I don’t mean to sound cheesy
but you have been such a blessing to me in so many ways. Thank you~
Comment by kat (November 6, 2008 @ 10:23 pm )