Chicken Pot Pies
From lor 16 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 6
I find this to be a rather long and drawn out recipe but the results are certainly worth it. I don't have the time anymore but I know that there are people who do and that is why I have included this recipe.
Ingredients
- Filling: shopping list
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter shopping list
- 1 medium-size yellow onion, chopped shopping list
- 1 large russet potato, peeled and diced shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 1 red bell pepper, diced shopping list
- 8 ounces button mushrooms, sliced shopping list
- 1/3 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes shopping list
- salt and freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1 purchased cooked rotisserie chicken or 1 whole stewed chicken, cooled shopping list
- 8 ounces fresh green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces (optional) shopping list
- 1 (8-ounce) package frozen peas (optional) shopping list
- Cream Sauce: shopping list
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter shopping list
- 1 cup all purpose flour shopping list
- 2-1/2 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade shopping list
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (optional) Dash of hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco shopping list
- salt and freshly ground white pepper shopping list
- Crust: shopping list
- 1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter shopping list
- 3 cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 10 ounces chilled cream cheese shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
How to make it
- To make the filling:
- Melt the butter in a large sauté pan set over medium heat. Add the onion and potato; sauté for 5 minutes. Add the garlic, bell pepper, and mushrooms and sauté about 15 minutes, until the potatoes are tender. Stir in the crushed red pepper and add salt and pepper to taste.
- While the vegetables are sauteing, skin the chicken, pull the meat off the bones and shred the meat or cut into bite-size pieces. Place the green beans in a microwave-safe bowl and add enough water to cover. Cover the dish and microwave on high power about 10 minutes, until the beans are tender. Drain thoroughly. Stir the beans, peas and chicken into the vegetable mixture. Set the filling aside.
- To make the cream sauce:
- Melt the butter over medium heat in a large saucepan. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. Whisk in the chicken stock and cook the sauce over medium heat until it thickens to the consistency of a cream soup. Add the cream, hot pepper sauce, and salt and white pepper to taste. Pour the cream sauce over the chicken filling and stir to combine. Fill individual 1/4-cup capacity oven-safe bowls three - quarters of the way to the top with the creamed chicken filling.
- To make the crust:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Cut the butter into 16 pieces. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse the butter and flour until crumbly. Add the cream cheese, salt, and white pepper. Continue pulsing just until the dough forms a ball.
- Set the dough on a flat surface dusted with flour. Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness. Measure the diameter of the pot pie bowls—mine are about 4 inches across—and cut out dough rounds that are 1-1/2 inches larger in diameter. Whisk the egg in a small bowl. Lay the dough rounds on top of the pot pies, making sure the dough hangs evenly over each bowl. Brush the dough lightly with the beaten egg. Bake the pies for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown. Serve immediately.
- Note:Pot pies allow many vegetable additions, such as diced carrots, fresh corn kernels, diced turnips, sliced celery, cut-up asparagus spears, or sliced wild mushrooms. Just add them to the sauté mix and enjoy.
- Serves 6.
- From: The Pastry Queen: Recipes from Rather Sweet Bakery and Cafe by Rebecca Rather, Alison Oresman
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
I can use a few shortcuts like buying prepared crust and this won't be too much work for such a good result. thanks.
justjakesmom
in Everett loved it
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Pass me the fork please!!Great recipe with really hard work lor.Thanks for sharing
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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