Chicken Pot Pie
From edmund 16 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 16
This is a traditional Chicken Pot Pie using French culinary techniques. It's wonderful by itself, and only gets better over time. The recipes makes 2 pies, I bake one that evening, then freeze the second and make it a couple days later. Read more they freeze beautifully. See less
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (pre-roasted optional) shopping list
- 1 large potato shopping list
- 1 parsnip shopping list
- 6 medium carrots shopping list
- 1 cup green peas shopping list
- 2 ears white corn shopping list
- 1 package of white button mushrooms shopping list
- 1 medium tomato shopping list
- 1/2 white onion shopping list
- 2-3 tbps lemon juice shopping list
- 3 cups white wine shopping list
- 2 cups chicken stock shopping list
- 1½ tbps cornstarch shopping list
- 1/4 Cup Half & Half shopping list
- 3/4 Cup milk shopping list
- Add to Taste: shopping list
- rosemary shopping list
- 1 bay leaf shopping list
- sage shopping list
- oregano shopping list
- ½ tsp powdered ginger shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Servings (2 full 9in pies)
- Crust:
- Make 4 9in pie crusts (2 tops / 2 bottoms), shortening or butter preferable
- light Blind bake optional
- Vegetables:
- Peel and blanch Carrots, parsnips, and potatoes
- Boil and cut corn off cob
- Rinse and slice mushrooms
- Rinse peas
- Slice and de-seed tomato
- In a large bowl mix: parsnips, potatoes, carrots, peas, tomato, and corn
- (Careful not to over mix, lightly salt and pepper, add 2 tbps lemon juice)
- Sauce:
- Add butter to pan
- Brown garlic and onions (sauté covered until onions are brown and translucent)
- Sauté mushrooms in pan (sauté covered 2mins, then uncovered until liquid is removed)
- Remove mushrooms and onions to large bowl with vegetables, lightly mix
- Remove all meat from the chicken
- Brown and cook chicken in pan, remove and roughly chop
- Deglaze pan with white wine
- Add chicken stock
- Mix ¼ half & half and ¾ cup milk with cornstarch
- Add thicker to sauce
- Add seasonings to taste
- Pies:
- Divide up the ingredients into both pies
- Fill the pies with sauce
- Top Pies with crust
- Brush tops with egg wash
- Bake 375 for 30 - 40mins or until tops are brown
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