When it comes to comfort food, Chicken Pot Pie certainly tops the chart. Tender chicken, gravy, peas, carrots, and potatoes all packaged together in the perfect flaky pie crust. Yum! Interestingly enough, when I was a kid our chicken pot pie wasn’t homemade. It was those little frozen Swanson deals, but still special none the less. It was pretty much the only frozen or prepackaged food we had in the house. It was only served on those rare occasions when Mom was not available to cook. We ate it 50’s style (even though it wasn’t the 50’s) right out of the foil tins, on TV trays in front of the TV. We loved it.
Fast forward to the present day. Chicken Pot Pie is still a bit of a rare bird in my house. When that glorious pie emerges all brown and bubbly from my oven, it’s welcomed with oohhs and aahhs like the turkey on Thanksgiving! A few weeks ago a dear friend was home recovering from illness and several of her friends made an online sign-up sheet to bring her and her family dinners. I signed up. I roasted the chicken, chopped the vegetables and whipped up a pie crust. Only problem was, I was a day late! I signed up for Monday but thought I had signed up for Tuesday. Oh no! I contacted my friend, who laughed and said they waited all afternoon for the chicken pie that never showed up and reluctantly gave up at 6:30pm. Her husband made soup for dinner. To make up for my mistake I made her the biggest, most luscious pie I could make. Plus I made some chocolate chip cookies. Cookies pretty much make everything better don’t they?
Let’s get down to business. For the pie crust I used my favorite go-to pie crust recipe. In fact I was scared of pie crust until found this recipe. It’s Martha Stewart’s Pate Brissee, which I am pretty sure is French for “easy pie crust that will make folks think you’re a pastry chef”. I just leave out the sugar for a savory pie. It’s made in the food processor; just follow the simple directions exactly, and it will be fabulous every time.
It’s also perfectly fine to use store-bought frozen or refrigerated ready-made pie crust – I am pretty sure the Pot Pie Police won’t come to your house. If they do, just offer them a slice of your CPP and I am sure everything will be okay! If not, I know a good culinary attorney who can help you out. But seriously, if you want to save some fat and calories, only put the crust on the top of the pie and it will still be fabulous! If you do use a bottom crust, be sure to let the pie sit for a half hour (which you will see in the pictures I didn’t do) and the slices will come out much more easil
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1 pound boneless skinless Chicken breasts. (About 3 breasts)
1 small Onion quartered
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 cup Onion chopped ( about 1 medium onion)
2 stalks of Celery chopped
4 Carrots chopped ( about 2 cups)
1 large Potato cubed (about 2 cups)
1 cup Peas (frozen work great)
3 cups of good low sodium Chicken Stock
4 tablespoons Butter.
4 tablespoons all purpose Flour
½ cup Half and Half Cream (or milk)
1 teaspoon Rosemary (Or even 1 teaspoon Poultry seasoning)
Salt and Pepper to taste.
1 recipe double pie crust (or frozen/fresh ready made pie crust)
Method
In a roasting dish, place chicken breast with quartered small onion and about a half cup of the chicken stock. Brush lightly with the olive oil. Roast in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 35 minutes. You don’t want to over-cook the chicken, but it should cooked through. Remove from oven. Reserve chicken stock and juices. Cut chicken into cubes when cool.
Prepare pie crust if making homemade and put in fridge.
In a large saute pan, melt butter over medium low heat, add in onions and celery. Cook for 3- 5 minutes until onion starts to become transparent. Sprinkle in the flour and stir until onions and celery are coated. Cook flour mixture for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in chicken stock. Also add in the reserved chicken stock from roasting the breasts. After the stock is incorporated with the flour, put the pan back on heat and add in carrots. Cook for 5 minutes. Add in potatoes. Cook for about 10 more minutes or until the potatoes just start to become soft but are not quite cooked through and gravy has thickened and is bubbly. Add in cubed chicken. Add in Rosemary, and Salt and pepper to taste. It is important at this stage to taste your gravy to be sure the seasonings suit your family. Add in cream and peas and remove from heat.
Roll out bottom pie crust and place in pie plate. Add your chicken mixture. Roll out top pie crust and place on top the pie. Remember to cut some vents for steam to escape. Trim off extra pie crust and punch edges to close the crust.
Bake in a 350 oven for about 40 minutes or until pie crust is golden brown. Let stand for 30 minutes, then slice and serve!
Enjoy!
This looks delicious! I have been looking for a homemade recipe for this, and now I have one! Thank you!
Yum! This looks really tasty 🙂
I am going to make that this weekend. Everything that I have made from your recipes turns out fantastic.
Oh yummy, good way to use up my garden carrots, tator’s and onions. Do you egg wash your top crust? Thanks for posting a tasty winter/fall dish.
That looks really good. We have a chicken pot pie recipe we enjoy, but I am always open to new recipes. Definitely pinning this. Thanks for sharing.
I hope you all enjoy!
Snickers I don’t use an egg wash..egg allergies here. 🙂 It will be even better with all your home grown veggies!
I know I will be making this and my family will be enjoying it. Thank you!
Oh how I love homemade chicken pot pie! Your recipe sounds similar to mine though I have never thought to add a little rosemary.
When I think perfect fall food, I think chicken pot pie. Funny, after not eating one for several years, I tried one again last year and can you say “OMG, this is heaven on earth on a fork!”
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The recipe seems pretty easy and straightforward (that’s how *this* non-cook likes them!) and my mouth is watering just reading the type! I’m also glad to know that the Pot Pie Police won’t be coming to my house if I sneak a frozen pie crust in! 😉
That looks so yummy. I think I will have to give a try.
This would be good to use left over turkey also, just exchange the rosemary to sage. Can’t wait to make this.
I have never ever made a pot pie from scratch. I think I will have to try this. This looks wonderful PP.
OMG, this looks SO good – now I want Chicken Pot Pie and Chocolate Chip cookies! Heavenly.
this looks so delish! my mom makes the best CPP, but i might have to give this recipe a go 🙂
Y U M M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApmvDU5RmyY
Perfect for this colder weather! Looks very yummy 🙂
This looks so mouth watering! YUM!
LOL BH – I love that clip 🙂
OMG! this is my husband’s favorite food. thanks for the recipe and i will bookmark it so he can see and follow along with your instructions
This actually looks so wonderful! I almost to make some now!
It’s actually a nice and useful piece of info. Thanks for sharing.
My husband absolutely loves chicken pot pie! We need to try this recipe as we haven’t found one that is just quite right!
This looks great! Thanks for sharing!
I have been looking for a good and hearty chicken pot pie recipe FOREVER!!! thank you so much for sharing this! I will definitely try it out.
That looks so yummy. I actually made chicken pot pies but made them in muffin pan last night for dinner..didn’t look as good as yours though.
I have used the large muffin pans to make individual meatloaves. I am sure they work well for CPP’s also.
Minta: My sister use to make the ugliest chocolate cakes (she died in 2010), but I can still remember how good they tasted. I am sure that your mini pot pies tasted good also.
This looks like an awesome dinner on a chilly night! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Minta ..I am with Rosemary….it doesn’t have to look good to TASTE fabulous especially when it comes to chicken pot pie!
I have done CPP in the individual ramikins – then you don’t have to worry about getting them out of the tin.
@Patty Pie, do you deliver? I’ll take three. Thanks.
Looks tasty!
This looks wonderful and is going into my “must make” pile. Thanks for the great recipe idea PattyPie. My older son is going to be especially happy when make this.
I got a kick out of your walk down frozen pot pie memory lane. LOL. My mom served those too occasionally -on TV trays and probably when Dad was away on business. The tuna one (long discontinued) was my fave!
Patty, you’re a girl after my heart. We have chicken or turkey pot pies all fall and winter. Your recipe looks delicious.
My mother never made homemade pot pies, but my grandmother did, and it is her “recipe” I use. She was from the “olden” days when each day was assigned a chore. Monday was laundry day…. by far the most difficult chore day for women. No electric dryers and it was the lucky woman that had a wringer washer.
Pot pies were a popular Monday meal in many parts of the country. An extra chicken was baked on Sunday, with carrots, potatoes and peas as the featured vegetables. Since pies were also made for the Sunday Dinner, extra crust was made for Monday’s meal. If was easy for the women to assemble the pot pies after a hard days work using the leftovers from Sunday’s meal.
My grandmother always told me cream was added as a way to extend the gravy. Back then milk either came in a glass bottle with a creamer on top or from the barn behind the house, so everyone had cream on hand. For her and thousands of other women that never heard of veloute sauce with cream (supreme sauce)or didn’t know the French have five mother sauces, it was simply a way to feed their family after a busy day of work.
How fortunate we are to no longer have to dedicate an entire day of hard work to laundry. It is no suprise that a couple of generations of women took a break from homemade pot pies and relied on Banquet.
Cj thanks for sharing such a wonderful story. I think pot pies are best when made with left overs! I make a Turkey pot pie after thanksgiving and I layer all the left overs including the stuffing and cranberries. It tastes like thanksgiving dinner in a slice of pie. Oh so good.
It really is amazing how much things have changed when it comes to “women’s work”. My Mom often tells the story of how her Mother cried when she got a manual “wringer washer” and was able to put away the washboard. Let me just say, we would be wearing a lot of dirty clothes if I had to heat up the water on the fire and wash clothes with a hand cranked wringer washer!
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CJ, what an interesting plan! I feel like trying that tomorrow: roast two chickens, make a double recipe of pie crust for an apple pie, and make the chicken pot pie rather easily on Monday night. I like it!
Patty, please share the Thanksgiving Turkey + Leftover Pie “recipe” in a few weeks. My husband waits all year for “Thanksgiving Sandwiches” which sound similar.
Pattypie,
I made two of these today. I did egg wash my top crusts but had to put foil on top to keep them from over browning. OMG, heaven. I took one over to my elderly neighbors, the days of hard work of that generation are just too many words in our rushed days.
Ok, funny story: I was busy putting these together, counters with crusts all over, etc. Told DH this was going to be lunch today so be home at 12:30. I was running a bit late getting them in the oven, so waiting the 30 minutes to cut would put my lunch back to almost one. He walked in, the kitchen smelled so good, he sat down and said, “are you going to cut that?” My back was to him and I said “no Pie said it had to sit 30 minutes before serving”. He said.”Oh we are having pie too?” Guess I should have said Pattypie, he thought he was having pie with this. LOL.
Snickers! Good tip on the tin foil! I will add it to the directions!
So glad you liked it! And I LOVE that you brought one to a neighbor!
Now you need to make your HUBBY a dessert pie tomorrow 😉
This looks a lot like my favorite recipe – NOTHING beats homemade! My boys just love it, and I’ve even made a vegetarian version that was a huge hit!
LOL, at snickers saying, “Pie said…”
I’ve done that! I told my hubs when I was planting this spring- “Snickers told me to plant the BUSH beans.” He was confused, “Who? What? What’s that about Snickers?”
Ann,
Of course when my DH hears PIE, he thinks I made pie! LOL. He will have to wait for Thanksgivng for real pie. 🙂 Blueberry is his favorite.
Looks beautiful Pie!! I’m sure it tastes delish??
This recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
this chicken pot pie looks so good, thank you for sharing
Chicken pot pie is my favorite comfort food. I think I’ll add more cheese – I add more cheese to everything savory!
That’s a very nice chicken pot pie recipe. The photos look great!
I have always wanted to make homemade chicken pot pies. Your recipe sounds and looks delicious. I am going to try making it one of these days. Thanks for sharing.
These looks very delicious and I have always wanted a recipe for it. Thanks!
Oh wow, the chicken pot pie looks amazing. I would love to try making this. It looks luscious.
So many friends make chicken pot pie. Some use fresh veggies and some frozen. The pie crusts are most often prepared ones. But no matter the style, the result is the same. A delicious treat for all.
This potpie looks so good. I’d love to try it.
I tried this last night using ready made pie crust, it was simple and delicious!
I think the next time I might add a little cheese 🙂
Than you for sharing!
I love Chicken pot pie it is one of my favorite comfort foods to eat especially in the winter months. This recipe looks so good have to pin it to share with everyone.
I am pretty sure there is not a Pot Pie Police Force, however, I do believe there is a Starve Your Sick Friend Police Force. LOL! Pot Pie looks yummy!
Not only looks delicious but brings back memories of the wonderful meals at my mother’s table!