Sunday, August 22, 2010

The Best Way to Do Up Comfort Food is With a Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

That's right folks, this delicious looking slice of homemade chicken pot pie was made by yours truly from scratch! (Minus the Tenderflake crust of course, haha.) This easy to follow and cook recipe was passed on by my fellow foodie KM who has many other wonderful recipes up her sleeve as well. Adapted just a tad, here it is, captured in its true gooey, lusciously rich essence by my BB camera.

First, make sure you have 2 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crusts. I use Tenderflake but I'm sure the other brands are just as good. I don't usually measure the ingredients for the filling (but an ingredient list can be found below) as I can always use the leftovers for another purpose but basically gather together cubed chopped veggies including mushroom, peas, celery, carrots, corn, and whatever else fancies your liking. Then add in cubed boneless chicken breasts and boil. Now wasn't that 'easy as pie'? Time for the filling!

As for the rich creamy filling, cook the onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk, and simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.

Place the other crust on top, seal edges, make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape and bake in oven for 30-35 minutes at 425 F. Remember how I said the banana bread recipe was no-fail, same goes for this! Give it a whirl and let me know how it goes. YUM!

Ingredients

1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
1 cup frozen veggies mix including carrots, peas and beans
1/2 cup of sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup of sliced celery
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 and 3/4 cups chicken broth
2/3 cup milk
2 (9inch) unbaked deep dish pie crusts

4 comments:

  1. Great tweak!! :) Another thing I've been doing is using turkey instead of chicken, or you can use stewed beef and beef broth~ yummmm!
    k

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  2. Oh my god... i am so cooking that this week. YUM!

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  3. omg, Irene! this looks so yummy.... drool.

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  4. It's sooooo good and soooo easy to make! Let me know how it turns out. :)

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