Thursday, March 31, 2011

Easy Peezy Chicken Pot Pie

I just love to eat chicken pot pie but I have stopped myself from getting those prepackaged frozen pot pie's since it would be better to do on your own so that we will know what is going inside the pie's.  I got this wonderfully easy recipe from Allrecipes. It also uses the store bought puff pastry which is a time saver. Along to go with it I made super simple salad which has mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, salami, bacon bits, onion, mozarella and italian dressing.




Ingredients

  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
  • 1 cup sliced carrots
  • 1 cup frozen green peas
  • 1/2 cup sliced celery
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup chopped onion
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
  • 1 3/4 cups chicken broth
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 2 bay leaves
  • dash of worchestershire sauce,optional
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  • 2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts or 1 Puff pastry sheet

Method

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C.)
  • In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
  • In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.
  • Place the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.


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