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I have spoiled my family with this chicken pot pie. It features chicken, peas, carrots, potatoes, and a creamy homemade roux. Delicious!
Is Homemade Chicken Pot Pie Difficult?
I have loved chicken pot pies for years, but I only ate the premade, frozen ones. I tried many brands and liked several, but I was always intimidated by the prospect of making one from scratch.
The price of the premade ones and the lack of quality ones finally drove me to consider making my own from scratch. I looked at several recipes online but ended up adapting my own. Many were extremely intense and made every ingredient from scratch, including the pie crust. I have found that the refrigerated pie crust is just as good. When I feel something easier is just as good, I am more than willing to use it instead of reinventing the wheel.
I hope to show you how to make this recipe without too many difficulties. It has been a popular dish at my home. My family loves it.
Options for Pot Pie Ingredients
One thing I love about a good pot pie is that you can vary the contents. If you do not like peas, you can remove them and substitute something like corn or add more potatoes and carrots. If you prefer turkey instead of chicken, you can also change that.
You can customize this recipe to your and your family’s liking without much trouble. If you like mushrooms, which my family does, you can add those to the pot pie. The options are relatively limitless.
Check out my other main dish recipes:
PORK AND SWEET POTATO STEW RECIPE
FIESTA SKILLET ONE-DISH MEAL
CROCK POT BEEF STROGANOFF RECIPE
Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pound cooked chicken
- 1 ½ cups frozen peas and carrots
- ½ onion chopped
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 can chicken broth
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp thyme
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 large potato diced and boiled
- ½ cup flour more if needed
- ¾ cup half and half milk can be subsituted
- 2 refrigerated pie crusts
Instructions
- Boil or roast chicken prior to putting the chicken pot pie together. You can also use a rotissiere chicken from the grocery store.
- Peel, dice, and boil potato until tender, but not overcooked.
- In a large pot, saute onions and minced garlic in a tablespoon of oil. Saute until onions are translucent.In a small frying pan, it is time to make the roux. First, melt the 4 tablespoons of butter. Add the flour. Approximately, 1/2 cup. Mix and cook this till a thick consistency. Add flour if still too liquidy. This will be what thickens your sauce for your pot pie.
- Drain the potatoes. Add the potatoes, peas, and carrots to the sauteed onions and garlic.
- Add the broth, half and half, and the roux mixture to the large pot of veggies. Stir well.
- Add the pre-cooked chicken. Remove from heat.
- In a nine-inch pie pan, spray with cooking spray. Lay the first pie crust on the bottom of the pan lining it completely.
- Pour pot pie mixture into the pie crust. Top with a second pie crust. Cut slats in the top pie crust to vent.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg thoroughly. With a basting brush, brush the top pie crust with the egg wash.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes. Remove the pot pie from the oven with 15 minutes remaining and cover the outside edge of the crust with either foil or a silicone ring to protect it from burning. Let cook for the remaining 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let sit for 10-15 minutes. If you cut into it too early the filling will not be thickened enough to pick up the pie pieces for serving.
Christine says
This was so very good! It is the best pot pie recipe I have tried so far, and I have looked for good ones that were also not too difficult.
April's Antics says
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
April's Antics says
So glad you liked it. I was intimidated at first making mine, but was so glad that I did.
Nadyne King says
Just made this recipe. It was worth the effort. I used the breast from a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken and put mine in small bowls with just a top crust.
So flavorful!
April's Antics says
So glad you enjoyed it! I love the idea of the rotisserie chicken! Works great! Thank you and please check out my other recipes.