Frugal Homemade- Chicken Pot Pie
Homemade chicken pot pie is the quintessential comfort food
Servings 4
Ingredients
- For the pastry:
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup softened butter or ⅔ cup shortening
- 7 tablespoons cold water adding more as necessary
- For the filling:
- 2-3 chicken breasts cooked & cut into bite size pieces. (I boil the chicken until it is cooked through.)
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅓ cup flour
- ¾ teaspoon dried sage
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups chicken broth
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup peas
- ½ cup carrots chopped
- ½ cup onion diced
Instructions
- Combine all Pastry ingredients. Mix with a mixer on medium speed until well combined.
- Divide dough into two equal balls.
- Roll out on ball to fit bottom of 7x11" dish.
- Press dough into bottom & up sides of dish.
- Prick the bottom of the crust with a fork to vent.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Next,
- Cook chicken breasts & cut into bite size pieces
- In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter & add the flour. Stir until the flour absorbs the butter.
- Add the milk & chicken broth, stir until bubbly & it begins to thicken.
- Add sage, salt & black pepper. (You may want to add more salt and/or pepper, so taste test.)
- Add peas, carrots, onion & chicken and give it all a good stir.
- Pour into baked pie crust.
- Roll out remaining dough ball, measuring to fit your dish.
- Place on top of pot pie, cut slits in top to vent. (I like to use a cookie cutter. :)
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, until the crust begins to brown & the filling begins to bubble.
- Let cool for about 10 minutes, eat & enjoy!