Chicken Pot Pie

The veggies in the skillet


The veggies and white sauce bubbling together merrily

The final product...Awesome Chicken Pot Pie

Apple pie, hot dogs, and then Chicken Pot Pie. Thats the American food that i know of. I had heard so much about chicken pot pie that i wanted to try it out for myself. Instead of getting any packaged stuff or ordering in a restaurant, I just thought it would be much easier if I made it. I had seen a show on foodnetwork which focussed on chicken pot pie. I went to the website, found the original recipe and tweaked it a little to suit my taste. The end result was as good, if not better and the best part - both S and duckie loved it. This dish is very hearty and filling and perfect on a cold winter night. This is a very "American" dish and I absoultely loved it.

I made this dish in a hurry...we were on our way to Michigan. I wasnt even going to make this dish but S saw the google window I had opened and decided to postpone the road trip for few hours just to eat this dish:)

The original recipe is here .

Recipe:

Dipti's Chicken Pot Pie

1 sheet frozen Puff pastry

4 tsp Olive Oil

1/2 roasted chicken ( I used rotisserie chicken from Meijer)

1 small yellow onion thinly sliced

1 tablespoon all purpose flour

Salt to taste

1 tsp All purpose mcormick seasoning

1/4 tsp black pepper

1 cup whole milk

1can chicken stock

1/2 cup heavy cream

3/4 cups peas - blanched

3/4 cups carrots- blnched

3/4 cups celery - blanched

handful pearl onions blanched

8-10 mushrooms.

1 egg well beaten for eagg wash

Preparation

Thaw the pastry sheet to directions. Preheat the oven to 425F.

Heat up a large skillet and add the olive oil. Add the sliced onion to this and stirfry for few mins. Add the mushrooms and cook till the liquid from mushrooms disappears. Then add all the veggies and stir fry for few mins. Then add the shredded chicken to this. Add salt and pepper.

Take a large pot. add the chicken stock to this, and let it boil. when it reduces a little add the cream and milk. Let it simmer for few mins. Then add the all purpose flour to this and let it become thick and bubbly. Add the all purpose seasoning to this. If you have any fresh herbs then add those instead of the seasoning. Pour this sauce mixture over the chicken-veggies mix and blend well. Let it rest for few mins. Take a baking dish and pur the entire pie filling in this.

Lay the pastry puff sheet on top and close the ends well. brush the egg wash on the top of the sheet and pierce the top with a fork for steam to escape.

Bake in the oven till the pastry sheet is golden - brown. Let the pie cool for 15-20 mins.

Cut into portions and serve "hot"

Enjoy.

Dipti