Ultimate Comfort Food Chicken Pot Pie

Ultimate Comfort Food Chicken Pot Pie

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Chicken Pot Pie is the Ultimate Comfort Food

This chicken pot pie is the ultimate in comfort food. Chicken, carrots and peas in a rich creamy sauce, covered with a snuggly little blanket of puff pastry, totally hygge. Perfect for a snowy winter’s day.

The sauce falls into the ‘basics’ category.  You make a standard ‘roux’ with butter and flour, then make the sauce using chicken stock.  I enrich the sauce with the addition of cream and a little sherry, both are optional but I find they add a wonderful creamy depth to the pie.  The roux method for making a sauce is also the basis of my Fabulous Fish Pie

You can also make the Chicken Pot Pie in individual pie dishes, ideal if you have family members eating at different times.  If I remember correctly my dear friend Ellon may have been responsible for the excellent finishing on these pies in the photo.  I think we made around 80 on that particular day, and Ellen, a pie novice discovered a secret talent for crimping the edges. All her pies looked way better than mine!

Ellen making chicken pot pies
Ellen making chicken pot pies

Variations on Pie

The recipe I have given here make a large pie, probably enough for 6-8 people. Half the amounts for a smaller family dinner.

I also have to clarify, I have said to use a whole cooked chicken but obviously any combination of cooked chicken is totally acceptable.  After Thanksgiving  you could also use left over turkey as well.  At Christmas, any ham lurking in your fridge would also be very tasty, and then it would become a chicken and ham pie! Feel free to supplement the meat with additional vegetables too. You could add mushroom, broccoli or green beans, just cook them al dente first.

If making the pie ahead of time, allow the filling to cool down before covering with pastry. Then store in the fridge, until ready to cook.

Time Saving Hack

If making this in the States may I recommend a time saving hack. I often substitute Trader Joe’s ‘Mirepoix’ in place of the chopped onions, carrots and celery.  They do all the chopping for me and I do not end up crying while cutting up the onions.

This would be lovely served with roasted Brussel Sprouts with Cranberries and Pecans and  Little Baby Roasted Potatoes.

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