Chicken Pot Pie
Original recipe:
3 whole (6 split) chicken breasts, bone in, skin on
3 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
5 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
2 chicken bouillon cubes
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
2 cups chopped yellow onions (2 onions)
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 cups medium-diced carrots (4 carrots), blanched for 2 minutes
1 10-ounce package frozen peas (2 cups)
1 1/2 cups frozen small whole onions
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the chicken breasts on a sheet pan and rub them with olive oil. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, or until cooked through. Set aside until cool enough to handle, then remove the meat from the bones and discard the skin. Cut the chicken into large dice. You will have 4 to 6 cups of cubed chicken.
In a small saucepan, heat the chicken stock and dissolve the bouillon cubes in the stock. In a large pot or Dutch oven, melt the butter and sauté the onions over medium-low heat for 10 to 15 minutes, until translucent. Add the flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add the hot chicken stock to the sauce. Simmer over low heat for 1 more minute, stirring, until thick. Add 2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and the heavy cream. Add the cubed chicken, carrots, peas, onions, and parsley. Mix well. Place the stew in a 10 x 13 x 2-inch oval or rectangular baking dish. Place the baking dish on a sheet pan lined with parchment or foil.
Put frozen biscuits on top and bake till bubbly and biscuits are done. Between 35 and 50 min. depending on oven.
This is how I make it
I boil 4 to 5 chicken breast with celery,onions,carrots to make a stock for Chicken Dumpling Soup. I up the onions to around 3cups. I don’t use the pearl onions.
I use a large can of broth to make sauce. I think it’s right at 5c or a little over that.
I also put in some celery (around 1 1/2c) with the onions.
After I blanch the carrots I put them in the pan with the onions for a few more min. Make sure you blanche them, if not, they will still be hard.
I use the Pillsbury frozen biscuits for the top, or you could use puff pastry or pie crust, whatever you want.
Crazygranny, I love homemade chicken pot pie!! but not so much w/ green peas, I pick ‘em out
I will be substituting . . .
Thanks, LG. Substitute away. I always do if there is something I don’t like in it.
Wow…CrazyGranny…this recipe screams cool fall evening, fire going. I love chicken pot pie, and this looks like a GREAT recipe! Thanks Granny and RM.
I will definitely be trying this. I love chicken pot pie and have never see it like this before.
Wow RM, I wasn’t expecting to see this posted so soon. I hope you like it.
I’m going to tweet it too, people will love this. I just need a sexy nickname for it.
Pot pie so good you will stop eating another type of pie.
NEVER. that pie is for desert
Not forever. Just a break to rest your tongue. And get fueled up so you can keep going.
Ok, i have your name, from none other then Gramps….
Creamy Breast Pie
Very good I like that. I was thinking Titty Pie
I don’t fuck around when it comes to chicken pot pie.
I can’t wait to see how you plan on sexing up pot pie.
Thank you Pat. I make a few times over the winter. This is one of my families favorite recipes. Plus, when they go home, besides leftovers, they get chicken soup too.
This looks very tempting. I may actually attempt this chicken pot pie. Great pic, too. Thank you for the recipe CRAZY GRANNY! Thank you also to RM for posting it on his blog.
Thanks Skeletor. It is pretty easy to make, just takes some prep work. I love 1 pot meals. Easy clean-up.
You know what I like? If you take the biscuits off it would be low carb which my wife and I are into. She just went shopping and we will be trying this tomorrow.
Also she can use milk instead of the heavy cream.
I can’t wait to hear if you like it.
I can tell you already i will love it. It has everything I like in it, even peas. I’m not a pea nazi like LG.
This looks really good, Granny. I think I could handle this. I have used the refrigerated biscuits to top a chicken casserole before. I make and freeze my own chicken stock so I should be good to go. Thanks for sharing it.
Thank you Ladybug. I used the frozen biscuits because of the time in the oven. They also have mini biscuits. I have used those to. More biscuits for everyone then.
I have never used the frozen biscuits but now I am going to. I would always cook the refrigerated biscuits separate and then throw them on top the last few minutes. It never occurred to me to use frozen ones. I told y’all that I am not a great cook. My skill set lies elsewhere
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I am so excited to try this recipe CrazyGranny! Thank you and RM for posting. Like everyone else I LOVE chicken pot pie!!
Thank you Alix. We are big pot pie lovers too. The sauce is so flavorful. It makes the pot pie.
Wow! I need to try this. Thank you!
Thanks Grettel. You do, it is delicious. Great on a cold winter or fall night.
Will somebody make this at my house tonight?! I have zero ideas for dinner and now I am really hungry!
I would but I’m going out for dinner.
My favorite dinner! OUT!!
I would love to be able and have everyone over and make this. When we do the BBL get together the hotel rooms need to have a functioning kitchen. I love to cook.
Granny, a woman after my own heart. When we travel, we always get a condo or timeshare, because I prefer my own meals.
Thanks again for the recipe, chicken is in the oven roasting, and I just have to make a few adjustments to the recipe, otherwise is sounds delicious and Mr. Robins thanks you too, he loves these type of dishes.
Thanks. I hope you two like it. Let us know the changes you make. My daughter is allergic to just about everything now and has to be on a rotation diet so she doesn’t become allergic to more foods.
I am always on the look out for new recipes for her. Then she adjusts them for her allergies.
Granny, is your daughter gluten-intolerant as well?
The adjustments I am making are:
- no butter
- pearl onions
- skim milk
- no peas, using diced yellow zucchini instead
- instead of wheat flour, I used chick-pea flour
The house smells wonderful.
I’m making low-carb-gluten-free-low-fat biscuits. They are in the oven, but I have no idea if they will turn out.
I will let you know if they do turn out okay.
She can have gluten. But is allergic to peas,shellfish,dairy, broccoli, peanuts, which means just about everything. Anything with the slightest hint of peanuts in it or even being in the same room as a open jar of peanut butter causes a severe reaction. She has had to go almost completely vegan and organic but she eats meat.
You ladies are far more accomplished chefs than I am. I was in awe just reading all of the substitutions, etc. Chick-pea flour? I didn’t even know there was such a thing
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Manbug is allergic to corn, soy, dairy, and melon. BUT he has been on allergy shots for 3 years and can eat just about anything now. We are very fortunate that it is under control these days.
LB I had to learn how to cook at a very young age. I can’t eat anything with gluten, so I’ve had to experiment with different types of flour to accommodate this.We also eat low-carb so I do a lot of experimenting in the kitchen.
I’ve always wanted a CPP recipe, as my daughter loved them when she was little but they don’t have them in NZ… now when I have one to try, she’s gone vegan on me
, sorry about your girls allergies, my husband is allergic to half the planet
My sister-in-law developed a lot of food allergies as well. It’s such a challenge. My only problem is gluten and I also can’t have food rich in iron, but it’s been fairly easy to get around all that.
When I make homemade pasta, lasagna, gnocchi, pizza, I have to make a different meal for myself, but after not having it for so many years, I don’t really miss it.
But I have been experimenting with different flours and some are good and some I bomb at. Not having pies and cakes, is no biggie for me, my husband is the one with the sweet tooth. LOL I’m just a dark chocolate addict, and I found some great organic, gluten free chocolate that I enjoy once in a while.
I don’t think the Bellagio provides kitchenettes
But it has my fountains!!!!
I love fountains!
Love that fountain show!
You know me, LG, will only go to Vegas if I can stay at the Bellaggio, with a room overlooking the fountains!! Diane and I can always share….LOL
Are you and Diane going to “clean” the shower together at the Bellaggio? I am just trying to keep RM’s dream alive
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Oh welllll, then I guess it’s all restaurants then.
Lady, G, do you live in Las Vegas? We were there just this past February.
Yes, I am in Vegas. Was there a romance get together?
Hey, LG, I guess you could say there was a romance reunion. LOL My hubby had a conference there so I went with him, and we extended the stay to a week.
We were also there a few years ago for a wedding.
Next year, the conference is in San Francisco and we’ll extend it to go to Nappa Valley.
A group of us gals are planning a girl’s trip to Las Vegas, if we can all figure out our schedules.
Thank you RM and Granny, this is so timely, we are roasting a chicken for dinner.
RM, we eat low carb as well and for me it has to be gluten-free, so I’m going to attempt to make the topping with Almond flour which is great for low carb baking.
I don’t know about biscuits though, I’ll attempt it, if it works, I’ll share the recipe, if not, the pot pie sounds delicious without the biscuits.
I always broth in the freezer, I never have peas, call me a Pea-Nazi too.
If you have some low carb recipes please share.
Will do.
This really does look good, though I’m going to save it for a cooler night! LOL…tonight I’m feeding the mister leftovers and going out with our daughter and two of her girlfriends to watch Magic Mike. There’s a little theater in Healdsburg that serves wine and crepes with your movie–sounds like a perfect girls night out.
What’s funny is that Sarah and her buds have been texting back and forth about getting together for this, and one of her friends said her mother would NEVER go to a movie like THAT…which is when Sarah texted back and said it was her mother’s idea. My rep is solid.
Thanks Kate.
Have a great girls nite out. I almost had my mom talked into going,but she says she will wait till I get the DVD and watch it here in our movie room. We have 110in screen. My hubby is a movie and music geek. The last movie I saw in the theater was Monsters v. Aliens with the grandson. Otherwise we just wait for them to come out on DVD and watch them at home.
We are going to dinner. See you all later.
I will take all of the extra biscuits leftover from you low-carb peeps. I LOVE carbs! I run so that I can eat more carbs. Did you know that in prep for a big race a lot of experts advise that you should transition your diet to 90-95% carbohydrates? I run races just for those last few days of carbo-loading
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Manbug is cooking and I am supposed to be doing something productive. For some reason, I don’t think this is it
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Of course this is it. You were made for this. you are a professional blog commenter.
There better have been nothing but love in that comment.
Nothing but love
because you are so good at it.
Nice save
. I am sorry people suck today (and not in the good way).
No Ladybug, people suck everyday.
At the risk of being too serious and understanding– I think people suck too. I tend to hold people to pretty high expectations and more often than not they screw the pooch. I often have to thin the herd to preserve my sanity (my sanity is an illusion I like to embrace
). It sucks and people suck, but it is a necessary evil if you don’t want to become like those shitty friends.
That being said– there are a few people who have been in my life for a long time and know and accept me warts and all (not genital warts– that shit’s permanent). I treasure those people and hold them close (the chain is long enough so that they can reach the water bowl).
Do you think I have a future writing self-help books (not about masturbation
).
Yes you do but you should definitely throw in a chapter on masturbation.
ladybug, excellent and comforting post. Please do write a self help book.
My favorite parts:
screw the pooch
not genital warts– that shit’s permanent
the chain is long enough so that they can reach the water bowl
masturbation
Hey, different things comfort different people!
I’d read it…….and review it. I suppose it’d take a good deal of HANDS-ON?
That was very profound, LadyBug. I know I wear those damn pink glasses a lot, but I still believe the majority of people are good, some just are action-challenged and they don’t know how to let the goodness come out of their system. It’s like their constipated with positivity and take a negative laxative.
Okay, that’s a sucky metaphor, but I’m sure you know what I mean.
Thanks for the encouragement, peeps. I will never be an author of fiction, but maybe becoming a self-help guru is the way to go. I am a delicate flower (almost typed that without laughing) and I just want to share the warm fuzzies. I am like a snuggie but I won’t hug you
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Diane–I will be sure to work all of your favorite snippets into the final version. Thanks for the encouragement. Y’all are making a quiet, little southern girl’s dream come true
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Skeletor Vixen– given the feedback I am receiving from this group, I will really need to include a chapter on “self-help” so it would take a lot of HANDS-ON
. Bwahahhahaha.
Selena– Can I steal that “it’s like they’re constipated with positivity and then take a negativity laxative”? That sounds like the perfect quote for the type of book I would write
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RM– Did I fix you yet? All warm and fuzzy and loving the idiots of the world yet? There are no money back guarantees on my therapy so you might as well say it worked
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It worked
Ahhh…. my first endorsement
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It is my gift to you, LadyBug you can have that quote.
If I come up with any more, I’ll let you know. Sometimes though, they make sense in my head and not to anybody else. LOL
YUM – I love Chicken Pot Pie – I will be definitely making this…
Thank you Mceckk. Evryone that tried it that likes pot pies has liked it.
I may plan it for next week sometime…..and for biscuits I’ll use the Jiffy Mix which I used for dinner tonight and turned them into Cheddar Biscuits which my hub loved and I managed to eat just one. I have to watch the calories and exercise daily in order to keep the pounds down…..and off……..
Are you going to use cheese or plain biscuits? The cheese ones would be an interesting addition.
I love cheese biscuits (we add garlic, too). I am so hungry but everyone is still asleep….
RM,
Love the name you came up with.
Granny, the recipe was a big hit tonight, and it worked well with my substitutions. Worked beautifully with the chicken we were already roasting. We had a spring mix salad with it.
I made some biscuits, but I don’t really think you can call them biscuits, as they were light and fluffly. They were low-carb, gluten free and low fat, and I’m glad they turned out, now I can experiment more with the chick pea flour.
I’ve made homemade pasta with this flour, which is low carb and gluten-free and it tastes awesome, just never baked with it, so thanks for inspiring me to do that.
I’m glad everyone liked it.
and all your substitutes worked.