Chicken pot pie is one of the first things I make when the weather starts getting cooler. This past week gave me the opportunity to go for it! Chicken pot pie is easy to make, just chicken and vegetables with a thickened sauce and topped with your favorite crust. Like this recipe, most times my crust is a traditional pie crust but, sometimes I use puff pastry or even whipped potatoes.
Although chicken pot pie always bring a smile, I decided to make these even more special by making individual pot pies, complete with button tops. Eat the cute!
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| Divide dough into 6 equal balls, and roll out on floured surface. |
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| Use your baking dishes to trim each round. |
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| Fill dishes with equal amounts of pot pie filling. |
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| Brush with egg wash, then use skewer to make button design…A cute way to allow steam to escape 🙂 |
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| Sprinkle with a pinch of salt(I used my pink salt), and bake to golden & bubbly perfection! |
Chicken Pot Pie
Makes one 9 inch whole pie or 6 individual pies
Filling:
1 cup onion, chopped
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1 cup sliced mushrooms
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and chopped
2 1/2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup half & half
2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
1 medium potato, scrubbed peeled and diced into cubes
salt & pepper to taste*
Crust:
makes 1 ten inch round or 6 three inch rounds
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into bits
1/4 cup chilled vegetable shortening, I used Crisco
3-4 tablespoons ice cold milk or half & half, add more as needed
For Assembly:
1 egg beaten with 2 tablespoons milk or half & half
1/4 teaspoon salt
To make the filling place butter, onion, celery, and mushrooms in a large heavy skillet and cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally until softened, about 10 minutes. In the meantime, bring 1 quart of water to boil in a heavy saucepan, add frozen vegetables. When vegetables come back to a boil, cook for 5 minutes and add chopped potato. Continue to boil mixture for and additional 7 minutes. Remove from heat and drain. When onion mixture has cooked and softened, stir in cornstarch until fully incorporated and mixture is bubbly. Add chicken stock and allow mixture to come to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and add cooked chicken and vegetables. When mixture is thicken, add half & half. Remove from heat, salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare crust by mixing flour. sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Add cold butter and shortening, cutting it into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or fork. Once mixture is crumbly, add half & half, a little at a time until mixture forms a smooth, non-sticky dough. Roll out on a floured surface for 1 large pot pie or divide into 6 equal pieces and roll out for individual pot pies.
If you’re making one pot pie, place filling in a deep dish 9-inch pie plate and top with rolled dough and edge as desired. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with salt. Cut slits for steam to escape. Place pie plate on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
If you’re making individual pot pies, you’ll need 6 oven proof 6oz capacity dishes. Use one of the individual pie dishes to trim dough for all 6 rounds. Divide filling among dishes and top with dough round. Brush dough with egg wash, puncture with skewer (I made a button design), sprinkle salt. Place dishes on a rimmed baking sheet, bake for 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
Pot pie looks delicious! One more bookmarked recipe from your blog!
Dear Shawn, I need you to cater something for me sometime in my life. I’ll pay well! This chicken pot pie looks awesome!!! 🙂
Hey Shawn I never made a pot pie yet, and yours looks amazing! I want to tell you to add the “Stumbleupon” badge on your website, follow their directions on how to add it. It took me over an hour to do it, but I did it. Anna
Aren’t they the cutest. I love chicken pot pie. Yummy, another great recipe!
I love it, “eat the cute!” I was just telling Harrison that I am craving homemade chicken and dumplings. As soon as the leaves start to turn this is the kind of food I want to cook (and eat, of course). Gorgeous photos.
Shawn I have never made chicken pot pie, but this looks so delicious that I hope to make it this fall/winter. My kids will enjoy it for sure and I would love it. So delicious looking!!!!!!
@Shireen…Thanks! You make this and I’ll make your Devil Beef 🙂
@Jihane…You’re so sweet…Maybe we’ll swap some catering duties, because your food is delightful and I’d like to have some!
@Anna & Liz…Thanks for the compliment and the Stumbleupon advice…I’m completely tech challenged and need the encouragement 🙂
@Melissa…Thanks! I saw yesterday that you’re a pot pie queen! ‘Hope your daughter is feeling better.
@Angela…Thanks…Oh, how I love chicken & dumplings!
@Nami…Thanks! You can easily make it your own by adding what you like to chicken, thicken the sauce and add a crust of your choosing.
Hi shawn
The pot pie looks tooo good…i remember seeing nigella lawson making a similar dish..but she used readymade puff pastry..you dish is from scratch…will try it for sure..
and about you question abt frying the shrimp with semolina…yes you can definitely try it out…hope you enjoy it
Charishma
Girlfriend…it’s just a good thing we don’t live close to each other! haha, your pie looks delicious and mine is in the works for October, just a little final tweaking. I think we need to do a cookbook together!
love ur dishes…n this one is super inviting…gorgeous clik shawn..love it..:)
Tasty Appetite
that crust on top says it all- it seals the deal. So crispy and light and buttery and all that goodness underneath. What a wonderful rendition of chicken pot pie! I love it
@Charishma…It’s delightful with puff pastry, you must try it! Also, I did try the shrimp…WONDERFUL!
@Lucy…Girl, you are sooo right on everything!!!
@Jay…Thanks, I absolutely love your site too 🙂
@Jessica…Next time, I’ll have to make your chicken pot pie balls:)
@Charishma…It’s delightful with puff pastry, you must try it! Also, I did try the shrimp…WONDERFUL!
@Lucy…Girl, you are sooo right on everything!!!
@Jay…Thanks, I absolutely love your site too 🙂
@Jessica…Next time, I’ll have to make your chicken pot pie balls:)