The weather is getting colder and it’s time to pull out the warm and cozy recipes this fall season. Today we are making an old fashioned chicken pot pie.
If you are looking for one of the best homemade chicken pot pie recipes you are in the right place. It is simple, relatively quick, flavorfully creamy and crispy on the outside. Anyone can make this recipe with a little time and love.
Lets get into this recipe…
Equipment & Ingredients
To make this old fashioned chicken pot pie you will need these ingredients:
- Store Bough Pie Crust Dough
- Shredded Chicken
- Unsalted Butter
- onion
- Carrots
- Garlic
- Flour
- Chicken Stock
- Heavy Cream
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Thyme
- Peas
- Egg
As for the ingredients, the list is much shorter! You will just need:
- Large Pot
- Round Pie Dish
Saute the Vegetables
Start by heating up the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Once it is melted add the chopped onions, carrots and garlic. Let it saute while stirring every couple minutes for about 5 minutes. The vegetables should become slightly translucent and soft. Now add the flour to the pot and stir together until everything is coated. Let the flour cook into the veggie mixture for a couple more minutes, stirring constantly.
Thickening the Sauce
Now its time to create the cream base for this old fashioned chicken pot pie. Add in the heavy cream, chicken stock and seasonings. I like to add the seasonings before the sauce thickens, to allow the herb flavors to really seep into the chicken pot pie sauce. Mix all the ingredients together and keep the heat on the stove at medium. Let the mixture cook until it becomes thick just like gravy.
After the mixture has thickened, taste a bit of the sauce and make sure its seasoned to your liking. Some like a little more or less salt, pepper or thyme.
This is the point where you will really start to see this old fashioned chicken pot pie come together. Add in the shredded chicken and peas to the creamy mix and fold everything together. If you are just as tempted as I was to take a bite or this mixture, DO IT!. At this point it will taste super good! After mixing everything together, remove the pot from the heat.
Tips for making the BEST Chicken Pot Pie
2. Add Mushrooms: Although I personally am not a mushroom fan, adding mushrooms will add another meaty texture to this chicken pot pie as well as a new flavor profile. For vegetarians and vegans, substituting the chicken for mushrooms as a whole is a good meat alternative that doesn’t rake away from the overall flavor of this recipe.
4. Vent the Pie Crust: Almost every pie you see whether its a hand pie, a large dessert pie or this old fashioned chicken pot pie, has the famous slits and its not just for decoration. These slits are important to letting the air molecules under the pie crust, that expands with heat, to be released from the pie. If they didn’t exist this would turn any pie into a huge mess in the oven because the filling would ooze out from whatever area it could find. This also means losing the best part of any pie, the delicious filling.
Assembling the Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare the pie by taking the pie crust out of the refrigerator and placing the first layer on the bottom of your pie pan. Press the dough into the bottom of the pan. Pour the chicken pot pie filling on top of the bottom of the pie crust, filling completely. Now place the second layer of pie crust on top of the filling. Press this into the pan and crimp the edges of the pie, trying to seal the top crust with the bottom if the filling doesn’t get in the way.
To finish this old fashioned chicken pot pie before baking in the oven, cut 5 slits into the center of the pie. Then whip up an egg and brush the top of the whole pie with this egg wash. For some extra flavor is the crust of this chicken pot pie, sprinkle some salt, pepper and thyme all over the crust, on top of the egg wash.
Baste and Bake the Pie
This is where you get to sit back and relax while you bake your old fashioned chicken pot pie in the oven for 30 minutes or until the crust becomes a beautiful golden brown color.
Remove the pie from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before cutting.
Cut and Enjoy!
Cut into this pot pie and serve. The wonderful smells of this chicken pot pie should hit your nose as you cut open this pie. This old fashioned chicken pot pie will be packed with flavor because all those veggies and seasonings were able to continue to soak into the creaminess of the pot pie while baking.
And that is it for this recipe. Hope you enjoyed this dinner or lunch recipe and you share it with family and friends!
And that is how you make this old fashioned chicken pot pie recipe. Let me know how this recipe turned out for you and leave a comment about any additions or changes you may have made to the recipe to put your own twist on this classic meal.
