My Favorite Chicken Pot Pie
 
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My Favorite Chicken Pot Pie will soon become your favorite, as well. Pure, delicious comfort food that is exactly what pot pie should taste like!
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Recipe type: dinner
Cuisine: Southern
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 whole Unbaked Pie Crusts (homemade or store bought)
  • ½ stick butter
  • ½ cup finely diced onion
  • ½ cup finely diced carrot
  • ½ cup finely diced celery
  • 2 cups cooked chicken or turkey, diced or shredded
  • ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 to 3 cup chicken stock (more if needed!)
  • splash of white wine (optional)
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • Fresh or dried thyme, chopped (to taste - I use a good amount, about two tablespoons)
  • salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
  2. Melt butter in a skillet or dutch oven. Add onion, carrots, and celery, and cook until translucent (a couple of minutes.)
  3. Add chicken or turkey and stir. Sprinkle flour over mixture and stir. Cook over medium heat for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly.
  4. Pour in chicken stock, stirring constantly. Splash in wine (you can leave this out if you’d like.) Pour in heavy cream.
  5. Bring to a slow boil and allow mixture to cook and thicken for a few minutes. Once it starts to thicken add the thyme, salt and pepper to taste (do not under season).
  6. Do one final taste at the end and add anything it may need.
  7. Roll out pie crusts (if making homemade) on a floured surface and press one pie crust into the bottom of the deep pie pan or baking dish.
  8. Pour the filling on top of the pie crust. Lay the other pie crust over the top of the filling. Press against the sides of the casserole dish or pie pan.
  9. Use a knife to cut little vents here and there in the surface of the dough.
  10. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbly. Check at 30 minutes to prevent burning of the crust. If the crust is getting too brown around the edges before it's done, cover loosely with foil.
  11. Let cool 5-8 minutes before cutting into as this will help the filling to thicken.
  12. Serve with a large spoon.
  13. This freezes well.
Recipe by Wishes and Dishes at https://wishesndishes.com/my-favorite-chicken-pot-pie/