Imagine the scent of a freshly baked chicken pot pie coming from your kitchen. Here is a simple and quick way to make your family a nutritious alternative to frozen individual pies. This recipe makes 6 servings and can be put completely together and served within one hour. Using leftover cooked meats and vegetables can make this a very economical meal as well.
Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients
Needed to prepare the pot pie are:
- 1 package of frozen all-ready pie crusts (2 crusts)
- 1 chicken breast
- 1 and 1/2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 can (10 and 3/4 oz.) of cream of potato soup
- 1/3 cup of milk
- salt and pepper to taste
How to Assemble
Putting together the pot pie is quick and easy. Here is how.
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Set out pie crusts to thaw.
- Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and brown on the stove top in a skillet.
- Steam vegetables and drain.
- Mix together the chicken, vegetables, cream of potato soup, and milk.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour into one pie crust.
- Top with second pie crust and crimp the edges.
- Cut a small slit in the center of the top crust.
- Place in oven and bake for 45 - 50 minutes.
Make a Meal
Serve the chicken pot pie with a lettuce salad topped with fresh sliced vegetables such as cucumbers, radishes, carrots and mushrooms. Add a fresh fruit salad made of dices apples, pears, bananas and grapes for a meal that includes all of your food groups. In the wintertime, a warm soup can also be a great addition to this main dish. Dessert ideas to top off the meal can be found at Easy Bake Sale or Dessert Treats and Strawberry Desserts.
Alternative Pot Pie Ideas
Other great pot pie combinations include substituting the meat and soup. The pot pie may also be made with tuna and cream of mushroom soup. Turkey in place of chicken. Cubed beef and cream of potato soup are also a tasty combination. Pork and cream of celery soup provides the same quality nutrition but with a different twist. This meal can also be made as a vegan dish. Prepare with only vegetables - add diced zucchini, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and squash and mix with a creamy white sauce.
Also, instead of using a creamed soup, you may also try boiling and mashing potatoes or sweet potatoes as the sauce to stir in the rest of the meat and vegetables. This will give the same creamy texture, but become more nutrient dense.
The filling recipe is versatile enough to serve other than in a pot pie. Try preparing the filling and serve on top of baked potatoes. You may also serve the filling wrapped in a warmed flour tortilla. Another serving idea is to mash potatoes and spread in the bottom of a 9 x 9 inch baking dish, top with filling, add fried onion rings and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
No matter how you decide to serve this delicious pot pie, it will soon become a family favorite.
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