Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

I love a good chicken pot pie - and I love my home made pies more than anything I can get from the supermarket! Home made pies save money - and they let you customize your pie to what you have on hand. In a pinch, you can make a filling and delicious dinner for yourself and a VERY hungry man using 1 chicken breast, 1 premade pie crust, some veggies, and a packet of gravy mix (smile). 

Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

1 batch pie crust (I use only one crust)
1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
1-2 cups cooked, diced mixed vegetables (use what you have on hand!)
1 cup gravy (see below)

Preheat oven to 350F. Evenly scatter pieces of chicken across the pie pan or medium baking dish. Spoon vegetables evenly over the chicken. Carefully pour gravy over it all. Place crust over the top, and fold over at edges of pie pan to seal. Pierce with a fork to vent steam. Bake 20 minutes, until crust is browned and gravy is bubbly.

Gravy

2 Tbs butter or fat
2 Tbs flour
1 Tbs cream or milk
1 C chicken stock or broth

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in the flour, and stir continually as the flour cooks - about 2 minutes. Stir in the cream or milk, and then stir in the chicken stock a little at a time so it blends well and doesn't get all lumpy. 

In a pinch, just use a good brand of packet gravy (I like Knorr's Roast Chicken flavor, smile!).

Chicken Pot Pie with Mashed Potato Topping Recipe

1 batch pie crust (I use a bottom crust only for this pie)
3-4 medium potatoes, cooked and mashed with 1 Tbs each butter and milk/cream
1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
1-2 cups cooked, diced mixed vegetables (use what you have on hand!)
1 cup gravy (see below)

Preheat oven to 350F. Put pie crust in pie pan or medium baking dish, Evenly scatter pieces of chicken across the crust. Spoon vegetables evenly over the chicken. Spoon gravy over it all. Carefully drop mashed potatoes by the spoonful along the top - or get fancy and pipe it! Bake 20 minutes, until potatoes are lightly browned and gravy is bubbly. Sometimes I sprinkle a bit of grated Muenster cheese on top of the potatoes - for extra yumminess!