Chicken Pot Pie

By lihui

6 Person

115 Minutes

0 Calories

Here's a from-scratch Chicken Pot Pie adapted from Marshall Field's classic recipe. With a slow-cooked chicken, a creamy vegetable filling, and a handmade pie crust, this pot pie is the ultimate comfort food. If you are looking for an old fashioned, traditional chicken pot pie, made from a whole chicken, freshly cut vegetables, and a flaky homemade crust, this is it!

Ingredients

Egg Wash

1 tbsp. Water
1 Egg whisked

Chicken Pot Pie Filling

1/2 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
2 tsp. Salt
2 tbsp. Minced fresh parsley
3/4 cup Green peas, frozen or fresh
1/4 cup Dry sherry
1 tsp. Chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 1/2 cups Milk
1/2 cup All-purpose flour
3 Celery stalks, thinly sliced on the diagonal
3 Carrots, thinly sliced on the diagonal
1 Large onion, diced
6 tbsp. Unsalted butter

Pie Crust

3 - 4 tbsp. Ice water
1/4 cup Vegetable shortening, chilled
1/2 cup Chilled unsalted butter, diced into 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour

Chicken and Stock

2 tsp. Salt
1 Small onion, halved
1 Celery stalk
1 Carrot
1 Whole chicken

Method

01

Cook the chicken and make the chicken stock: Combine the chicken, carrot, celery, onion, and salt into a large stockpot. Add cold water until just covered and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pot and let cool for 15 minutes. While the chicken is cooling, continue to boil the remaining water and vegetables in the pot. When the chicken has cooled enough to touch, strip away as much of the meat as you can. Place the meat on a dish, set aside. Return the chicken bones to the stockpot and continue to boil, on high heat, until the stock has reduced to a quart or quart and a half. Set aside 2 1/2 cups of the stock for this recipe. The remaining stock you can refrigerate
02

Prepare the pie crust dough: Combine the flour and salt in a food processor. Add the chilled butter cubes and pulse 5 times to combine. Add the shortening and pulse a few more times, until the dough resembles coarse cornmeal, with some pea-sized pieces of butter. Slowly stream in ice water, a tablespoon at a time, pulsing after each addition, until the dough sticks together when you press some between your fingers. Empty the food processor, placing the dough on a clean surface. Use your hands to mold into a ball, then flatten the ball into a disk. Sprinkle with a little flour, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 days, before rolling.
03

Preheat oven to 400°F.
04

Prepare the filling: In a large skillet, melt butter on medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, and celery, and cook until the onions are translucent about 10 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring, one minute more. Whisk in 2 1/2 cups of the chicken stock. Whisk in the milk. Decrease the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often until thickened and creamy. Add the chicken meat, thyme, sherry, peas, parsley, salt and pepper and stir well. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Divide the warm filling among six 10-ounce ramekins.
05

Prepare the crust: Roll out dough on a light flour surface to a little less than a quarter-inch thick. Cut into 6 rounds, slightly larger than the circumference of the ramekins. Lay a dough round on each pot pie filling. Fold the excess dough under itself and use the tines of a fork to press the dough against the edge of the ramekins. Cut a 1-inch vent into each individual pie. Use a pastry brush to apply an egg wash to each pie.
06

Bake: Line a baking sheet with foil, place the pies on the baking sheet. Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden and the filling is bubbling. Let cool for at least 5 minutes before serving.

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Chicken Pot Pie

3.5

( By lihui )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 6 servings
Prep Time 90 Mins
Cook Time 25 Mins
Total Time 115 Mins

02 Ingredients

Egg Wash

1 tbsp. Water

1 Egg whisked

Chicken Pot Pie Filling

1/2 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper

2 tsp. Salt

2 tbsp. Minced fresh parsley

3/4 cup Green peas, frozen or fresh

1/4 cup Dry sherry

1 tsp. Chopped fresh thyme leaves

1 1/2 cups Milk

1/2 cup All-purpose flour

3 Celery stalks, thinly sliced on the diagonal

3 Carrots, thinly sliced on the diagonal

1 Large onion, diced

6 tbsp. Unsalted butter

Pie Crust

3 - 4 tbsp. Ice water

1/4 cup Vegetable shortening, chilled

1/2 cup Chilled unsalted butter, diced into 1/2-inch cubes

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour

Chicken and Stock

2 tsp. Salt

1 Small onion, halved

1 Celery stalk

1 Carrot

1 Whole chicken

03 Method

Step 1

Cook the chicken and make the chicken stock: Combine the chicken, carrot, celery, onion, and salt into a large stockpot. Add cold water until just covered and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pot and let cool for 15 minutes. While the chicken is cooling, continue to boil the remaining water and vegetables in the pot. When the chicken has cooled enough to touch, strip away as much of the meat as you can. Place the meat on a dish, set aside. Return the chicken bones to the stockpot and continue to boil, on high heat, until the stock has reduced to a quart or quart and a half. Set aside 2 1/2 cups of the stock for this recipe. The remaining stock you can refrigerate

Step 2

Prepare the pie crust dough: Combine the flour and salt in a food processor. Add the chilled butter cubes and pulse 5 times to combine. Add the shortening and pulse a few more times, until the dough resembles coarse cornmeal, with some pea-sized pieces of butter. Slowly stream in ice water, a tablespoon at a time, pulsing after each addition, until the dough sticks together when you press some between your fingers. Empty the food processor, placing the dough on a clean surface. Use your hands to mold into a ball, then flatten the ball into a disk. Sprinkle with a little flour, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 days, before rolling.

Step 3

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Step 4

Prepare the filling: In a large skillet, melt butter on medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, and celery, and cook until the onions are translucent about 10 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring, one minute more. Whisk in 2 1/2 cups of the chicken stock. Whisk in the milk. Decrease the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often until thickened and creamy. Add the chicken meat, thyme, sherry, peas, parsley, salt and pepper and stir well. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Divide the warm filling among six 10-ounce ramekins.

Step 5

Prepare the crust: Roll out dough on a light flour surface to a little less than a quarter-inch thick. Cut into 6 rounds, slightly larger than the circumference of the ramekins. Lay a dough round on each pot pie filling. Fold the excess dough under itself and use the tines of a fork to press the dough against the edge of the ramekins. Cut a 1-inch vent into each individual pie. Use a pastry brush to apply an egg wash to each pie.

Step 6

Bake: Line a baking sheet with foil, place the pies on the baking sheet. Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden and the filling is bubbling. Let cool for at least 5 minutes before serving.

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