Pretty Freaking Amazing Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
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Chicken pot pie isn’t something that I was brought up on. When I was younger, I always thought that it was just a smaller version of a TV dinner since the only ones I ever saw were frozen. It wasn’t until I had one in a restaurant that I said that I needed to try to make one at home.
I’ve been making chicken pot pie at home for several years now, but it wasn’t until watching an episode of Good Eats a week or two ago that I decided to change up my recipe a bit.

You see, I’ve always made mine with pie crust, but Alton Brown said that was a no-no. Really? It always tastes pretty good to me! According to him, the perfect crust for a chicken pot pie is a puff pastry. Huh. So I decided to try it.

To make chicken pot pie, you need vegetables, of course. I pre-boil some carrots, celery, and frozen peas while making my white sauce.
*I always use leftover chicken or a rotisserie chicken when I make pot pie since it has more flavor, but if you don’t have any leftovers, you can use fresh cooked chicken breast.

The white sauce is similar to any other white sauce – butter, flour, and milk. In addition to those things, some onions and chicken stock or broth are also added, along with seasoned salt, pepper, thyme, and garlic powder.

So, okay. I have never used a puff pastry before, and since I’d never made a pot pie with it, I decided to start off with a frozen one. Usually, I make my own crust, but puff pastry is something I need to practice making one of these days.
A frozen puff pastry comes in a sheet, so I rolled it out on my pastry board to be sure it was the right size for my pie plate. If you don’t have a pastry board, you can use a pie plate to measure like I did before I got this board for Christmas.

Now that the puff pastry is rolled out put it in the pie plate, cut off the corners and use them for patching up any areas without enough dough.
Fill the crust with the veggies and leftover chicken (or, in this case, leftover Thanksgiving turkey), then pour the white sauce over it. Cover with the second puff pastry and cut some small slits into the top so it can breathe while in the oven.

After baking for a half hour, you get this puffy, flaky plate full of deliciousness. Alton Brown was right. The proper crust for a chicken pot pie is most certainly a puff pastry, not a pie crust!
Let me tell you, my husband and my kids have always loved my pot pie. It’s been a family favorite for years, but everyone agreed that the puff pastry made it even better.

Look at that. Is that perfection, or what?
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Pretty Freaking Amazing Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pound leftover chicken or turkey, cubed (or boneless chicken breast)
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 3/4 cup celery, sliced
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups chicken broth
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 tsp thyme
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Seasoned salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- Frozen puff pastry, package of two
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
- In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery, boil for 15 minutes.
- Drain and set aside.
- In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until translucent.
- Stir in flour until combined then slowly stir in chicken broth and milk.
- Add seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder, and thyme.
- Simmer over medium-low heat until thick.
- Cube leftover chicken and combine with the vegetables.
- Roll out one puff pastry and line a pie plate with the pastry.
- Place the chicken and vegetable mixture in bottom pastry.
- Pour sauce mixture over chicken and vegetables.
- Roll out the second puff pasty and cover with top pastry, seal edges, and cut away excess dough.
- Make several small slits in the top
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown.
- Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
Adapted from Chicken Pot Pie IX on Allrecipes.com http://bit.ly/1P3b77I
I’ve been using this recipe for a few years now. My family loves it! I’ve gotta make two at a time everytime I make it. They love to eat the leftovers, if there are any. I’ve made three at a time when we’ve had company. No one in my family will eat any other chicken pot pie now. My wife tried it once at a restaurant and said it sucked compared to this!
Yay! I’m so glad you like it! It’s been a favorite in our house for years.
I have another good one that I make that I will have to share soon.
That crust looks amazing, I want to try this because I love puff pastry and it would save me time not having to make it.
The puff pastry has been a game changer! So good.
I’m going to try to make this. I love chicken pot pie!
I pinned your recipe and will try it one night this week. Thank you for sharing!
That looks delicious!