Chicken Pot Pie

Original recipe from Williams Sonoma Comfort Food.

This was an easy chicken pot pie recipe.  I did not line my bowls in a pie crust, I only placed the crust over the top....that made me feel a little less guilty about eating it.  Makes 6 servings.

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 cup chopped leeks

1/2 cup finely diced carrots

1/3 cup peas, fresh, canned or frozen

1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour

4 1/2 cups chicken broth

4 cups cooked, shredded chicken

1 semi baked potato, cut into chunks

Pie Dough

1 large egg

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium high heat.  Add in leeks and carrots, stirring occasionally, until leeks are tender.  Remove from heat and stir in peas and potato.

In a large saucepan, melt the remaining 5 tablespoons of butter.  Whisk in flour and let bubble gently for 1 minute.  Gradually whisk in the chicken broth.  Bring to a boil, whisking frequently.  Stir in the shredded chicken and vegetable mixture.  Season with salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Spoon mixture into six 1 1/2 cup oven proof soup crocks or ramekins.

Roll out dough and cut into squares large enough to drape over your bowl.  On the side facing down, lightly coat around the edge with beaten egg.  Press to bowl.  Brush the top with egg as well.  Bake until pastry is puffed and golden brown, about 25 minutes.

Pie Dough

This is my grandmas recipe for pie dough.  It is very easy and so far, has turned out every time.

I would suggest purchasing  something called a pie crust maker.  It forms the pie dough into a perfect circle as you roll it out.  You can see mine in the photos.

1 cup Crisco

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons water, mix these in and slowly add water if needed to get correct consistency.  You want to keep your pie dough firm.

You do not need to refrigerate your dough before you roll it out.  In this case I did, but it depends on how far ahead I plan out my recipe.

One other tip - you can see in the photo that I used saran wrap in the measuring cup before I added the Crisco.  This makes it much easier to clean out the measuring cup.

*karisa*