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HomeCakeHen Pot Pie Recipe - Sally's Baking Habit

Hen Pot Pie Recipe – Sally’s Baking Habit


If you happen to’re craving consolation meals, heat home made rooster pot pie at all times hits the spot. This fully from-scratch recipe incorporates a double buttery, flaky pie crust encasing tender rooster and greens in a wealthy and creamy sauce. Watch the video tutorial to see the way it comes collectively!

One reader, Amy, commented: “That is the brand new celebration meal, favourite meal, go-to meal & just-because meal in my home. Everybody loves this!! I make it precisely as written. The crust is famous and I’ve used it for all crust-requiring recipes. I’ve additionally handed this recipe to my pals, and equally glowing opinions from them. ★★★★★”

Initially printed in 2014, that is my very favourite rooster pot pie recipe. If you happen to haven’t tried it up to now a number of years but, I guess it is going to be your new favourite, too!

The reader-loved recipe makes use of my home made pie crust (it’s not only for Thanksgiving pies, in any case!) for a sturdy base on the underside and a golden, flaky cloak on prime. In between the pie crust layers is a combination of rooster and veggies topped with a creamy, wealthy white gravy that is filled with taste. It goes with out saying that this double-crust rooster pot pie is the last word in consolation meals.


Right here’s Why You’ll Love This Hen Pot Pie:

  • Satisfying, comforting all-in-one meal
  • 100% home made
  • Gravy-like sauce is wealthy, creamy, and so flavorful
  • Double the buttery, flaky pie crust for double the deliciousness
  • Customizable—use your favourite meats and greens
  • An exquisite make-ahead recipe

One reader, Emily, commented: “That is SO extremely good. I adopted the recipe to the T (together with the pie crust recipe, which was my first time making pie crust ever) and it got here out completely excellent. As at all times, your directions are so clear and your recipe is ideal!… ★★★★★

Begin by Making the Pie Dough

Earlier than you begin on the filling, have your pie crust ready, chilled, and able to go. I like utilizing this home made pie crust, a dough produced from each butter AND shortening to yield the flakiest, most tender crust. It wants to relax for at the very least 2 hours (and as much as 5 days) earlier than rolling out, so I at all times make it prematurely. You may additionally use this all-butter pie crust for those who’d favor a shortening-free possibility.


Seize These Components for the Pot Pie Filling:

  • Hen: The recipe requires raw boneless, skinless rooster breast, however you may completely make this with rooster thighs as an alternative. You too can use pre-cooked rooster—see recipe Notes.
  • Carrots & Celery: You’ll begin by cooking these along with the rooster in a pot of boiling water, then drain.
  • Butter, Onion, & Garlic: The fragrant taste base for a lot of sauces and soups, together with creamy rooster noodle soup.
  • Flour: Flour thickens the sauce.
  • Seasonings: We’re flavoring this pot pie filling with salt, pepper, and thyme.
  • Hen Inventory/Broth: Be happy to make use of vegetable broth/inventory as an alternative.
  • Half-and-half: That is the magic ingredient for a wealthy, creamy sauce that coats the meat and greens within the pot pie filling.
  • Frozen Peas: Right here’s the place you may combine issues up and add the greens you like most or just have readily available. I often use frozen peas. No must thaw or prepare dinner them, simply add them instantly into the pot pie. If you happen to prepare dinner them with the opposite greens and rooster, they’ll lose their vibrant inexperienced shade and style a bit of mushy.

These Step-by-Step Images Will Assist

Prepare dinner the rooster, carrots, and celery in a pot of boiling water, then drain. (See recipe Notes if utilizing pre-cooked rooster.)

chicken, celery, and carrots in water and shown again cooked in pink bowl.

In a skillet or separate pan, prepare dinner down the onion and garlic in butter. Whisk within the flour, salt, pepper, and thyme. (Main taste constructing is going on right here!)

onion and butter mixture and shown again thickened with herbs.

After the flour soaks up the moisture from the cooked greens, add the broth and half-and-half. Let every thing simmer and thicken on the range, stirring often, till the sauce is a thick, gravy-like consistency.

thick white gravy with black pepper specks in skillet with red spatula.

Roll out the primary half of pie dough right into a 12-inch circle, and match it into your pie dish.

Add the cooked rooster and veggies, adopted by the frozen peas, and pour the gravy excessive.

pie dough rolled out and fit into pie dough and shown again with peas, chicken, and other vegetables.
white gravy with peas and vegetables underneath in pie dough.

Roll out the second half of pie dough right into a 12-inch circle, and lay it on prime of the filling. Seal and crimp or flute the pie crust edges, then slice a couple of small slits within the prime crust, to permit steam to flee.

Don’t overlook the egg wash! The egg wash is what offers the crust its golden, glistening sheen. With out it, your pot pie will look a bit of uninteresting. To make it, merely whisk 1 egg with 1 Tablespoon of milk (I simply use a fork to whisk). You need to use a pastry brush to brush the highest crust and edges.

pot pie with pie crust before and after baking.

Bake till golden brown in a scorching oven at 425°F (218°C). The pot pie doesn’t take too lengthy, for the reason that filling is already cooked; you’re actually simply baking the pie crust and letting the filling elements and flavors mingle collectively.

What’s the sauce fabricated from in rooster pot pie?

The sauce in rooster pot pie is often a gravy. I take advantage of a seasoned white gravy produced from scratch with flavor-building elements, rooster broth, and half-and-half.

How do you forestall the underside pie crust in rooster pot pie from getting soggy?

I’ve a trick for this! I add the filling elements together with the rooster and greens first, after which pour the gravy on prime. You’re not pouring the gravy instantly on the underside pie crust this fashion. The gravy seeps down slowly because the pot pie bakes, which supplies the underside crust a while to crisp up. Moreover, I discover a glass or metallic pie dish the very best choices. Pies cooked at such a excessive temperature in ceramic pie dishes can bake inconsistently.

Can I make rooster pot pie with just one prime crust?

Sure, completely. Skip including the underside pie dough to the pie dish and when the gravy is completed and comes off warmth, combine it with the rooster/carrot combination, after which spoon into ungreased pie dish. I like to recommend reducing the oven temperature to 375°F (191°C) as a result of there may be simply 1 crust to bake. Bake time is 35–40 minutes or till the highest of the crust is golden brown. See my turkey pot pie recipe directions for those who’d like.

overhead close-up photo of double crust pot pie with 1st slice cut.
slice of double crust chicken pot pie with golden flaky pie crust on white plate with fork that has a wooden handle.

Hen Pot Pie Variations

  • Pie Crust: I like utilizing my home made pie crust recipe for in the present day’s rooster pot pie. Utilizing a mix of butter and shortening yields the flakiest, most tender and buttery crust. For a pie crust made with out shortening, attempt my all butter pie crust. Retailer-bought pie crust and even puff pastry additionally work!
  • Meats: Turkey works splendidly as an alternative of rooster. If utilizing pre-cooked meat, you may skip the boiling step, and prepare dinner the carrots and celery with the butter and onion. See recipe Observe.
  • Greens: Strive including corn whenever you add the peas. Be happy so as to add 1 diced Yukon gold potato; prepare dinner till smooth with the onion. You too can throw in a cup of sliced mushrooms or chopped zucchini—add them whenever you prepare dinner the onion. I wouldn’t add ALL of those veggies, although, as there isn’t sufficient gravy for all of it. Persist with 2 cups of veggies + 1 potato or much less. (Onion doesn’t rely.)
  • Seasonings: Style and season this pot pie how you want! Strive including recent chopped parsley, rosemary, or sage. So long as there may be thyme, salt, and pepper, the additional seasoning within the pot pie is as much as you.

Craving a biscuit variation? This biscuit vegetable pot pie isn’t your typical traditional pot pie recipe, nevertheless it’s faster and simpler.

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