How to Make Individual Chicken Pot Pies (Video)

Craving cold-weather comfort food? Just in time for Thanksgiving, our very own Davina Thomasula teaches us a thing or two about mastering the chicken pot pie! With winter in full speed, the pure, homey comfort of flaky bread stuffed with rich and creamy chicken and vegetables is hard to resist.

The chicken pot pie originated from Greece where people would take meat and pile it in open pastry shells, and then it was the Romans who added on the crust years later to make it a pie. This fun, cozy sharable dish is a good one for making with friends, and relatively simple to perfect! This recipe sticks with basics like chicken, mushrooms and carrots, but feel free to branch out with the ingredients and use turkey, beef, or a variety of veggies.

Check out the video below and learn how to make a chicken pot pie and master this ultimate comfort food. We recommend enjoying under a fleece blanket in front of a fireplace, with a glass of Las Rocas Garnacha, a fruity red that pairs well with the dish, for the ultimate effect.

Ingredients

• Whole raw chicken breast
• Olive Oil
• Salt and pepper
• Carrots
• Thyme
• Bay Leaves
• Butter
• Onions
• Mushroom
• Dough for crust
• Chicken stock
• Egg wash

Steps

1. Paint olive oil on the whole raw chicken breast
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
3. Generously salt and pepper the chicken
4. Roast chicken for 45 minutes
5. Cut carrots in the same size, round or diced, so they cook evenly
6. Put carrots in boiling water for two to three minutes to soften them, then put in ice water
7. Heat up the chicken stock and add thyme and chicken bouillon cubes
8. Put separate pan on medium heat and melt butter
9. Once butter is melted, add in the onions and mushrooms
10. Once onions are translucent, add in flour to mixture and whisk
11. Cook for two minutes at medium heat
12. Once stock is at boil, remove the Thyme and bay leaf
13. When chicken is done, remove the skin and peal chicken off the bone
14. Place dough around the dish to create crust
15. Put chicken, peas, carrots, onions, parsley, and mushrooms into the crust
16. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
17. Add dough to the top to close the pie
18. Paint the crust with egg wash
19. Poke three holes, and add a heart or design for that extra special touch
20. Cook for 45 minutes
21. Enjoy!

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