Chicken Pot Pie is the ultimate comfort food. I love it so much I get a little giddy when I prepare the first pie of the season.
You can get as "homemade" as you'd like when making a chicken pot pie. You could make your own crusts, use your homemade broth and cook your own chicken. But that's not this recipe.
This recipe is for an easier type of homemade chicken pot pie. Semi-homemade pot pie if you will.
We use store bought pie crusts. You can use rotisserie chicken from the store or leftover chicken from your roast chicken dinner the night before.
There are plenty of ways to make a pot pie your own. Here are some variations I could think of but feel free to change up just about anything.
- Diced potatoes in the pot pie vs. served with mashed potatoes. I prefer to serve with mashed potatoes.
- Top crust only vs. top and bottom. I'll always choose more pie crust over less so I do top and bottom crust in my pot pies.
- Swap out the flour and broth combination and instead swap in a jar of gravy or a sauce made from cream of chicken soup and milk combined.
- Change up the veggies to literally whichever veggies you like.
If you do not love pie crust the way I love pie crust, you might want to try this recipe for Chicken Pot Pie Soup instead!
You'll notice that in the photo below I have used red onion. I usually use yellow onion but had red on hand. I do prefer yellow but wanted to clear it up for those who might notice the red.
You can use the traditional poultry seasoning and thyme flavor combo. I have been loving coriander lately so I used coriander but again, make it your own based on what you like for spices.
I do feel like a little coriander gives that feeling of "mmmm, what is that flavor in the background".
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Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients
- 3 T butter
- 1 small onion or ½ a large, diced
- 3 medium carrots diced
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 2-3 C leftover chicken diced
- ¼ C flour all purpose
- 3 C chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper freshly cracked
- ¼ C milk not skim
- 2 pie crusts
- 1 egg
- 2 T water
- 2 premade pie crusts defrosted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a large skillet melt butter over medium/high heat. Add onion, carrots and celery and cook 3-4 minutes, just until onions begin to soften.
- Sprinkle flour over vegetables and stir, let cook just 1 minute (to cook out the flour flavor). Add broth and stir well to dissolve the flour.
- Once broth starts to thicken, add chicken and seasonings then stir and add milk. Cook another 3-4 minutes. If gravy seems too thick, add a little more broth. Taste for seasoning and add if necessary.
- Press 1 defrosted pie crust into the bottom of a 9 inch pie dish, letting the extra crust hang over the edge.
- Pour filling into crust and top with remaining crust. Make sure to press the edges together well to seal everything in.
- In a small bowl, beat egg and water together. Brush mixture over top of pie crust. Cut 2-3 tiny slits in top of crust to vent.
- Place pie on a rimmed baking sheet and bake 25-30 minutes.
- Serve over mashed potatoes.
Nettie Moore says
I am having left over chicken pot pie for lunch, wish it were your recipe, your crust looks amazing, I love coriander! Nettie
foodyschmoody says
Small world w/ the pot pie. It must be because the cool weather has hit here on the East Coast
Michelle @ The Complete Savorist says
Chicken pot pies are one of my comfort food from childhood. This looks wonderful. I love how much chicken is in it. Instead of saucy pot pie with some veg and chicken flavor. 🙂
foodyschmoody says
Yup, lots of chicken. My husband is a carnivore!
KC Kahn the Kitchen Chopper says
Great combo of veggies and I love recipes using leftovers. Roasted Chicken is one of our faves around here. I roast one at least once a week. I have frozen crusts in my freezer that have your recipe written all over! 🙂 Pinned!
foodyschmoody says
Thanks KC
Dan from Platter Talk says
We love pot pie and yours looks PERFECT. Thanks for this post!
foodyschmoody says
Thanks so much Dan!
nancy@skinnykitchen.com says
What a gorgeous chicken pot pie!
foodyschmoody says
Thanks Nancy!
Sandi Gaertner (@sandigtweets) says
Drooling over the flaky crust!!
foodyschmoody says
My favorite part! Thanks Sandi.
Prairie Gal Cookin' says
Whenever the guys in my house ask me what I did different, I usually go ahead and assume that they think it's bad.. It's surprising when they actually ask if I wrote down the recipe, 'cause this one's a keeper!