Nikkis Healthy But Hearty Double Crusted Chicken Pot Pie Recipes

HEALTHY CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• In a pan, heat olive oil. Sauté onion, garlic, carrots and celery until tender, about 5 minutes
• Add spices, flour and chicken broth, bring to a boil while stirring.
• Once boiling, add in milk, stirring constantly as it thickens.
• Stir in cooked chicken, frozen peas and corn.
• Pour your filling into a greased 9 inch pie plate.
• Preheat your oven to 375.
• Make your crust. This recipe only has a crust on top. Using a stand mixer or hand held mixture, beat flour, butter, salt, pepper and water until dough forms. It will be a little bit sticky.
• Roll your dough into a round ball and press flat. Place the dough on a floured surface or place between 2 sheets of wax paper and roll until it is large enough to cover your pie plate. Cover your pot pie filling with the crust and poke a hole in the center.
• Bake the pot pie at 375 for 35 mins. Allow it to cool for 5 minutes and enjoy.

NIKKI'S HEALTHY BUT HEARTY DOUBLE CRUSTED CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Cook and drain carrots and peas. Set aside. Defrost chicken until warm. Set aside.
• Heat oven to 375°F In 2-quart saucepan, mix flour, cornstarch, salt, bouillon cubes, pepper, and milk with a wire whisk until blended. The bouillon cubes may take a while to dissolve. That's okay. Next stir in onion. Cook over medium heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• Stir in soup and sour cream. Add chicken and vegetables; mix well. Cook, stirring frequently, until thoroughly heated.
• Unroll 1 pie crust and fit the bottom and sides of a greased 2-quart round casserole. You may have to use a rolling pin to make the crust larger. Use a basting brush to lightly coat the crust with the egg whites. Pour the mixture into the casserole dish and distribute evenly. Next, unroll second pie crust and place over hot filling. Seal edges of the 2 crusts together and flute as desired. Brush the remainder of the egg whites on the top crust. Cut a small 'X' in the center of the top crust.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until crust is golden brown and mixture is bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

HOMESTYLE CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• PREHEAT OVEN: Place oven rack to lower 1/3. Set oven to 425°F.
• PREPARE BOTTOM CRUST: Using roll-out refrigerated pie crust, unroll crust into lightly greased 9-inch to 10-inch deep-dish pie plate. Place pie plate with crust into the freezer to temper until ready to fill.
• PREPARE FILLING: Heat olive oil and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the potatoes, carrots, celery, mushrooms, frozen pearl onions, chives, parsley, sage, thyme, fresh ground black pepper, rosemary, bay leaf, and garlic. Cover, then saute, stirring every 3 minutes until vegetables are just firm-tender (do not overcook).
• THICKEN: Sprinkle 5 tablespoons flour over saute mixture, then stir. Add the chicken stock, frozen peas, heavy cream, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, turmeric, and nutmeg. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low. Remove bay leaf. Season fresh ground black pepper and 1 pinch celery salt (or to taste).
• ADD CHICKEN: Fold in 2 cups boneless, skinless chunked rotisserie chicken.
• FILL SHELL: Pour the prepared filling into frozen bottom shell. Place top crust dough over pie. Pinch and flute edges of upper crust to adjoin with bottom crust.
• PREPARE GLAZE: In small bowl with one beaten egg, add 1 1/2 tablespoons water and whisk. Brush top crust and edges of pie lightly and evenly with mixture. Cut slits around top center for steam to escape.
• BAKE pie at 425° about 30 minutes on lower rack, or until evenly golden brown.
• COOL and set for at least 20 minutes before cutting and serving.
• SLICE, serve and enjoy!

LOW FAT CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• In medium saucepan, whisk half-and-half, broth, flour, and poultry seasoning until combined. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, whisking frequently, 4 minutes, or until thickened. Stir in chicken, mixed vegetables, scallions, salt, and pepper. Cover and keep warm.
• Lightly coat 5 (6 oz) ramekins or one pie dish with cooking spray. On a lightly floured surface, overlap 2 biscuits (if using whole dish, use all biscuits) and press edges together; roll biscuits into a 4-inch round (they don't have to be perfect). Roll out remaining biscuits the same way. Fill ramekins with chicken mixture. Top each with biscuit dough, pressing dough onto side of ramekin to adhere; cut a 1/2-inch-round vent hole in middle of dough.
• Bake 12 minutes, or until biscuits are golden and filling bubbly. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

HEALTHY CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine chicken, frozen vegetables and undiluted soup in an 8 x 8-inch baking dish.
• Whisk baking mix, milk and egg together until blended.
• Pour over chicken and vegetables.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until the top is golden.

DOUBLE-CRUST CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Make the filling: In a large pot, heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add the onions, celery and carrots and cook, stirring, until the onions are translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute more.
• Add the remaining 3 tablespoons butter. Once melted, stir in the flour. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until it just starts to turn golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Gradually whisk in the chicken broth. Bring the mixture to a simmer. Add the bay leaf, rosemary and thyme. Adjust the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Stir in the cream, chicken and peas and return to a simmer. Simmer for 4 to 5 minutes more. Remove the mixture from the heat. Stir in the salt and pepper. Ideally, cool it completely. Remove and discard the bay leaf, and stir in the parsley. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if desired.
• Meanwhile, prepare the crust: Have a 10-inch cast-iron or ovenproof skillet ready. On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the pie crust to a thickness of about 1/4 inch, making a circle about 3 inches wider all around than the skillet. Gently transfer the dough to the skillet, lining the bottom and easing it up the sides, allowing any excess to drape over the edge of the pan (aim for about 1 inch excess dough all the way around the pan). Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• While the bottom crust is chilling, roll out the remaining dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Gently transfer the dough to a parchment-lined baking sheet, then use a pastry wheel to cut it into 1 1/2- to 2-inch wide strips. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Pour the cooled filling into the chilled bottom crust and spread evenly. Remove the chilled dough strips from the fridge. Lay strips over the filling, leaving almost no space between them. When the pie is covered, rotate the pan and pull back every other strip of dough, then weave in a fresh strip to create a lattice. Lay the strips back over the new piece of dough, the repeat the process - this time pulling back all the pieces of dough that didn't get moved the first time. Continue until the entire pie is latticed.
• Press the dough together at the edges all the way around the pie; use scissors to trim away any excess dough, then fold the bottom crust up and over the lattice. Dip your finger in water and run it along the edges to help seal it. Use a floured fork to press around the edges to seal the dough together and crimp the crust. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and place a rack in the lower third of the oven. Brush the egg mixture over the top of the pie and sprinkle it with Parmesan. Bake for 30 minutes; lower the oven temperature to 375 degrees F and continue baking until the crust is deeply golden brown (the filling may bubble through the top crust a bit), 40 to 50 minutes more.

HERB CRUST CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Over high heat melt the filling butter, and add flour to make a roux.
• Add milk and chicken stock, whisk together.
• Reduce heat, add garlic powder, black pepper and pulled chicken meat, and simmer.
• Meanwhile, chop carrots and potatoes to bite sized pieces, and boil in medium saucepan until tender.
• Warm frozen peas and green beans in microwave or over stovetop as directed on package.
• Drain veggies and add to the cream mixture. Remove from heat.
• Sift together dry crust ingredients.
• Cut in cold butter, add water and gently pat together. Do NOT over mix!
• Divide dough in half and roll out on a floured surface.
• Line the bottom of a 10-12-inch glass bowl with half of the rolled dough. Press gently against inside.
• Add filling and top with the other half of the rolled dough.
• Seal edges by squeezing together top and bottom dough.
• Using a knife, cut several small incisions on surface of dough to allow steam to escape.
• Bake at 400°F on center rack for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

HEALTHY CHICKEN POT PIE WITH BISCUIT CRUST

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, saute onions and garlic until tender, about 5 minutes (use oil or cooking spray).
• Add broth, potatoes, carrots and beans.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Simmer for 12 minutes, partially covered.
• Potatoes should be a bit undercooked.
• Remove from heat.
• Combine condensed soup and flour in a small bowl.
• Add to vegetables, along with chicken, parsley, basil, thyme and pepper.
• Stir well.
• Pour into a casserole dish (I use a 9 x 9 pyrex baking dish).
• Prepare biscuit crust.
• Combine flour, baking powder, sage and salt.
• Cut in butter or margarine with a pastry blender until it looks like coarse crumbs.
• Stir in milk.
• Form the dough into a ball, adding a bit more flour if too sticky.
• On a floured surface, roll out dough to the size where it will fit the top of your casserole dish.
• Place dough on top of chicken mixture.
• Prick dough with a fork several times.
• Bake at 400 F for 25 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
• Let stand for 5 minutes.
• Serve.

HEARTY CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Making the crust:.
• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt.
• Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter into flour mixture to form coarse crumbs.
• Beat together 1 egg and water.
• Add to flour mixture; mix until a soft dough forms.
• Shape into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap; chill for 1 hour.
• Making the filling:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat; add onion and thyme.
• Saute for 5 minutes.
• Whisk together cream, broth, flour, cornstarch and paprika; add to onion mixture.
• Whisk until thick.
• Add carrots, peas and chicken to cream mixture; mix well.
• Pour into a 6 inch deep-dish pie pan.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a 12 inch circle.
• Place on top of filling; trim excess dough.
• Flute edges of pie.
• Prick the top of crust with a fork or cut slits to allow steam to escape during baking.
• Lightly beat remaining egg.
• Brush crust with egg and bake until filling is bubbly and crust is browned, about 30 minutes.