Chicken pie
This is a staple in my house, it is the perfect comfort food!
Nutrition (per serving)
Ingredients
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Chicken Breast4 breasts
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Filo Pastry1 packet
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Frozen Chopped Onions0.5 cups (58 g)
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Chunks of frozen leeks10
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Sliced frozen carrots0.5 cups (35 g)
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Chicken stock0.75 cups (200 ml)
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Double cream0.5 cups (120 ml)
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Dried tarragon1 tablespoon
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Butter1 tablespoon
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Flour2 tablespoon
Method
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Chop up your 4 chicken breasts, add them to a pan over a medium heat with a small amount of olive oil and your frozen onions and cook through.
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While the chicken is cooking, take the frozen carrots and leeks and defrost in microwave.
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Once the leeks and carrots are just soft, add them to the pot with the chicken.
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Next add the chicken stock, double cream, dried tarragon, butter and flour and stir on hob until everything is combined and sauce has begun to thicken.
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Ready for the Freezer
Put the cooled mixture in a large labelled freezer bag, flatten and seal so that it is airtight.
Freeze your filo pastry beside the bag so you are ready to grab both when needed. (I buy already frozen pastry so it is always in the freezer, ready for a pie top to be created).
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Ready to Eat
Defrost pie filling and pastry. Add pie filling to a dish or a pot and heat for about 10 mins until piping hot.
Next brush filo pastry sheets with warm butter or milk then crumple filo pastry on the top of the pie as if it was crumpled balls of paper. Bake at 180ºC for around 25 minutes, checking that the top does not burn.
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Batching
I always make two of these at a time, simply double all the ingredients.
Lovely recipe and great ideas. My children aren’t a massive fan of leeks is there something you would suggest to use as an alternative with this chicken pie recipe?
Made this for dinner tonight with a couple of substitutions – carrot and swede mash instead of the pastry and creme fraiche instead of the cream. It was absolutely delicious plus quick and easy to make. I’ll definitely be making it again!
make this recipe a lot I use soya cream instead of ordinary as I am lactose intolerant it doesn’t taste any different I also put mash potato on the top which works really well on a cold rainy lunchtime. I double the recipe and bag one for later or make it up fully in labelled foil containers.
As a family we loved this! I have made batches of the chicken but left out the leeks and added frozen peas. I’ve made it with mash on top and next time I plan to have it with filo or puff pastry. It would no doubt be lovely served alongside baby boiled potatoes or basmati rice. I love a recipe I don’t need to ask the children (7 years and 4years old) to finish!
Brilliant! Oh love the idea of mash on top! Lovely to hear the children are enjoying it x
Where do I get frozen leeks? They are tricky to find
if you can’t find frozen you can just use fresh 🙂