Pot Pie

The pot pie is a recipe from the United States, very popular and that you have surely seen in a movie or series. Would you like to learn how to make pot pie (or chicken tart)? In this article you will find several options!

Pot pie recipe n ° 1

A 100% American dish, perfect for a celebration or party. The ingredients (for 4 people) are:

• 1 chicken
• 1 onion
• 2 sticks of celery
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 1 carrot

For the filling

• 1 onion
• ½ cup of butter
• 1 stick of celery
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 carrot
• 1 potato
• ½ cup peas
• 1 liter of chicken broth
• ½ cup of flour
• 1 squirt of cream
• Thyme, salt and black pepper to taste

For the cake batter

• 3 cups of flour
• 1 cup of butter
• Salt

Don’t be scared by such an extensive list of ingredients. You can make this recipe in less time than you think and your family will love it.

The steps to follow are

• First, chop an onion, a carrot (peeled), two sticks of celery and place in a saucepan with water
• Add the washed skinless chicken, bay leaf and garlic cloves
• Next, turn on the fire and when it starts to boil, cook 45 minutes (until the chicken is tender)
• Drain and let the broth reduce
• Next, shred the chicken
• You can prepare the filling while the chicken is cooking. Melt some butter in a skillet and sauté all the vegetables on the list, peeled and cut. Salt and pepper
• Now prepare the dough. Mix the butter with the flour, a pinch of salt and knead well until you have a homogeneous mixture. Cover with a cloth and reserve
• When the vegetables are golden brown, add the flour and stir
• Add the chicken broth, the cream, the peas and the chopped chicken
• Cook everything for 5 minutes until thickened
• Preheat the oven to 180 ° C
• Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut into two halves
• Grease a cake base and place one of the halves

• Pour the filling and then place the second half of the dough for the cake top
• Bake for half an hour, until the dough is golden brown
• Finally, remove it and let it cool for a few minutes … now at the table!

Pot pie recipe n ° 2

It could be said that this second option is a “limited” version of the previous one. If you have found too many ingredients before, try this reduced recipe.

The ingredients are

• ½ kg of chicken breast
• 1 cup of carrots cut into cubes
• 1 cup of peas
• ½ cup sliced ​​celery
• 1/3 cup butter
• ½ cup onion, minced
• 1/3 cup flour
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cups of chicken broth
• 2/3 cups of milk
• Broken dough (bought or made by you)

The preparation mode is as follows

• First, place the carrots, celery, peas and chicken pieces in a saucepan.
• Cover with water and a little salt
• Turn on the fire and when it starts to boil cook 15 minutes
• In a pan, melt the butter to fry the onion

• When it is golden brown, add the flour and salt and pepper, while stirring
• Next, add the chicken broth and milk, cook over low heat to thicken
• In a glass baking dish, place the chicken and vegetable mixture
• Pour the liquid mixture over the top
• Cover with the stretched dough and make some cuts so that the steam can escape and does not break
• Bake and cook at 200 ° C for half an hour (until the dough is browned)
• Finally, remove from the oven and let it cool slightly before serving.

Pot pie recipe n ° 3

In this case, you will learn to do individual pot pie.

The ingredients are

• A chicken breast
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 cup of chicken broth
• 6 empanadillas tapas
• 1 egg
• ½ onion
• Olive oil

Preparation

• First, fry the chopped breast in olive oil, add the chopped onion.
• Afterwards, shred the chicken breast and hydrate with the already prepared broths.
• Next, join two caps of empanadillas for each casserole (three in total).
• Place a few tablespoons of the chicken soup in each casserole and cover with the two dumplings.
• Do the same with the other two molds and brush with egg.
• Finally, make a cut on top of the dough and bake until golden.