Chicken Pot Pie

Use this easy chicken pot pie recipe for a soul-warming meal that everyone will love

Serves
serves 6-8

This recipe for old-fashioned chicken pot pie, an adaptation of one in James Beard's American Cookery (Little, Brown; 1980), originally appeared in the September/October 1995 issue of SAVEUR. It's still one of our favorites.

What You Will Need

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Ingredients

1 bunch parsley
1 (3–4-lb.) chicken
1 pint pearl onions, blanched and peeled
2 carrots, peeled and cut in 1/2" slices
¹⁄₂ lb. potatoes, peeled and cut in 1" dice
¹⁄₄ lb. sugar snap peas, trimmed
1 clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped
¹⁄₄ lb. white mushrooms, quartered
4 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 cup heavy cream
Salt and freshly ground pepper
¹⁄₂ tsp. Tabasco
1 recipe Pot Pie Pastry
1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tbsp. water

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Instructions

Step 1

Chop enough parsley to fill 1⁄4 cup; set aside. Place remaining parsley, chicken, and half the onions in a large pot with water to cover; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer 30 minutes. Remove chicken; cool. Pull off meat in like-size pieces; place in a large bowl. Return bones to pot; simmer 1 hour. Strain stock; return to pot over medium heat. Cook carrots, potatoes, sugar snaps, and remaining onions in stock, in batches, just until tender, adding as cooked to chicken.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 450°. Cook garlic and mushrooms in 1 tbsp. of the butter in a small skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add to chicken mixture. In the same skillet, melt remaining 3 tbsp. butter and sprinkle in flour. Stir constantly over medium heat, 2–3 minutes. Stir in 1 cup stock until thickened. Remove from heat and add cream. Add chopped parsley, and season to taste with salt, pepper, and Tabasco. Gently stir sauce into chicken mixture.

Step 3

Prepare pastry. Line a 9" pan with pastry, fill with chicken mixture, and cover with top pastry. Crimp edges, cut a vent in top, and brush with egg wash. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°, and continue baking until crust is browned, about 35 minutes.