Chicken Bacon Pot Pie Food

THE BEST EVER CHICKEN POT PIE.... WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400
• Grease a 8x12 or 9x9 inch casserole dish, set aside.
• Heat up a large skillet to medium high heat, cook bacon for 5-8 minutes or until crispy. Set bacon aside, chop until small pieces, and leave bacon grease in the pan.
• If using chicken breast, add to the pan. If using pre-cooked chicken, skip to the next step. Cook chicken for 2-3 minutes per side, until slightly golden.
• Add onion, sweet potatoes, and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes, or until fragrant. Add celery, peas, and cook another 3-5 minutes. Sprinkle chicken and vegetables with arrowroot powder or flour.
• Add chicken broth and spices, bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and let cook for another 5 minutes until mixture begins to thicken.
• Add creme fraiche and stir until "melted", add bacon. Pour mixture into casserole dish.
• Gently unroll puff pastry, and place over top of the casserole carefully rolling at the edges and sealing against the sides of the dish. Brush remaining tbsp of creme fraiche, and place inside oven.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until pastry has puffed and is golden brown. Remove from oven, let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN & BACON POT PIE

Steps:

• Prepare dough for Foolproof PHILLY Pie Crust Recipe and refrigerate as directed.
• Cook and stir bacon in Dutch oven or large deep skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 2 tsp. drippings from pan.
• Add vegetables and garlic to reserved drippings in pan; cook 5 min., stirring occasionally. Add flour; cook and stir 1 min. Gradually stir in broth. Bring to boil. Add cream cheese; cook and stir 1 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from heat; stir in chicken. Spoon into 9-inch deep-dish pie plate sprayed with cooking spray; top with bacon.
• Heat oven to 400ºF. Roll out pie crust dough into 10-inch round between 2 sheets of waxed paper; place over chicken mixture. Flute edge, sealing crust to edge of pie plate. Cut several slits in crust to allow steam to escape. Place on baking sheet.
• Bake 40 min. or until golden brown, covering edge of crust with foil for the last 10 min. if necessary to prevent overbrowning.

COUNTRY CHICKEN BACON POT PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 11x7-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Place cookie sheet on lowest oven rack to catch any spills.
• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until crisp; remove with slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings.
• Cook chicken, salt and pepper in bacon drippings over medium-high heat 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add onion and cook over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender and chicken is no longer pink in center.
• Stir in carrots, corn, broth and mustard. Heat to boiling; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in bacon. Spoon into casserole.
• Remove pie crust from pouch; unroll and cut into 1 1/2-inch-wide strips. Lay 3 longest strips lengthwise over filling. Lay remaining 4 strips crosswise, trimming to fit pan. Brush crust strips with milk.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is golden and filling is bubbly. Sprinkle cheese evenly over crust strips. Bake 1 to 2 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with parsley.

CHICKEN MUSHROOM AND BACON PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Fry the bacon strips in the oil until beginning to crisp, then add the sliced mushrooms and soften them in the pan with the bacon.
• Turn the chicken strips in the flour and thyme (you could toss them about in a freezer bag), and then melt the butter in the pan before adding the floury chicken and all the flour left in the bag. Stir around with the bacon and mushrooms until the chicken begins to color.
• Pour in the hot stock and Marsala, stirring to form a sauce and let this bubble away for about 5 minutes.
• Make a pastry rim for each of your pots for the pies, by this I mean an approximately 1/2-inch strip curled around the top of the pots. Dampen the edges to make them stick.
• Cut a circle bigger than the top of each pie-pot for the lid, and then divide the chicken filling between the two.
• Dampen the edges again and then pop on the top of each pie sealing the edges with your fingers or the underneath of the prongs of a fork.
• Cook the pies for about 20 minutes turning them around half way through cooking. Once cooked, they should puff up magnificently.

CHICKEN AND BACON POT PIE

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• Add the bacon and the cooked chicken. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add both bell peppers, the dried tomatoes, and green olives. Season with salt and pepper. Stir.
• Pour the tomato sauce and add the parsley. Cook everything for 2 more minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C.
• Transfer the mixture in a round ceramic baking dish, approximately 4-6 inches (10-15 cm) in diameter.
• Top it with the shredded Cheddar.
• Cut the puff pastry according to the diameter of the baking dish. Cover the dish with the pastry and secure it on the sides to fully cover it. Pierce the puff pastry with a fork. The small holes allow the hot air to come out from the inside.
• Spread the whisked egg on top using a silicone brush.
• Bake the dish for the next 25 minutes!

SPRING CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Season the chicken thighs with some salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan and fry the chicken for 3-4 mins on each side until lightly golden, then transfer to a plate. Add the bacon to the pan and fry for 5 mins until golden. Tip in the leeks and fry for another 5 mins.
• Sprinkle the flour over the leeks and bacon, and stir until combined. Add the wine, if using, and bubble for a few minutes, then add the stock and stir well. Slice the chicken and return it to the pan - don't worry if it's not fully cooked through at this point, it will finish cooking in the oven.
• Stir in the crème fraîche, peas, 1 tbsp mustard and the tarragon, and bubble for a few minutes until thick and saucy. Add a splash more stock or water if it seems too thick Remove the pie filling from the heat. Whisk the remaining ½ tbsp mustard with the egg in a bowl.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Spoon the filling into a pie dish with a lip and use some of the egg mix to brush the sides of the dish. Unroll the pastry over the top of the pie and crimp the edges against the sides of the dish, then cut away any excess with a knife. Will keep frozen, well covered, for up to three months.
• Brush the remaining egg glaze over the pie and make a small steam hole in the middle. Bake for 40 mins until golden and puffed. Serve with buttered new potatoes and steamed greens or carrots, if you like.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Roll one ball out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place bottom crust in pie plate. Roll out top crust and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine chicken, vegetables, potato soup and milk. Season with pepper, thyme, parsley and salt to taste. Pour filling into pie shell. Cover with top crust. Seal edges and cut several slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.

BACON POT PIE

Steps:

• Place flour in a large bowl; cut in shortening and butter until crumbly. Gradually add ice water 1 tablespoonful at a time, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., Preheat oven to 375°. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine potatoes and water; microwave, covered, on high until tender, 4-5 minutes. Cool; drain. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually whisk in milk, garlic powder and pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Cool and set aside., On a lightly floured surface, roll one half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim even with rim. Place potatoes in crust. Top with bacon, onion, broccoli and cheese. Pour sauce over top. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Cut slits in top. Place on a baking sheet., Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 50-60 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN, BACON AND LEEK POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C.
• Chop the shallots and garlic.
• Heat olive oil in heavy base medium sized deep casserole on stove.
• Add shallots and garlic and fry gently til transparent.
• Chop bacon into small squares and fry.
• Discard green section of leeks 1 inch above white section.
• Clean leek stalks carefully.
• Chop leeks into disks and add to fry mixture.
• When leeks are soft, add sliced mushrooms.
• Fry til mushrooms are darker and soft.
• Add white wine and bring to boil.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add shredded bbq chicken pieces including skin pieces.
• Add chives and some salt and pepper.
• Add water and bring to simmer.
• Mix flour with a bit of water in a cup til it is a paste.
• Add flour/water paste slowly, simmering mixture, until desired thickness is achieved. (think about the inside of a pie, and make it a little runnier than that). Add more water if necessary.
• Add sour cream.
• Fit circle of puff pastry over casserole and puncture surface with fork.
• Bake in oven til pastry is golden.

CHICKEN, MUSHROOM AND BACON POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In a heavy-based frying pan, fry the bacon in the oil until beginning to crisp. Then add the sliced mushrooms and soften them in the pan with the bacon.
• Turn the chicken strips in the flour and thyme and then melt the butter in the bacon and mushroom pan. Add the chicken and all the flour left in the bag. Stir around with the bacon and mushrooms until the chicken begins to color.
• Pour in the hot chicken stock and Marsala, stirring to form a sauce and let this bubble away for about 5 minutes.
• Take two deep oven-proof bowls and make a pastry rim for each one by placing a strip curled around the top of each bowl. Dampen the edges with a little water to make the pastry stick. Cut a circle bigger than the top of each pie for the lid, and then divide the chicken filling between the two bowls. Dampen the rim of the pastry again and then pop on the lid for each bowl, sealing the edges with your fingers or the underneath of the prongs of a fork. Cook the pot pies for about 20 minutes turning them around halfway through cooking. Once cooked, they should have puffed up magnificently.