French Onion Chicken Pot Pies Food

FAVORITE CHICKEN POTPIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Place potatoes and carrots in a large saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, covered, 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. , In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Stir in flour and seasonings until blended. Gradually stir in broth and milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in chicken, peas, corn and potato mixture; remove from heat., Unroll a pie crust into each of two 9-in. pie plates; trim even with rims. Add chicken mixture. Unroll remaining crusts; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in tops. , Bake 35-40 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked pies. To use, remove from freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 425°. Place pies on baking sheets; cover edges loosely with foil. Bake 30 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 350°; bake 70-80 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°.

FRENCH ONION-CHICKEN POT PIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8 (10 oz) ramekins or custard cups with cooking spray. Place ramekins on a large cookie sheet with sides. In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt 2 Tbls. of butter over medium-high heat. Add chicken, cook about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink in center. Remove chicken from skillet; discard chicken juices.
• Melt remaining 2 Tbls. butter in skillet. Add onions and mushrooms; cook and stir about 8 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle flour over vegetables. Cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in water, sherry and soup mix; heat to boiling. Boil about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened.
• Spoon chicken into ramekins (about 1/2 cup each). Spoon onion mixture over chicken (about 2/3 cups each). Sprinkle with pepper. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Place 1 biscuit in each ramekin.
• Bake about 20 minutes or until biscuits are golden. Carefully remove from oven. Sprinkle 3 Tbls. cheese over each biscuit. Bake 4-5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

BEEFY FRENCH ONION POTPIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until beef is no longer pink, breaking beef into crumbles; drain. Stir in soup; bring to a boil., Transfer to an ungreased 9-in. deep-dish pie plate; sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with biscuits. Bake 15-20 minutes longer or until biscuits are golden brown.

INDIVIDUAL CHICKEN POT PIES

Steps:

• Chop onion and garlic, and cook in a dutch oven with olive oil over medium high heat until onions are soft, but not browned.
• Slice and add carrots, cook until soft.
• Add 4T flour and cook for 3 minutes.
• Add chicken stock, stirring constantly, and reduce heat to medium.
• Add green beans, milk, chicken, salt, pepper, and herbs.
• Cut potatoes into 1/2 inch cubes, and add to pot.
• Simmer for 30 minutes, covered.
• Ladle soup into 4 french onion soup crocks, or other oven safe bowls.
• Roll 3 biscuits together, and divide into 4 equal portions. Roll into discs 1/4 inch thick, and place over crocks.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 300 degrees, or until golden.