Leftover Chicken Potato Pie Food

CHICKEN AND POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes and cut in half. Place them in a pot of water and bring to the boil. Boil for 15 minutes or until cooked. Then mash the potatoes using some butter, Hellman's and a splash of milk, seasoning to taste. (See my mashed potato recipe if you are not sure).
• Meanwhile cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and fry them in some oil until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. They do not need to be fully cooked. Place the chicken in the casserole dish. Add the frozen peas to the casserole dish as well.
• Whilst you are cooking the chicken fry the onion and bell pepper together for about 5 minutes and add to the casserole dish.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the garlic for about 2 minutes. Add the plain flour and the chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Then slowly add the milk, bit by bit and bring to a simmer again.
• Then add the cheese, nutmeg thyme and parsley and keep simmering until the sauce thickens. If you need to thicken more then add the teaspoon of cornflour to some water and add to the sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Then pour the sauce on to the fried chicken, onion, peas and pepper in the casserole dish and mix well.
• Cover the top of the dish with a layer of mashed potatoes, and use a fork to create some peaks on the potato. Sprinkle some grated parmesan on top if you wish.
• When you wish to prepare the food, place in a pre-heated oven for 50 minutes at 180C.

CHICKEN POT PIE WITH MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a medium skillet melt the butter over medium high heat, saute the potatoes, onions, leeks, carrots, and garlic until golden. Add the white wine and simmer for 1 minute. Add the chicken stock and simmer for 20 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Mix the flour and milk until smooth and add to the vegetables, and cook until thickened. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet heat the oil over high heat and sear the chicken until golden. Cut seared chicken into 1/2 inch chunks and add it, the thyme, and parsley to the vegetables and set side.
• For the topping: Put the potatoes in a large pot and cover with water, season with salt.
• Over high heat bring to a boil and simmer until tender. Drain the potatoes and let them sit for 5 minutes to steam dry. Put the potatoes through a food mill. Warm the cream and stir into the potatoes. Mix in the butter. Season, to taste.
• To assemble the pot pies fill 6 ramekins with 1 cup of filling each and top with the mashed potatoes. Bake for 30 minutes.
• Place the chicken bones in a stock pot and cover with the cold water. Bring to a boil, skimming the fat and foam from the surface of the stock. Add the carrots, onions, celery, leek, parsley, thyme, bay leaves, black peppercorns, and garlic. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 2 hours. Strain the stock into a container. Cool and refrigerate. Store in a tightly covered container for 5 days in the refrigerator or freeze for 1 month.

CHICKEN & BROCCOLI POTATO-TOPPED PIE

Steps:

• For the base, melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour and cook for a few mins, stirring all the time. Now, using a whisk or spatula, carefully stir in the milk, a little at a time, making sure the sauce stays smooth. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook for a couple of mins until it thickens - it will be very thick. Turn the heat right down and keep cooking for 5 mins, stirring often.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry all of the chicken in batches until it starts to colour lightly at the edges. Scoop out each batch of chicken and put it on a plate. Add the onion to the pan if you are using it, and cook over a low heat until soft. Add the chicken and any juices and the onion to the white sauce, fold it in and cook the mixture for a further 15 mins or until the chicken is cooked through. If you're making the base ahead of time, you can leave it to cool at this stage then freeze in an airtight container for up to a month. (Defrost fully before using in the next step.)
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cook the potatoes in boiling water for 10 mins, then drain and cool a little before slicing thickly.
• Meanwhile, cook the broccoli until tender, then drain. Heat the chicken base with the stock in a pan until it is just beginning to bubble, then stir in the tarragon (if using) and the mustard. Fold in the broccoli and peas. Tip the chicken mixture into a dish and arrange the potato slices on top, then dot the butter over. Bake for 30-35 mins or until golden.

CHEERFUL'S EASY LEFTOVER FRIED CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to biscuit cooking temperature Mine was 350 degrees.
• Heat butter in pretty large skillet on med temperature.
• Add chopped celery, french fries, carrots, and sweet peas.
• Saute until tender the potatos will be soft but that is ok, trust me.
• Add chicken and saute until heated through, I added more butter here -- that is a personal taste. You don't need to.
• At this point your oven should be ready to cook your biscuits so go ahead and cook those to ALMOST done -- explained later.
• Transfer the sauted mixture to a seperate bowl
• Add gravy and chicken soup to your hot skillet and heat till warm.
• now add your cream -- this is to taste. I like it really creamy and you need to make sure you have enough cream sauce -- so its up to you.
• Add some pepper and the thyme now and pour saute mixture back into your skillet.
• You can use whatever cooking dish you like for your pot pie, I used my 9 inch cast iron skillet -- one dish meal -- it really doesn't matter. Use what you have.
• Now, cover the top with biscuits and put in the oven. Heat until bubbly.
• I would guess it took about 7 or 8 minutes in the oven -- this is the reason the biscuits are not fully cooked already. But, soggy biscuits are gross so you want to make sure they are mostly done -- mine where barely golden on the egdges when I put them on the top of the pie and baked it. By the time the dish was bubbly the biscuits were golden and perfect.
• NOTE: the baking time is approximately it made me put something there and that is a total time for pre-baking your biscuits before you put them on the pie and finish the baking. Your cooking time may be different.

EASY CHICKEN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Heat the oil in a large saucepan then add the onion and chicken. Fry for 5-10 mins until the onion is soft and the chicken is golden. Pour over the stock, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins until the chicken is cooked. Stir in the corn, then 3 tbsp crème fraîche and the herbs.
• Meanwhile, boil potatoes until soft. Drain and mash with remaining crème fraîche. Spoon the chicken mix into 4 pie dishes and top with mash. Place on a baking tray, then bake until potato is golden.

CHICKEN, HAM, LEEK & ROAST POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Heat half the oil in a large frying pan and brown the chicken for about 5 mins. Tip into a 22 x 28cm ovenproof pie dish, then evenly scatter over the ham and roast potatoes. Heat the remaining oil and soften the leeks for about 5 mins, then stir in the flour for 1 min.
• Pour in the wine and stock. Bring to the boil and, stirring continuously, boil rapidly to reduce to a thick sauce. Take off the heat, then stir in the crème fraîche and seasoning. Pour over the pie filling and leave to cool.
• Unroll the pastry and cut off a small strip to make decorations (if you like). Roll the remainder to fit the dish and place on top of the pie. Use a fork to crimp the edges and press the pastry to the edge of the dish. Make a small hole in the centre, then cover well with cling film. Freeze for up to 3 months. For best results, defrost at room temperature for 8 hrs.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Brush pie with egg to glaze (making sure the steam hole hasn't sealed up). Cook for 30-40 mins, until golden and hot through.

CHICKEN POT PIE WITH MASHED POTATO CRUST

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes in boiling water until tender. Drain thoroughly and return to the pot. Mash the potatoes using a potato masher and add 1/2cup milk and butter making sure that the liquids are absorbed into the potatoes. Add the remaining ¼ cup milk if the potatoes seem dry. Add poultry seasoning salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 6 minutes. Add the celery, carrots, poultry seasoning salt, and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally 5 minutes. Add the butter; when it's melted, stir in the flour. Cook 1 to 2 minutes.
• Increase the heat to high and add the chicken stock, and bring to a boil; then reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
• Stir in the cream, chicken, corn and peas. Remove from the heat and add the parsley. Pour the mixture into a medium-size (about 6 cup) baking dish.
• Gently spread the mashed potato over the top.
• The casserole can be made several hours ahead of time up to this point; cover and refrigerated.
• Preheat your oven to 350° and set a rack to the middle position. Bake until the top is golden brown and the filling is bubbling, 30 to 40 minutes.