President Hardings Chicken Pot Pie

23
Ingredients

9m
Prep Time

4h
Cook Time

4h 9m
Ready In

Recipe: #42820

May 13, 2024

Categories: Chicken, Onions, Potatoes, Whole Chicken, more

recipe by:
dienia b

"From the Atlanta's women's club cookbook 1921. I was so excited to find this recipe! They talk about it and make today's chicken pot pie. But this is different, the instructions are minimal but it seems to be a common way to make it back in the day. I'm trying to make the recipe work for today."

Original is 12 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (491.2 g)
Calories 443.5
Total Fat - 13.3 g
Saturated Fat - 5 g
Cholesterol - 466.3 mg
Sodium - 1070.1 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 41 g
Dietary Fiber - 6 g
Sugars - 2.9 g
Protein - 40.8 g
Calcium - 216.1 mg
Iron - 6.8 mg
Vitamin C - 13.2 mg
Thiamin - 0.3 mg

Step 1

Boil chicken with whole onion.

Step 2

Cook until falling off bone, adding water as needed.

Step 3

Remove chicken.

Step 4

Measure out 4 cups chicken broth, and cook onion and potatoes in broth.

Step 5

Season to taste.

Step 6

Meanwhile, let chicken cool.

Step 7

And make pie crust: sift flour salt and baking powder.

Step 8

In a bowl, add lard and use fork to combine.

Step 9

Add enough milk to make a dough(no milk amount given).

Step 10

Roll out and blind bake bottom crust.

Step 11

In hot oven 425 degrees F.

Step 12

Bake for 10 minutes (no time or temperature give)

Step 13

Debone and remove skin from chicken.

Step 14

Add some chicken to cooked pie crust (they saved dark meat usually for croquettes).

Step 15

Add potatoes.

Step 16

Skim out onions (chop up onion you added to chicken too and put over, seasoning lightly).

Step 17

Add a small amount of broth and add top crust.

Step 18

Bake (no time or temperature given) 375 degrees F. for 50 minutes until crust is golden brown.

Step 19

Meanwhile, use the rest of 4 cups chicken broth to make a gravy.

Step 20

2 tablespoons butter melted

Step 21

Add flour seasoning light.

Step 22

Add chicken broth and whisk cook thickened.

Step 23