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Chicken Pot Pie With Rich Pastry Crust

Here's how you make Chicken Pot Pie With Rich Pastry Crust
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 2h
  • Cook: 2h
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • STEWING
  • 5 pounds chicken pieces
  • 1 celery stalk
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon peppercorns, whole
  • 1 sprig parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • PIE
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1 cup yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 cup carrot, chopped
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • 1 potato, chopped
  • 1/4 cup peas
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • PASTRY
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup lard (or 1 cup shortening)
  • 1 large egg, slightly beaten
  • 5 tablespoons ice water
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • TOPPING
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon milk
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Stew chicken. Debone chicken to get 4 cups cooked chicken (use rest for another chicken dish); get 2 cups broth (use rest of broth for another chicken dish).

  • Step 2: Heat chicken fat or butter in skillet.

  • Step 3: Saute onion, carrot, celery, and potato for 5 minutes until tender crisp; add peas. Stir in flour until blended. Stir in chicken broth and half and half cream. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils. Season with salt and pepper.

  • Step 4: Combine with chicken and pour mixture in 2 quart baking dish.

  • Step 5: Roll out pastry to 1/4 inch thickness and 1 inch bigger than dish.

  • Step 6: Cover chicken mixture; fold excess pastry under and crimp edge.

  • Step 7: With a sharp knife cut a small diamond in middle of top crust.

  • Step 8: Brush generously with egg yolk and milk topping mixture.

  • Step 9: Bake in preheated 400 degree Fahrenheit oven for 30 minutes.

  • Step 10: PASTRY: For pastry,combine flour and salt; cut in lard.

  • Step 11: Mix egg, ice water, and vinegar. Gradually stir into flour. Mix. Roll out.

  • Step 12: This dish freezes and reheats well.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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