Chicken Pot Pie
Cooking time: 40 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
Not the typical frozen, single serving dish of college days... But still easy.
Chicken Pot Pie
Total time: 40 minutes
This is modified, slightly, using only a top crust, and made simple, using purchased puff pastry, Make it in 2 single serving dishes or 1 larger. You can stretch or roll puff pastry a bit to fit, if needed.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- 2 medium carrots
- 2 small leeks
- 2 ribs celery
- 1 clove garlic
- 3/4 cup peas
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tbs parsley
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) chicken broth
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) white wine
- 1 tbs cornstarch (maizena) dissolved in 2 tbs chicken stock
- 1 sheet puff pastry
Instructions:
- Peel carrots and slice into thin half circles.
- Trim and thinly slice leeks and celery.
- Mince garlic.
- Cut chicken into 1" (2.5cm) pieces.
- Heat oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken and brown.
- Add leeks, carrots, celery, paprika and sauté 5 minute
- Add garlic and sauté 1 minute longer.
- Add stock, wine, herbs and bring to a boil.
- Cover, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
- Add peas and simmer 5 minutes longer.
- Add cornstarch mixture and stir until thickened.
- Divide stew and place into 2 individual baking dishes or put all in 1 larger dish (8" or 9" square, 20cm).
- Cut puff pastry to fit and place on top. It should be just slightly larger than the interior of the dish.
- Bake, 400F (200C) for 20 minutes.
- Remove and serve from baking dish(es).
Cooking Schedule:
40 minutes for menu
Assemble all ingredients and utensils
Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives,
medium skillet with lid, 1 or 2 baking dishes
Turn oven on, 400F (200C)
Heat oil in skillet
Cut chicken,
add to skillet
Slice carrots, leeks, add to skillet
Add paprika to skillet
Slice celery, add to skillet |
Mince garlic, add to skillet
Add stock, wine, herbs to skillet, cover, cook
Cut pastry to fit dish, rolling out if needed
Add peas to skillet, cover, cook
Dissolve
cornstarch in stock
Add cornstarch mixture to skillet, stir
Put chicken, vegetables in baking dish
Top with pastry, bake
20 minute break
Done?
Remove and serve |