One of my favorite foods in the world is chicken potpie. When I was a kid, I used to love when my parents went out for the night and put a Mrs. Budd’s chicken potpie in the oven for me and my sister (I was a classy kid, OK?). My tastes have since grown up from Mrs. Budd’s, but I still crave chix potpie, especially when it’s cold and miserable outside. Martha has a recipe for a lighter version of CPP, that honest to God, tastes as good as any “non-healthy” version.
The recipe says to use bone-in, skin-on chicken breast halves, but I usually just buy regular chicken breasts or tenderloins and cook them in a frying pan. Then I cook the carrots and onions, mix in some flour and milk and add the defrosted peas. I also make 2 smaller pies since I don’t have a dish big enough for one.
The phyllo dough crust is delish, but kind of difficult to work with. You’re supposed to cut the dough into circles, but if you’ve ever worked with phyllo before, you know it’s really delicate and crumbly. So I just layered it on top of the dishes rather than trying to cut the perfect circle. Much easier!
This is what the filling will look like as it’s thickening:
And this is one of the final CPP’s, already dug into…we were starving. Five of us finished one and a half of the pies. Yup.
Take that, Mrs. Budd!
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This looks delicious — why couldn’t you have made this when I was visiting?!
Ah well, there’s always next time…
Wow. Are you ladies married? This is a good way to lure potential suitors!
Oh my yum. Now I am TOTALLY craving.
I had chicken pot pie again tonight for dinner, but it just wasn’t the same as yours!
I don’t need to be craving food this late at night, LOL
That looks so good!! I had a chicken pot pie for dinner the other night, and it paled in comparison to that.
Yuuuumm! I prefer puff pastry though..
sahodges- Def. You better come back soon!!
mrhe- Ha! Neither of us are married…potential suitors are welcome to be lured!
tokissthecook- It’s sooo good!
katie- Awww thanks! I love Harrow’s though!
maxie- Hehe I know. Maybe try not to read our blog so late?
Or read it and make a grocery list for the next day!
Virginia- Seriously though, in my opinion, a chicken potpie is ALWAYS good.
pomegranate- Ooh, that’s definitely something to try for the next time!