CU's Chicken Pot Pie
Category | Main dish
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Classification | American |
Added By |
Phyllis Watson |
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Source | Consumers' Union |
Comment | Excellent and tasty |
Ingredients
- Chicken and Stock:
- 4 cups water
- 2 halved frying chckens
- 2 stalks large celery, chopped
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 1 medium quartered onion
- 2 bay leaves
- Bouquet Garni: in muslim bag
- 15 peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon leaf sage
- 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme
- 1/8 teaspoon celery seeds
- Filling:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 small clove garlic
- 1 medium chopped onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 4-5 cups chicken stock
- 4 cups cubed chicken meat
- 1 1/2 cups potatoes: 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 cup carrots, 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 cup frozen peas
- Pastry:
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 2/3 cup vegetable shortening
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold water
Directions
1) Start the stock: combine all ingredients and cook 30 minutes . 2) Start the pastry: make pastry and put into ball and chill. 3) Prepare cooked chicken: Remove chicken after 30 minutes and remove meat. Return skin and bones to pot and simmer 30 minutes longer. 4) Make filling: strain the stock into a bowl. Heat vegetable oil in large pot: add garlic, brown. Add onions; cppl imto; transparent. Add salt, pepper, and flour. Mix in well and don't let flour brown. Add one cup strained stock to onion mixture: mix well. Add rest of stock to onion mixture. and bring to boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Fill each pie pan with 3/4 cup of mixture and let cool. 5)Roll pastry: divide into 8 small balls - roll out between 2 pieces of waxed paper until 1/2 inches larger than diameter of foil pans. 6) Finish the pies: distribute the frozen peas on top of cooled, filling in pie tins. Cover with pie crust. Crimp. Dust crust lightly with flour. Prick with fork. Put in freezer bags and freeze. 7) Cook: 450 degrees. Put frozen pies on cookie sheets in center oven. Bake 40". This recipe is for frozen pies. If you want to cook fresh - take out a tablespoon or two of liquid.
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