Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie!

Hey guys! So before I begin with my recipe, I wanted to apologize for not posting last week due to too much homework. I am back to posting weekly now, but I can't guarantee the posts will be on Saturday. I can promise one post every weekend! 

So today is going to be a little bit of a different post. This post will be a cooking post! The other day I asked my dad what we were eating for dinner, and he responded by asking me what I was making. I asked him what I could make. The response: chicken pot pie. Here's the way to do it!

  

I started by making the pie crust for the chicken pot pie.

The recipe I used for the crust was very simple.

Ingredients:

1 Cup Flour

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

2 Tablespoons Butter

1/8 Teaspoon Salt

1/3 Cup Milk

I started by preheating my oven to 350 degrees. Then I mixed together the flour, baking, powder, salt, cold butter, and milk in my electric mixer. I also added 1/2 teaspoon of sage for a little extra flavor. This is an optional ingredient, if you would like to enhance the flavor of your crust.

Mix these ingredients together until they form the consistency of dough. Pick the dough up and roll it into a ball. Once your dough is in a ball-like shape, roll it out. Make sure your dough is big enough to cover your baking pan. 

The next step is to make your filling.

You can put whatever ingredients into your chicken pot pie that you like, but this was what I did.

I started by browning my chicken. Once that was done, I sautéd carrots, celery, and an onion. Once that finished, I made a roux, which is a mixture of flour and fat. Traditionally, this fat is a butter, but I switched out the butter for a leaner choice--oil. I placed the flour and oil in a pan and stirred it around until it started to become a thicker consistency. In order to thicken it even more, I added milk. The milk was a replacement for it's fattier alternative, cream. Once the sauce became a thick enough consistency, I added nutmeg, salt, pepper, and sage. The sage was added to bring out the sage in the crust. Once you have all your seasonings in the pan, allow the sauce to thicken. 

Once it has reached the desirable consistency, add the chicken and mirepoix (carrots, celery, and onion mixture) to the sauce. Once this is evenly mixed, pour it into your greased pan. Once all the filling is in, cover it with your dough. Next you are going to take either melted butter or egg whites and brush them over the top of the pie crust. Lastly, take a knife and cut two slits into the crust to allow air and heat to circulate. Cook the pie in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until brown.
Here's a picture of what was left after dinner so you can get a feel for what it looks like on the inside.

I had so much fun making dinner and my whole family loved it.
Good luck making your chicken pot pies!
Anyway that's all for now!
Don't forget to put a burry on it!
xoxo-Rayburry