Chicken Pot Pie

This is family approved and the leftovers ACTUALLY get eaten! home made pot pie like this one seems like a lot of work but it is so worth the time if you can put into it. once you have the basics of it, it becomes easier and faster and then you can jazz it up the way your family likes.

what you need.

~ main ~
chicken breast ( we use 3-4 depending on the size of them)
Potatoes (3 lg )
carrots ( 3 lg )
chicken seasoning

~ rue~
2 c chicken broth
2 tbs flour
2 tbs butter
Small pinch pepper flakes ( just a little, i use it in the rue because it will then be cooked into the sauce and evenly distributed around the food and you wont have one bite here and there that are HOT! but a nice even heat.. and this is a very very miner amount because i have no tolerance to the heat yet unlike my hubby lol who adds much more onto his )
salt
pepper

~ pie~
2 frozen pre-made pie crust ( or make your own if your up to it!)
drop biscuit recipe (mine below) or Bisquick for the top

1 cup flour
1 cup wheat flour
1 tsp sugar
3 tsp of backing powder
1/2 tsp of salt
1/3 c oil
1 cup milk
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this is one that i do in steps threw out the day. it can be done all at once but being a stay at home mom i have to privilege of spreading the work out!

what you need to do...

peel your potatoes and carrots
drop them into a pan of water and turn on high. set your timer for 20 min...start the time when you put the pot on the stove NOT when it starts to boil.

~~ lay your chicken on pan for the oven.. season with your chicken seasoning ( mine is pre-made ~~ in a jar! )
~~ put in a 375 oven for 30 min.

drain your potatoes and carrots and leave to cool down
once cool cube them up for the pie

~~ pull chicken out and let cool
~~ cube the chicken up

~~ now put in your frozen pie crust so that they are pre cooked and ready for the pie filling ( this way it will be nice and crisp and you will not have to worry about if its cooked when you bake the top later.... follow the direction on the package...

Grab a new pan to make your rue in
medium heat melt the butter
add the flour and cook about one min to cook out the flour taste
add your chicken broth and start stirring. let it come back to a boil to dissolve any lumps.

~~ now add your potatoes, carrots and chicken into the rue and mix so that its all coated.
~~ pull out your pie pans and fill each one up

prepare your biscuit recipe or your Bisquick and add a little more milk to thin it out. you want it to be thin enough to pour out and cover the top.

~~ put your pies into a 400 degree oven for 15 min if using my biscuit recipe, otherwise for the time of yours. basically all your doing here is cooking the top now.


and there you go. all that work will pay off when you cut into this pot pie and gobble it up!