Chicken pie

[beejaybee]

I want to make a small chicken pie for myself with no artifical ingredients. Any suggestions please

[B00]

Chicken pie

[beejaybee]

Thanks a lot boo, but the leeks & wine would be out.

[shaneystar2]

Your best bet would be if have some cold roast chicken leftovers ..otherwise use cooked chicken breast. Make a quantity of shortcrust pastry enough for your size pie dish .Line the dish ..in the meantime make a white sauce ..add the chopped chicken .sliced mushrooms , tablespoon of frozen peas ,tablespoon of sweetcorn ,season well with fresh chopped parsley a little salt and ground black pepper, or you can also crumble a chicken oxo into the mixture.Pour this into the lined dish .. brush the edges of the pastry put the lid on ,flute with a fork ,cut a slit in the top and brush with beaten egg. Bake in the centre of a medium oven for about forty to fifty minutes or until the pastry is golden.

[shaneystar2]

P.S Forgot to mention ..you can add some chopped ham as well for a chicken and ham pie.

[beejaybee]

Thanks shaneystar2. I would have to leave out mushrooms,& sweetcorn. Blooming boring are n`t I. lol

[shaneystar2]

You are welcome ...you can add any diced veg of your choice of course.Eg bell peppers,red and green ...It's just that the veg give that sort of pie a bit of colour on the plate.
Chicken and ham pie was a great favourite with my son until he went veggie on me !!

[beejaybee]

It`s a medical condition that makes me be cautious of additives, artificial colourings etc. I could quite easy not eat meat, but I`m married to a butcher lol

[Pebbles]

Make/buy pasrty.

Cook some ckicken/or use leftovers from the Sunday roast and add any veg you want or don't want. Add an undiluted can of Cambells Chicken soup. Cover with pastry, cook gas 7 for about 35 mins.

[Pebbles]

That should be Cambells Condensed Chicken soup, sorry.

[beejaybee]

Thanks all. Between all the tips & suggestions I should get somewhere.Will have to check the ingredients on a Campbells can

[nickmo]

Make pastry - dice some cooked chicken; make a white sauce and add diced veg of choice; season, mix and fill pie case; glaze pastry, make a steam vent and bake and enjoy. If you want a few ideas, see: http://www.astray.com/recipes/?search=chicken+pie or http://chef2chef.net/search/menuc.php?search=chicken+pie from a couple of recipe sites with variations.

Try with filo pastry topping, with celery and spinach, with ham, with button mushrooms, with caramelised onions etc etc etc

[beejaybee]

Thanks for all your suggestions.I `ll have to check the labels on a few items before I make it & leave out somethings. At least it`ll be unique lol