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Chicken Pot Pie Casserole
4 - 6
Serves
30 minutes
Prep Time
35 minutes
Cook Time
Ingredients
Chicken Pot Pie Casserole
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 30g butter
- 2 carrots - peeled and cut into a small dice
- 2 celery stalks - cut into a small dice
- 1 onion - diced
- 3 cloves garlic - crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon each: garlic salt, black pepper
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cooked roasted chicken - cut into chunks
- 1 cup frozen peas - thawed
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 egg - whisked with 1 teaspoon water
Method
Chicken Pot Pie Casserole
- Preheat the oven to 200oC (180oC fan bake).
- Melt the oil and butter together in a large frying pan.
- Sauté the carrot, celery and onion for 5 minutes. Add in the garlic, salt and pepper and cook for a further minute.
- Stir through the flour and cook for another minute.
- Gradually add in the chicken stock, milk and cream, constantly stirring until the sauce thickens.
- Stir through the thyme, bay leaves, chicken and peas. Heat through.
- Tip the mixture into an oven proof dish.
- Cut the pastry sheet into small strips and cover the pie.
- Brush the pastry with the egg mixture and bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown.