The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

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How to Make Chicken Pot Pie

Pop quiz time, everyone: raise your hand if you’ve ever had chicken pot pie.

OK, good. Now, if the chicken pot pie you had was a little single-serving thing that came out of a box in the freezer, put your hand down again. Because you haven’t really had chicken pot pie.

A homemade chicken pot pie is a thing of beauty. It’s a savory blend of chicken, veggies, and potatoes, smothered in a rich, creamy gravy…all baked into a crisp, flaky, golden crust.

The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie -- Slice of pie on a white plate

Now maybe if you’re a vegetarian, or you share your home with one, you might think you need to settle for frozen pot pies because you can’t make a homemade chicken pot pie without the chicken. Never fear! All you need is a good chicken substitute, like Morning Star Chik’n Strips, and some veggie broth to make the gravy. All the other ingredients – taters, veggies, and TLC – are just the same.

This really is The Beast Homemade Chicken Pot Pie. Don’t believe me? Just try it and see. This recipe makes two potpies, so you can do one meat and one veggie, or you can make one and freeze the other for later. Then you get the best of both worlds – a homemade pie that needs no work except heating up.

NOTE: This recipe make 2 pies. If you are only wanting 1, cut ingredients in half. 

The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

(printable ingredients list and directions at bottom of post) 
DIRECTIONS:

  1. In a large pot, add butter, potatoes carrots, onion, celery and garlic. Sauté until tender. Stir in flour until blended.The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie - Saute vegetables in a pot
  2. Gradually add broth.Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in peas, 1/2 cup cream, parsley, garlic salt and pepper. Stir in chicken.The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie - Sauted vegetables with broth, cream and peas
  3. Spoon into two ungreased 9 in pie plates. In a small bowl, whisk egg and 1 Tbsp or cream, set aside.
  4. Roll out the pastry to fit the top of each pie. Place over filling and trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pasty to vent. Brush top of pies with egg mixture.The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie - Pie being brushed with egg wash
  5. Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes or until golden. Let stand for 10 mins before cutting.Slice of the Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie on a white plate

NOTE: You can bake both pies, or cover and freeze one potpie for up to 3 months. To use frozen potpie, remove from the freezer 30 minutes before baking. Cover pie loosely with foil. Place on a baking sheet. Pre heat oven to 375-degree F and bake until lightly browned and bubbly, about 40 to 45 minutes. Oven times will vary.

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4.96 from 71 votes

The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Author Corey Valley
This recipe for The Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie pot pies, so you can do one meat and one veggie, or you can make one and freeze the other for later!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 4 Tablespoons butter
  • 2 medium potatoes peeled and cut into 1 in pieces
  • 3 medium carrots cut into 1in pieces
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 rib of celery
  • 2-3 garlic cloves minced
  • 6 Tbsp all purpose flour
  • 3 cups chicken broth or veg broth for veg version
  • 4 cups cooked chicken meat shredded or cubed
  • 2/3 cups frozen peas
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 Tablespoon heavy cream divided
  • 1 Tablespoon minced parsley
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 package 15 oz refrigerated pie pastries (2 will be in the package)
  • 1 egg

Instructions

  • In a large pot, add butter, potatoes carrots, onion, celery and garlic. Sauté until tender. Stir in flour until blended.
  • Gradually add broth.Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in peas, 1/2 cup cream, parsley, garlic salt and pepper. Stir in chicken.
  • Spoon into two ungreased 9 in pie plates. In a small bowl, whisk egg and 1 Tbsp or cream, set aside.
  • Roll out the pastry to fit the top of each pie. Place over filling and trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pasty to vent. Brush top of pies with egg mixture. Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes or until golden. Let stand for 10 mins before cutting.
  • NOTE: You can bake both pies, or cover and freeze one potpie for up to 3 months. To use frozen potpie, remove from the freezer 30 minutes before baking. Cover pie loosely with foil. Place on a baking sheet. Pre heat oven to 375-degree F and bake until lightly browned and bubbly, about 40 to 45 minutes. Oven times will vary.

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Notes

This recipe makes 2 pies. You can either bake both or freeze one for later. The nutritional facts reflect 16 total servings (2 pies)

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 456mg | Potassium: 282mg | Fiber: 1g | Vitamin A: 2210IU | Vitamin C: 9.8mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 2.1mg

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173 Comments

  1. Hi
    What could I serve alongside this pie. Any recommendations?

    1. I love a big salad on the side 🙂

  2. 5 stars
    Made this pot pie (just one as there are only two of us) for dinner tonight. My girlfriend and I loved it. I used frozen pie pastry, didn’t have peas so I used corn. I will definitely be making this again! Thank you.

  3. 5 stars
    I went off this recipe but also added a few things I added a package of broccoli, cauliflower, I added chicken noodle soup, green onions, and a lil more cream, a stick of butter, and mushrooms, some Italian seasoning .. omgosh this was one of the best chicken pot pies I’ve ever made. Thank you for sharing your recipe. Teresa

  4. Jayne Perala says:

    No cream soups and only one crust! This is perfect. Can’t wait to try it.

  5. Hi how much broth do you use?