Chicken Pot Pie
Creamy chicken and vegetables under a flaky pastry lid.
Ingredients
- 500 g Chicken
- 2 Carrot
- 150 g Frozen peas
- 1 Onion
- 50 g Butter
- 50 g 00 flour
- 500 ml Chicken stock
- 150 ml Milk
- 1 Puff pastry
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Salt
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
- While the oven heats, dice the chicken, carrot, and onion.
- Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat and cook the chicken, carrot, and onion until the chicken is sealed and the vegetables soften, about 6 minutes.
- Stir in the flour and cook 1 minute, then gradually whisk in the stock and milk, add the peas and salt, and simmer to a thick, creamy filling, about 5 minutes.
- Tip the filling into a baking dish, lay the pastry over the top, trim, and brush with beaten egg.
- Bake until the pastry is puffed and deep golden, about 25 minutes.
- Rest a few minutes, then serve.
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About Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Pot Pie is a cornerstone of American comfort cooking, a dish that turns everyday chicken and vegetables into something warm and celebratory under a golden crust. The heart of it is the filling: butter and flour cooked into a roux, then whisked with stock and milk into a velvety sauce that binds diced chicken, carrots, onion, and sweet peas. Topping it all with puff pastry, brushed with beaten egg, gives you the signature contrast of flaky, deep-golden crust breaking into a creamy, savory interior.
Eating it is pure cold-weather satisfaction — a spoon through the crisp lid into a rich, well-seasoned stew of tender chicken and soft vegetables. Cooking the flour for a minute before adding liquid keeps the sauce from tasting raw and helps it thicken to that ideal creamy consistency, while a few minutes' rest after baking lets the filling set so it doesn't run everywhere. This is Sunday-dinner food, the sort of dish that feeds a family and fills a kitchen with the smell of baking pastry. Serve it straight from the dish with a simple salad to lighten the plate.
Chicken Pot Pie: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Chicken Pot Pie?
A serving has about 679 calories — 35.1g protein, 37.5g carbs, 42.9g fat, 3.7g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 35.1g of protein, roughly 21% of its calories.
Is Chicken Pot Pie gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains 00 flour, Puff pastry. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for those ingredients to make it gluten-free.
Is Chicken Pot Pie dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Butter, Milk, Puff pastry. Swapping those for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How long does Chicken Pot Pie take to make?
About 60 minutes start to finish, but only around 28 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
How many servings does Chicken Pot Pie make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.