Granny's Mini Chicken Pot Pie
Intro: Granny's Mini Chicken Pot Pie
In this Instructable, I will show you how to make amazing mini homemade chicken pot pies that will be perfect for those cool crisp fall nights & cold winter evenings. This is a comfort food recipe that was passed down from my great grandmother and is one of my all time FAVORITE winter dishes to make and sink my teeth into!
STEP 1: Homemade Chicken Broth
To make the homemade chicken broth, add the following ingredients to a 8-10 quart stock pot:
- Wash wingetts & chicken breast .Add wingetts and 3 chicken breast
- Wash 1 bundle of celery & cut stalks in half
- Wash and add 10 baby carrots
- Quarter 1 larger onion & seperate layers
- 3 green onion stalks
- 2 Knorr Chicken Bouillon Cubes
- 1-2 Tbsp of Better Than Bouillon Base ( Roasted Chicken Flavor)
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
STEP 2: Making the Filling
- Measure out 4 tablespoons of the softened butter & combine it with the flour in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Use a separate bowl & dissolve the cornstarch into the milk. Set aside.
- Using a large saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of butter and saute the onion, carrot, and celery over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes
- Add the chicken broth and the potatoes and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
- Add the butter & flour mixture. Bring this to a gentle boil while constantly stirring.
- Pour in the milk and cornstarch mixture and bring this to a boil. Add in salt and pepper to taste. Stir in cubed/shredded chicken and peas. Cover and let cool.
STEP 3: Making the Pie Pastry
- In a food processor, combine the flour and salt. Add the butter and pulse a few times until the butter resembles small peas. Add the water and vinegar and pulse a few more times. DO NOT allow it to form into a ball. It should look like crumbs-this is normal.
- Remove the dough from the food processor and place it on a large piece of saran wrap. Twist the plastic in opposite directions to tighten the dough into a ball. Cut the dough into 3 equal parts. Then split EACH part of the dough in to HALF. You should end up with 6 small pieces of dough (see image above). This will make 3 mini pot pies. If you want to make 4 mini pot pies, split the dough into 4 sections and then split each sectioned piece of dough in half.This will yield 8 small pieces of dough.
- Flatten each piece of dough ( you should be flattening 6 small pieces of dough as shown above) into a disk. Cover each disk with plastic wrap and refigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Roll out the mini dough disks onto a lightly floured surface. There will be 2 dough disks per potpie ramekin ( one for the bottom & one for the top). Roll 3 dough disks to about 8 inches in diameter and then roll 3 dough disks to about 5 inches in diameter. The 5 inch dough disk will be for the top and the 8 in dough disk will be for the bottom layer that will sit in the bowl.
- With a sharp knife, make a few slits in the dough disks that are 5 inches in diameter. Pictured above.
- Line each of the 3 pot pie bowls with a 8 inch dough disk. Pictured above.
STEP 4: Adding the Filling & Egg Wash Brushing
- Add the chicken filling to the pot pie bowl until each bowl is nearly full. Pictured above.
- Cover each pie bowl with the second dough disks that has the knife slits in it.
- Pinch the edges of the pie crust and then tuck them under.
- Brush the top with the egg yolk wash.
STEP 5: Baking and Final Product
- Place pot pies on 13 X 9 cook sheet to catch any over spills.
- Bake on 400 for about 40-45 minutes or until pastry is golden brown
- Let rest/cool for 20 minutes before serving
- ENJOY!!