chicken pot pie

How To Make chicken pot pie

• Step 1
  Rinse off chicken and make sure the giblet bag is out. Place in a large stock pot. Add water to almost cover chicken (about 5-6 cups) Add 1 bullion cube (or 1 teaspoon chicken base) to pot. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until chicken is cooked and tender. (around 40 minutes)
• Step 2
  Carefully take chicken out of broth...reserving the broth. Let chicken drain and cool enough to remove meat. Cut chicken meat into bite size pieces. Set chicken meat aside.
• Step 3
  Pour 5 cups of reserved broth that chicken was cooking in, aside in a large bowl. In the same stock pot, add butter and melt making sure not to burn it. Add flour and blend constantly until a nice even creamy mixture.Stir over low heat for an additional minute to take out any taste of flour. (this is the roux)
• Step 4
  Slowly add reserved 5 cups of chicken stock to roux,stirring constantly until liquid thickens about 8 minutes or so.
• Step 5
  Add thawed vegetables, spices to taste and chicken meat. If it seems to be too thin, do not worry, it will continue cooking in the oven.
• Step 6
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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  Step 7
  Take dough and line a casserole dish sprayed with oil,for the bottom crust. Add a second layer to cover. Cut some slits here and there to vent while baking.
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  Step 8
  Take some foil and make an armature of a chicken head. Gently sculpt the dough around armature and work in head details. Cut feathers and add line details to the feathers. Place over top dough.
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  Step 9
  Beat one egg and brush the crust and head with egg. Keep head separate from pot pie and place on small baking sheet. This will bake separately from pot pie.
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  Step 10
  Place in preheated oven at 350 degrees. Bake until golden brown. The head will be done before the pot pie. I didnt time it, but it should be anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour for the pot pie.
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  Step 11
  Place head on pot pie. Enjoy the reactions! :)
• Step 12
  Optional preparation: You can always used cooked chicken and store bought broth and dough, but you will miss out on just how good it is when made from scratch.
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