My Easy Chicken Pot Pies
INGREDIENTS
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10 chicken breasts - I buy with skin and bone
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1 large onion - roughly chopped
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4 cloves
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4 sprigs of thyme of 2 t dry thyme
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salt/pepper
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juice of 1 lemon
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olive oil
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1 x 250 ml sour cream
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1 bunch of leeks
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2 T butter
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1 t smoked paprika ( optional)
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2 heaped T Ina Paarman Roast Onion Soup/Gravy Powder
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a little boiling water or pan juices if needed - about ½ cup
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2 rolls of puff pastry when making 1 big pie and 3 rolls when making individual pies.
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Method
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Preheat oven to 180C. Place the chopped onion in the bottom of a roasting pan. Clean and wipe chicken breasts with paper towel and place on top of the onions. Drizzle with some olive oil and season with salt, pepper and thyme. Squeeze the juice of th
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Clean and chop the leeks, I use the white parts and about halfway up the green part. Heat a pot on the stove and add the butter and smoked paprika. Once the butter has melted, add the leeks and saute until soft and buttery. Add the chopped up chicken
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When the filling is cold, roll out the pastry and make pies in whatever size you wish. One tip though, when lining your baking dish with pastry, brush the pastry with egg wash, it makes almost a barrier between filling and pastry and prevents soggy p
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Serve with sweet garden peas and baby carrots and maybe a serving of creamy mash on the side.
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