Mamies Chicken Pie Recipes

MOM'S CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, flour, salt, and pepper in melted butter until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and pour chicken broth and milk into the skillet; bring the mixture to a boil and cook to thicken slightly, about 1 minute.
• Remove skillet from heat and stir chicken, peas and carrots, and potatoes into the broth mixture.
• Press one pie pastry into the bottom of a deep-dish pie pan. Pour the broth mixture into the pie pastry. Top with remaining pastry and press edges together to form a seal. Cut several slits into the top pastry. Place pie plate on a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until the crust is golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let pie cool and filling thicken at room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes before cutting.

MOM'S CHICKEN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.) Place spinach in a steamer over 1 inch of boiling water, and cover. Cook until tender, about 2 to 6 minutes. Drain and cool..
• Place spinach in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Cover with chopped chicken. Sprinkle on the sliced mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Spread sour cream evenly over top. Cover with puff pastry.
• Prick the puff pastry in several places to allow steam to escape. Brush top with beaten egg. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

MAMIE'S CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken, stir to coat and cook until brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, celery, onions, garlic and leek and continue cooking until the vegetables are a light brown. Add enough water to cover the chicken, and then add the peppercorns, parsley and thyme. Stir to mix and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and let simmer until the meat falls off the bone, about 2 hours.
• Keep the chicken aside and let cool. Keep the stock. Debone and cut the meat in chunks. Strain and skim the fat from the stock. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. (This step can be done the day before.)
• Add the potatoes to the stock and cook for 20 minutes. Skim the surface if necessary. Add the pasta and continue cooking until the pasta is al dente, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the chicken chunks. Adjust the seasoning and serve.

AUNT MAMIE'S

Steps:

• Beat together cream cheese and margarine until well blended. Add flour, mixing well. Shape into a ball, cover and chill for 2 hours.
• In saucepan over medium heat, cook sugar and milk, stirring occasionally until milk boils and sugar is dissolved. Add the ground nuts. Remove from heat and let cool until mixture is of spreading consistency.
• Roll out chilled dough on lightly floured surface to a rectangle about 18 X 12 inches. Cut in half lengthwise. Spread each piece with milk/nut filling and roll up like a jelly-roll, starting from the long side.
• Cut each roll in half. Place seam side down on ungreased cookie sheets (two on a baking sheet). Leaving roll's shape intact, cut into slices 1/2 inch thick almost to the bottom of the roll.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes or till done. Remove from sheet and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Cool on racks. Cut cookies all the way through. Refrigerate or freeze. Re-sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.
• Variations: A) In place of milk/sugar/nut filling, spread with ground filberts and red raspberry preserves. B) Before rolling, sprinkle chopped chocolate chips over milk/sugar/nuts filling.

MAMA'S CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Fry the potatoes, carrots and onions in the butter.
• In a separate bowl combine the cream of chicken soup, tyme, basil, marjoram, chicken and cheese.
• After the veggies are done, place them in the bowl and mix well with other ingredients.
• Pour into a deep casserole dish.
• Place a frozen pie shell on top of the dish and cut slits in the top of it.
• Place in the oven and bake for about 45 minutes.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Place 1 pie crust in a 9-inch pie plate. Poke several holes in the bottom of the crust.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool.
• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Season both sides of chicken breasts with rosemary, parsley, salt, and pepper. Add chicken to the skillet and saute until golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes per side.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and add 2/3 cup chicken broth. Simmer, being careful not to overcook, just until chicken juices run clear, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate, allowing it to cool until the juices settle, about 15 minutes. Reserve pan drippings.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add pan drippings and garlic. Saute until garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add onion, salt, and pepper and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Whisk in flour until mixture thickens.
• Add 1 3/4 cups chicken broth and milk, 1 cup of liquid at a time, whisking constantly. Remove from heat once mixture begins to thicken.
• Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and mix with thawed vegetables and broth mixture until combined. Pour into the pre-baked pie crust. Cut slits in the remaining pie crust and place it on top of the pie, crimping the edges to seal and decorating them with tongs or a fork, if desired.
• Place pot pie in the oven and bake until crust is golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes. Check edges halfway through baking time and cover them with aluminum foil if they start to brown too much.

MAMAW'S CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Boil chicken for 20 minutes, tear into pieces and layer in the bottom of a casserole dish.
• Mix vegetables, cream of chicken soup, and broth together, pour over chicken.
• Mix flour, butter and buttermilk together and layer over the vegetable mixture.
• Bake at 350 cegrees for about 35-45 minutes.

CHICKEN PIE FROM AMISH COOKBOOK

Steps:

• Filling: Remove chicken from bones.
• Cut meat into bite sized pieces.
• Set aside.
• Melt butter; stir in flour.
• Blend in chicken broth and milk, and cook until smooth and sllightly thickened.
• Add chicken to gravy.
• Spread vegetables on bottom of greased baking pan.
• Pour chicken gravy over top.
• Crust: Mix dry ingredients together.
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles peas.
• Stir in milk and mix well.
• Add egg and blend.
• Roll out dough, then spread over chicken.
• Cut slits in dough to permit steam to escape.
• Bake at 425F for 20 to 30 minutes or until crust is brown.