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Best Ever Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

October 28, 2023 by Tangled with Taste 18 Comments

Chicken Pot Pie recipe that is seriously the BEST EVER! A Pot Pie masterpiece of juicy chicken, tender vegetables and herb filled béchamel goodness in a flaky buttery crust.

Best Pot Pie recipe ever

 

Best Ever Chicken Pot Pie

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Originally posted Oct 2017. Reposted for easy finding.

Tips to speed this recipe up can be found halfway down the post. Full recipe can be found toward the bottom of this post.

This is the crème de la crème of chicken pot pie recipes! The best of the best.

This is probably not a recipe for the faint of heart, as the first time you make this savory masterpiece of juicy chicken, tender vegetables and herb filled béchamel goodness in a flaky buttery crust, it will take some time!

Let me just promise you though, it is the BEST ever, and will be worth every second you spend making it.

And for those who just don’t have the time, no worries! I’ve included a couple tips to help simplify this recipe and cut your cooking time down.

Easy recipe for potpie

Homemade Pot Pie Recipe?

Pot pie is amazing if cooked right! Cooking the vegetables, the meat, and the sauce separately, keeps this pot pie from being a squishy mushy mess. In fact, it’s a fantastically delicious mess!

I wanted to share this recipe with you because it is one of those meals that gives you that “home” moment. That comfort that comes from warm memories associated with good food.

This is definitely the recipe you want on a freezing cold day (and the day after too).

It’s the recipe you want when you need to take a meal to someone and don’t want to go with the traditional casserole or chicken noodle soup.

This Chicken Pot Pie is the recipe that will make it so one day your kids will say “My Mom is the best cook in the world! I remember her chicken pot pie… ahh! You have got to try it sometime!”

For reals. They’ll say that.

Best chicken pot pie ever of all time!!!

Easy Chicken Pot Pie:

So, first things first, let’s simplify this hot mess. While you could make your own crust, AND you could make your own chicken (bake or broil, but please don’t boil!). Why do that when you can make this chicken pot pie in half the time by using a rotisserie chicken and a store bought pie crust? Both ways are delicious, one is just faster. Either way, you’re gonna love the end result because the magic is in the béchamel.

Once you’ve cut and prepped the veggies, put the water on the stove for boiling and start on the béchamel. Be sure you don’t add the vegetables to your boiling water until your béchamel is simmering.

Once you’ve got everything cooked in its own separate time, you get to add it all together in what I love to refer to as that butterflies in your stomach moment. It’s just a gorgeous moment of cooking when all those rich beautiful colors and incredible aromatic smells come together, and you know, you just KNOW that something fabulous is about to happen! I sure LOVE that moment…

Old fashioned chicken pot pie

Grandma’s chicken pot pie:

Place your pie crusts in a pie plate, toss your veggies together in a bowl, layer in vegetables and chicken until the pie is full, pour béchamel over the top of everything, and cover the whole delicious mess with a second pie crust. Crimp edges, cut steam holes, add a pretty shape like my leaf, brush the whole crust down with egg wash, and bake until your house smells like Heaven! Voila! It’s that easy ;).

 

Note: This pot pie tastes even better on day two when the flavors have had a chance to mature and meld together overnight. So if you have leftovers: CELEBRATE!

Fun idea: This recipe uses the same vegetables as my Rotisserie Chicken and Vegetables soup. A fun idea I often do when making this Pot Pie, is cut and cook double the vegetables and use the second half to make the Rotisserie soup the next evening. OR vice versa.

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Ingredients

  • 2 premade pie crusts
  • One egg, whisked with a couple drops of water to create an eggwash
  • Pot Pie Filling
  • 1 cup potatoes, cubed small (think 1/2 inch or smaller)
  • 1.5 cups of carrot slices
  • 1 small-medium sized sweet onion, diced
  • 3/4 cup celery, sliced on a diagonal into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 2 cups shredded or cubed cooked chicken
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 5 thyme sprigs
  • *frozen peas (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon of finely chopped Italian parsley
  • Béchamel (Sauce)
  • 3 TBS of butter
  • 2 TBS of flour
  • 2.5 cups milk
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 chicken bullion cube
  • 2 sprigs Thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Pinch of cayenne
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

    Pot Pie Filling
  1. Put 2 bay leafs, and 4 thyme sprigs into a pot of salted water and bring to a simmer. Add onions. After 2 minutes, add carrots. After another 2 minutes, add potatoes. Continue to boil over medium high-heat until just tender (about another 6 minutes). Drain vegetables, discard bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Spread vegetables out on a baking sheet.
  2. Bring a large pot of salted water with one bay leaf and 1 thyme sprig in it, to a boil. Separately, fill a medium bowl with ice water.
  3. Blanch the celery (basically this means stick the celery in the boiling water for about 1-2 minutes, then transfer it directly to the ice water to stop the cooking process). Drain and add celery to the other veggies. With salt and pepper (heavier on the pepper because or béchamel is already seasoned with salt), season the tray full of vegetables.
  4. Béchamel (Sauce)
  5. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, whisk in the flour and cook, whilst whisking constantly for about a minute or two (until the flour mixture starts turning lightly golden but not quite brown). Whisk in the milk and cream, and lower your heat to a gentle simmer. Add all the seasonings and herbs.
  6. Cook, whisking often, until the sauce has thickened and reduced to about 2.5 cups (approx. 10-15 minutes usually). Once cooked down, remove the thyme sprigs and bay leaf from your béchamel.
  7. Butterflies in your stomach moment!
  8. Preheat oven to 375*
  9. Roll out pie crust and place bottom part in your pie tin. Fill bottom crust with your chicken, veggies, frozen peas, and parsley; then pour the béchamel over. Apply rolled out top crust and press edges of dough together to seal. Now trim away any excess dough that overhangs the rim. Brush the top and edges of your crust with a beaten egg. Cut vent holes in the top of crust, so steam can escape. Using your excess dough and a cookie cutter, create a fun shape and add your cut out shape to the top of your pie if so desired, "gluing" it down with a little of the eggwash.
  10. Bake on LOWER oven rack until the crust is a rich golden brown (50 minutes to one hour).
  11. Transfer to a cooling rack and let rest for ten to fifteen minutes before cutting.
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Nutrition

Calories

1590 cal

Fat

93 g

Carbs

116 g

Protein

74 g
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Comments

  1. Danielle Aarstad says

    March 31, 2021 at 5:54 pm

    Hi! I use this recipe all the time-I absolutely love it. I was just wondering if you have ever made it ahead(night before). I’m making it for a friend, but would like to do it the night before, because I work. Any suggestions?
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      April 1, 2021 at 12:07 am

      Yes! I think it's even better on day two!
      Reply
  2. Lisa says

    August 11, 2020 at 11:16 pm

    There’s peas in the photos but not in the actual recipe? Or did I miss them in the recipe??
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      September 9, 2020 at 1:09 pm

      Sorry! Yes the peas are pot of the recipe but they are optional. They don't get cooked with the other veggies, you just add them still frozen right before adding the top crust and baking.
      Reply
  3. JORDYN says

    June 9, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    i made this tonight and it was STUPENDOUS! i followed the recipe exactly and didnt change a thing. Thank you for such a lovely recipe.
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      June 25, 2020 at 9:44 am

      Oh wow!!! Thank you for telling me so! Made my day!!!
      Reply
  4. Wanda Banks says

    March 7, 2019 at 9:19 pm

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE good food was searching for a good sauce for homemade pot pie knew it was different than a rue sauce it sounds Amazon I just want to know can I switch pie crust for puff pastry
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      March 9, 2019 at 12:30 am

      Yes you can!!! But the cooking time may vary slightly. But it'll taste delightful!
      Reply
  5. Mandy says

    February 7, 2019 at 7:48 pm

    I made this recipe tonight, and it was amazing!!
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      February 13, 2019 at 10:35 am

      Thank you!!!!
      Reply
  6. Michelle G says

    December 31, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    This recipe is amazing! The sauce is to die for...I may just have to make it to pour on everything I eat. I do like to make my own crusts because pre-made ones always taste funny to me. It takes time to make but definitely worth it.
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      January 1, 2018 at 2:55 pm

      Yes! If you're using a homemade crust- this recipe cannot be beat!!! I have a butter crust I like to make when cooking this pot pie and it is work, but divine! So glad you tried this recipe and thank you for letting me know you liked it :). Happy new year!
      Reply
      • Donna C. Inman says

        July 7, 2022 at 8:29 am

        What is your butter crust recipe?
        Reply
        • Tangled with Taste says

          July 8, 2022 at 1:02 pm

          2.5 cups all purpose flour, plus more for rolling 1 tsp Salt 2.5 sticks (10 oz) cold butter, cut into 1/2" pieces 4-6 TBS Ice Water The key is to avoid overworking the dough. Combine the flour and salt, then add the butter pieces and toss together until they're coated with the flour mixture. Then on a Slow speed mixture with a paddle attachment (or by hand), mix together until the flour is in pea sized pieces, Drizzle 1/4 cup of the cold water over the top and mix together slowly until it just holds together when pinched. Add the remaining water as needed if the dough is extremely dry. Divide the dough in half and shape into a 1" thick disc. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour (up to a full day). Then roll out the disks and use for your pies.
          Reply
  7. Jessica says

    September 5, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    What kind of cream?
    Reply
    • Flirting with Flavor says

      September 5, 2017 at 11:14 pm

      Jessica I use Heavy Whipping Cream, although I once used regular whipping cream and honestly couldn't feel a big difference, so whatever you have available should work great :)
      Reply
  8. Christa Long Art says

    November 15, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    This looks amazing !!!
    Reply
    • Flirting with Flavor says

      September 5, 2017 at 11:16 pm

      THanks Friend!!! Try it sometime, you'll love it!
      Reply

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