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Chicken Pot Pie. Homemade Chicken Pot Pie made with a buttery, flaky homemade pie crust filled with a rich, creamy sauce filled with vegetables and tender chicken. The best comfort food dinner!

Chicken Pot Pie

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie made with a buttery, flaky homemade pie crust filled with a rich, creamy sauce filled with vegetables and tender chicken. The best comfort food dinner!

This has been one of the most highly requested recipes on Modern Honey…and it has all come from men! Now, I am not going to try to stereotype here but I have noticed a trend. It seems as though men have strong feelings about chicken pot pie. They love it! My boys and husband get so excited when I say that I am making a homemade chicken pot pie. They run home so fast! 

My daughter who is in college said that every guy that she knows has frozen chicken pot pies in their freezer. It must be the comfort food factor. Have you seen this too? 

Chicken Pot Pie. Homemade Chicken Pot Pie made with a buttery, flaky homemade pie crust filled with a rich, creamy sauce filled with vegetables and tender chicken. The best comfort food dinner!

I do have to say that chicken pot pie does feel like the ultimate comfort food meal with the homemade, buttery, flaky pie crust filled with tender chicken and vegetables in a homemade cream sauce. It sounds pretty decadent to me and anytime I. make this, it is devoured in no time at all. 

I think it comes down to making a killer pie crust. I am so picky about my pie crusts! For so many years, I would eat the frozen pie crusts from the store and the lack of flavor or flakiness just didn’t do anything for me. I set out to create the most perfect buttery pie crust recipe and it isn’t complicated! Actually, it is so easy. I literally throw all of the ingredients into the food processor and within 1 minute, you have pie crust dough.

Chicken Pot Pie. Homemade Chicken Pot Pie made with a buttery, flaky homemade pie crust filled with a rich, creamy sauce filled with vegetables and tender chicken. The best comfort food dinner!

To make a solid homemade pie crust, I use just flour, salt, cold butter, and buttermilk. That’s it! Both the butter and buttermilk create the most tender, flakiest, and buttery pie crust. My Grandma always swore by using milk in her pie crust so just elevated it with the buttermilk. The cold butter creates little pockets of flakiness throughout the crust when it bakes and it is just heavenly.  The pie crust is essential to a phenomenal chicken pot pie so you want to ensure it is out of this world good!

The chicken pot pie filling is made with a simple mix of vegetables — onions, celery, carrots, and peas — sauteed in butter and spices until softened. Then you make a simple roux with flour, heavy cream, and chicken broth. The velvety cream sauce pairs perfectly with the earthy vegetables and tender chicken. 

Chicken Pot Pie. Homemade Chicken Pot Pie made with a buttery, flaky homemade pie crust filled with a rich, creamy sauce filled with vegetables and tender chicken. The best comfort food dinner!

The shredded chicken can come from a store-bought rotisserie chicken or you can poach chicken breasts in some water and until cooked through, season with salt, shred it, and add it to the sauce. 

The homemade chicken pot pie filling is added into the bottom pie crust and then topped with another pie crust and baked until golden, bubbling, and buttery. I let it sit for about 10 minutes which takes some restraint to let it slightly set up and then serve it warm. My family loves this homemade chicken pot pie recipe!

Chicken Pot Pie. Homemade Chicken Pot Pie made with a buttery, flaky homemade pie crust filled with a rich, creamy sauce filled with vegetables and tender chicken. The best comfort food dinner!

How to make the Best Chicken Pot Pie:

  1. Start by making a homemade pie crust with flour, salt, cold butter cut into cubes, and buttermilk. I make mine in a food processor and it takes about 30 seconds. It is so easy! 
  2. Shred your chicken. You can use a seasoned rotisserie chicken from the grocery store or cook your own chicken breasts. I would suggest salting the water if you are poaching your chicken breast and also sprinkling it with salt and pepper after shredding it. This just ensures that the chicken isn’t dependent on the sauce for flavor and has flavor on its own. 
  3. Make sure to whisk your sauce to avoid lumps. A whisk is a miracle worker in the kitchen and ensure a smooth, creamy sauce so use it to ensure there are no flour lumps in your sauce. 
  4. Bake just until golden. I always like to lightly cover the chicken pot pie about halfway through baking time to ensure the crust doesn’t get too brown before the filling is bubbly and thickened.

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Chicken Pot Pie

By: Modern Honey® - www.modernhoney.com
Chicken Pot Pie. Homemade Chicken Pot Pie made with a buttery, flaky homemade pie crust filled with a rich, creamy sauce filled with vegetables and tender chicken. The best comfort food dinner!
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
15 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients  

Homemade Pie Crust:

  • 2 1/2 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 cup Cold Unsalted Butter (cut into cubes)
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk

Chicken Pot Pie Filling:

  • 4 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1 small Onion (diced)
  • 2 Carrots (peeled and sliced)
  • 1 stalk Celery (sliced)
  • 4 cloves Garlic (minced or 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder)
  • 1/2 cup Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dried Thyme (or 1 teaspoon fresh)
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Parsley
  • 2 cups Chicken Broth
  • 3/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • 3 cups Cooked Shredded Chicken
  • 1 cup Frozen Peas
  • 1 large Egg (for egg wash)

Instructions 

Pie Crust:

  • In a food processor or large bowl, mix together flour, salt, butter, and buttermilk. Make sure the butter is cut into small cubes. Mix it together until you can form a ball. Once you can roll it into a ball, cut the pie dough in half.
  • On a lightly floured work surface, roll one half of pie dough into a large 12-inch circle, about 1/4 inch thick. Repeat with another half of the pie dough. Transfer the dough into a 9-inch pie pan. Reserve the other half to place on the top once the filling is placed in the pie pan. Press with fingers until the dough comes up the sides of the pie pan. Place in the refrigerator or freezer until ready to fill.

Chicken Pot Pie Filling:

  • In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, and celery. Cook until softened -- about 8 minutes -- stirring often. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute longer. Whisk in the flour, salt, pepper, thyme, parsley, chicken broth, and heavy cream. Whisk until there are no lumps in the sauce. Let simmer for 8-10 minutes or until thickened.
  • Stir in the shredded, cooked chicken and frozen peas. Let heat for 1 minute.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove the pie crust from the refrigerator and fill it with chicken pot pie filling. Top with other crust and crimp the edges.
  • In a small bowl, whisk egg together with a sprinkle of water. Brush over the top of the pie crust. This helps create a shine and provides moisture to the crust while baking.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. About halfway through the baking time, I carefully place foil over the crust to ensure it doesn't become too brown. Cool for 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Keyword: chicken pot pie, homemade chicken pot pie
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9 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Melissa, I have mentioned before that this is by far absolutely the best Chicken Pot Pie recipe and your Buttery Flaky Pie Crust is as well. I was wondering if this recipe would work in a jumbo muffin pan that makes 6 large muffins. I feel like the cooking time might need adjusting, but for individual servings on a smaller level served with a nice salad would be an awesome meal. What do you think? Thank you in advance!

  2. 5 stars
    My family loved this. Now I need to figure out how to make it as pretty as yours. I will definitely be making it again!

  3. 5 stars
    Oh my gosh….this is incredible! My absolute favorite!! No more buying and making these from the freezer section. 🙂 Comfort food at its finest….savory, flavorful and perfect combo of all the good stuff!

  4. Not usually a fan of chicken pot pie but this recipe is AMAZING! And not to mention so easy, I love it!

  5. 5 stars
    I made this Chicken Pot Pie with your Buttery Flaky Pie Crust recipe yesterday and it was absolutely awesome! I wish I could figure out how to post the picture I took of the Chicken Pot Pie when it came out of the oven. I went exactly by your recipe and it doesn’t need any changes at all. It is perfect! My husband and I really enjoyed it and I will be making it again. Thank you for sharing your recipes!

  6. Hello! I am planning to bring food over soon for a friends that recently added a new member to their family. Can this be frozen? If so, what other instructions would you follow? Thanks!

  7. Want to use your info to help teach my 35yr old daughter more about preparing different recipes she needs more to learn how to prepare!!! Was impressed with some of your Recipes!!! Thank you so much!!!????????????

  8. 5 stars
    This looks amazing… My 2 sons love chicken pot pies. I have a couple in the freezer right now. Chicken and vegetables sounds pretty harmless to me while I diet. but if I know my sons they will eat the whole thing themselves.
    I’m going to gather the stuff tonight and chop and cut up, make the dough for the pie crust and then make it tomorrow for their dinner. Thank you for another really good delicious recipe.
    Donna