Tasty Tuesdays a la Talia

Eeek! My first cooking post! I got inspired last week whilst cooking one of my favorite things-chicken pot pie- and started taking pictures. But since Tuesday is Talia's cooking day, and I didn't want to steal her day, I thought, I'll just give her the week off! Besides, who really wants to cook when they're pregnant anyways?

So here we go, Chicken Pot Pie, Lorieloo style. I got this recipe from my sister-in-law Colleen.

But before we start I must say that I took a lot of pictures and will try to be detailed, even though this is a super simple recipe. And if you're a veggie-saurous than you could skip the chicken and just add more veggies. And If you haven't already, discover the Pioneer Woman. Her cooking is so delicious and while it might not always seem to be the easiest thing to cook at first, her step by step pictures (and hilarious commentary) make everything she cooks uber appealing and enticing to try.

So without further ado.....The ingredients
I will say that all too often I don't actually boil my own chicken. I'll buy the whole roasted chickens from the grocery store and just pick them apart. Also, I didn't have frozen mixed veggies, so I just mixed my frozen veggies!

Henry, mommy is trying to cook right now....

The actual recipeBut if you're boiling chicken this is how I do it,
and I'm sure there are a bunch of tricks for boiling chicken,
this is just mine.

I start by either using chicken broth or in this case,
chicken bouillon cubes.

Then I add the chicken.

And I let that cook for awhile. In the mean time I prep my veggies.

I'm a huge fan of potatoes in everything,
so in addition to my two cups of frozen veggies,
I add some small diced potatoes.

Seriously Henry, mommy is trying to cook.....

Okay that's better....
Enjoy your darling dancing muppets my dear boy.

And since our chicken is still not done let's prep our crust.

I use the easy, roll out crust, but I'm sure this would be

even more delicious if you wanted to make your own crust.
But I did say this recipe was easy, so roll it out dough it is.
I like to buy them when they're on sale and stick them in my freezer.
This meal really can be a "freezer" meal because you most likely
will have most of the contents in your freezer.

Just lay it flat and push the crust into the pie plate so that
completely covers the dish.

I think I smell the chicken.
When you drain off the liquid it should look something like this.
I always cut into the middle of the thickest piece to make sure it's
all white with no more pink spots. Pink chicken=bad!

Then I dice it into small bites, but careful-it's hot!
(Do you see why this is so much easier when you just buy a pull a part chicken?)
The recipe calls for 1 lb. of cooked chicken.
I cooked three chicken breasts and only ended up using two.
I probably should have used the third.

Then into a skillet goes a the butter. 1/3 cup of butter.
And I do mean butter.
Everything is better with butter.

Then add the flour, 1/3 cup.

Then add the milk, 2/3 cup.

Then add 1 1/2 cups chicken broth.

Stir well.

Keep stirring until thick and bubbly.

Then add the veggies and meat...

Stir until everything is well coated.

Then fill your pie crust with the yummy buttery goodness...

Cover with the second crust and sort of mush the crust all the way around the edge.
You can sort of fold it over, or get fancy and press down with a fork.
Just cut off any excess so as not to burn it.
Me, I'm a simple gal, so the folding-smushing method is the way to go.

Give it a few pokes for good measure...

Then cover with foil and stick in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
At about 25-30 minutes, check to see how it's coming and
pull of the foil to let the crust brown up a bit.

When it's done, it should look like this.
Yummy and golden brown.
If you have any spots off crust on top that still look a bit uncooked, cook it longer.=)
The flakier the better.

Note to self, next time bake on a cookie sheet so as to avoid leakage.

My mouth is watering....

hmmmmm.......

So there you have it, my favorite chicken pot pie recipe. Actually it's my only pot pie recipe. But still, it's delicious and I even like it reheated the next day (and the next day too!).

Hope you enjoy and I hope you enjoyed your week off Talia!

List of ingredients:

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup flour
2/3 cup milk
1 1/2 cup chicken broth

2 cups frozen veggies (but I always use more)
1 lb. cooked chicken
pie crust

350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Enjoy!

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