Snack
Chicken Pot Pie
A deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust
A deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust
Cooking time45 minutes
Prep time15 minutes
- DifficultyMedium
Servings4 portions
- 60g Blue Band Margarine
- 1 large onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 400 g chicken breast cubed
- 1 cup carrot diced
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup Heavy cream
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- salt Pepper to taste
- 4 sheets of Pre-Rolled Frozen Puffy Pastry
- 1 egg beaten for egg wash
- In a large saute pan over medium heat. Melt 60g of Blue Band Margarine. Add onions and garlic and saute until soft.
- Add carrots and chicken breast and saute until the carrots and chicken ate just cooked.
- Add the flour and cook for about 2 minutes stirring constantly.
- Add chicken broth and stir well to incorporate the Flour bring to a boil and simmer until thickened
- Turn off the stove and stir in the Bay Leaves, Frozen peas, Heavy cream, Salt and Pepper to taste.
- Divide the filling into 4 large oven-safe Ramekins about 3/4 way to the top.
- Cut out 4 round Frozen Puff Pastry circles larger than the Ramekins. Brush the outside edges of each Ramekin with the Egg wash.
- Place the cols dough rounds over the Ramekins pressing firmly around the edges to seal. Brush the top of the dough with egg wash. Using a sharp knife, make a slit on the top of each pie.
- Place the Ramekins in a preheated oven at 200 Degrees Celcius and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the pastry is a rich Golden Brown.
- Remove from the oven and serve warm.
| Energy (kcal) | 241 kcal |
| Energy (kJ) | 1012 kJ |
| Protein (g) | 25.0 g |
| Carbohydrate incl. fibre (g) | 9.7 g |
| Carbohydrate excl. fibre (g) | 7.4 g |
| Sugar (g) | 4.3 g |
| Fibre (g) | 2.3 g |
| Fat (g) | 11.1 g |
| Saturated fat (g) | 3.2 g |
| Unsaturated fat (g) | 6.7 g |
| Monounsaturated fat (g) | 4.4 g |
| Polyunsaturated fat (g) | 2.3 g |
| Trans fat (g) | 0.1 g |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 121 mg |
| Sodium (mg) | 628 mg |
| Salt (g) | 1.57 g |
| Vitamin A (IU) | 5830 IU |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 10.1 mg |
| Calcium (mg) | 52 mg |
| Iron (mg) | 1.52 mg |
| Potassium (mg) | 459 mg |
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