Easy Chicken Pot Pie for Beginners
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Baking Time: 25 minutes 
Makes 1 chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients
2 deep-dish frozen pie crusts
1 split boneless skinless chicken breast
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon butter
½ cup flour
11/2 cup milk
1 cup chicken broth
1 package of frozen mixed vegetables
½ sweet onion
2 medium potatoes
½ cup fresh or canned mushrooms
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Frozen pie crust usually comes in packs of 2. Once the oven is preheated, bake one of the crusts for about 5 minutes to harden the bottom, so it won’t become soggy with the filling inside. Stab the crust a few times with a fork before baking, so that it won’t bubble up.
- Cut the chicken into bite-sized chunks.
- Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a medium-sized saucepan and add the chicken. Stir continuously to keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Cover and simmer for about 3 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into bite-sized chunks. Peel the onion and coarsely dice it.
- Add the potatoes and onions to the pan and cook, covered, until the potatoes begin to soften.
- Remove the chicken potato mixture to a bowl.
- Melt ½ cup of butter in the pan over a medium heat.
- Add ½ cup of flour and stir continuously until the mixture becomes a paste. This will take less than a minute.
- Slowly add the milk to the paste, whisking briskly and continuously to prevent lumping. Continue to whisk as the mixture thickens.
- Once you have a medium-thick creamy texture, add the chicken and potatoes back in.
- Stir continuously. The mixture will continue to thicken.
- Add the garlic powder, thyme, salt, pepper, mushrooms, and frozen vegetables.
- Stir until completely combined.
- Slowly add chicken broth until you have a creamy mixture with the texture of heavy cream.
- Fill the pie crust and place the remaining pie crust over the top.
- Flute the edges.
- Bake for 20 minutes and check the pot pie; if the top crust isn’t a crisp medium brown, bake for 5 more minutes.
- Remove the pot pie from the oven and let it cool for 2-3 minutes.
- Dig in and enjoy!
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