Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 pie shell (deep dish)
- 1 roll-on crust (any brand)
- 2 chicken breasts
- Adobo seasoning
- Chicken bouillon seasoning
- Potatoes (peeled and cut into chunks)
- Salt (for seasoning and boiling potatoes)
- 1.5 bags of frozen mixed vegetables (corn, carrots, string beans, peas)
- 2 cans of cream of chicken soup (or a mixture of cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, or cream of celery if desired)
Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Start by seasoning the chicken breasts with Adobo seasoning and chicken bouillon seasoning. Pan-sear the chicken breasts until they are fully cooked, then chop them into small pieces.
- While the chicken is cooking, boil the peeled and chunked potatoes in salted water for about 15 minutes. Once they are cooked, drain the potatoes.
- In a large pot, combine the cooked chicken, boiled potatoes, frozen mixed vegetables, and the cream of chicken soup. Mix everything together well. You can use a mixture of cream soups if you prefer, but cream of chicken is a classic choice for chicken pot pie.
- Season the mixture with a little more salt to taste. Ensure that the mixture cools down; you don't want to add a piping hot filling to your pie crust, as it can become soggy.
- Take the bottom pie crust straight from the freezer and place it in a deep-dish pie pan.
- Roll out the top pie crust, which you had out for 30-45 minutes to make it easier to handle.
- Fill the deep crust with the chicken and vegetable mixture.
- Place the rolled top pie crust over the filling. Be creative with your edges, as you like.
- Make 4 or 5 slits in the top crust to allow heat to escape during baking to prevent the pie from exploding.
- Prepare an egg wash using just the yolk (not the egg whites). Brush it over the top crust, and sprinkle a little salt on top of the pie.
- Bake the pie in the preheated oven on the bottom rack for 40-50 minutes, depending on your oven's temperature. For the first ten minutes, leave the crust bare, then add a crust cover for the remaining time to prevent it from burning.
- Let the chicken pot pie rest for about 15 minutes before serving.
Enjoy your delicious Homemade Chicken Pot Pie!