Ive been struggling to find a chicken pie, with no bacon in, as Im semi-vegetarian, but recently found Bells Chicken and mushroom, and Iceland Chicken Kiev pies. Both are very tasty and have good chunks of chicken, not just gravy.
Maureens pie’n’mash over in Poplar, that there London
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Accept no substitutes, deliverys available 😉
https://maureenspieandmash.co.uk/
What the hell have you done to the poor thing?
Chicken pie you say? I tried one this weekend - bag of sliced leeks, bag of chopped white onion, floret of broccoli (is it called that?) Box of button mushrooms...4 chicken breasts and a jar of lasagna white sauce (I'm failing with my attempts at sauces) and a pack of Bells puff pastry pre-rolled (I'm also failing with pastry).
Put broccoli and leeks in a pan and heat and then let boil for same length of time the chicken breasts take to cook.
Cook mushrooms and onions.
Once all is done, slice chicken breasts and put everything in a pot and mix it up - add some mixed herbs and a bit of garlic salt. Pour a 3rd of the sauce in an ovenproof dish and rest in with the cooked food and mix well then empty into oven dish and mix well. Add pastry and brush milk over top, bung in oven for 30 mins on 180c.
Turned out to be very tasty...although I think I'd have preferred a chicken stock/thick gravy type sauce but it was very tasty.
No doubt a poor attempt compared to everything else but it was asked for seconds and we've horsed the serves 4 in 1 sitting.
Plenty chicken in it and the veg all seemed to work as well. So about 25 mins prep and 30 mins cook, not the quickest but dead easy.
Turned out to be very tasty…although I think I’d have preferred a chicken stock/thick gravy type sauce but it was very tasty.
The best ‘stock’ to use for any form of chicken-based pie, by miles!
Another one of my old favourite recipes.
Chicken thighs (holds miles more flavour than breasts and doesn’t dry out), a thick gammon steak cut into chunks, leeks, onions, chestnut mushrooms, all fried in butter, then all mixed up with a can of this stuff, a bit of water, mixed herbs and plenty of black pepper.
Slow cook the filling for an afternoon (until the chicken thighs fall apart when you stir it), encase in pastry and Bobs your aunties live-in-lover
You’re welcome 😃
Well pie week inspired me to make chicken and veg pie for tea followed by apple pie. My pastry making skills are never the best and apple pie ended up as four small ones as the sweetened pastry wouldn't roll in one piece.
Still tahsted good, better than it looks, but two batches of pastry in one afternoon was probably over ambitious.
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Edit: cheers for the sauce tip @Binners. Mine just used powdered stock, lemon and thyme. Didn't use leeks this time as there was chard in the garden so first home grown veg of the year.
Is this Pie Week because tomorrow (14th March) is Pie Day? Only in America, though (and nothing to do with Don McLean)
floret of broccoli (is it called that?)
It's a 'head' I think. A floret would be a piece of it.
a pack of Bells puff pastry pre-rolled (I’m also failing with pastry).
No-one makes their own puff pastry, I wouldn't lose any sleep over that.
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We’ve been knocking’um out for over a hundred years winkle
Looks like you've just emptied the lawnmower over it. 🤢
