Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

This hearty and delicious Homemade Chicken Pot Pie may be the best comfort food you’ll ever taste! It’s perfect on a chilly winter’s night. The chicken and vegetables are bathed in a rich creamy sauce then topped with the most exquisite, flaky goat cheese biscuits or canned Buttermilk Flaky Layers Biscuits if you need a shortcut.

When the temperatures plummet, and you’re craving something warm and comforting, give this Chicken Pot Pie Casserole a try! It will get rave reviews!!

Why You Must Make

• Chicken Pot Pie is the epitome of comfort food.
• It’s a full meal in one dish. There is meat, vegetables, and starch in every serving.
• It’s easily adapted to use your favorite vegetables and toppings. Skip the mushrooms. Top with homemade or canned biscuits. 

I had a log of herb and garlic goat cheese in the fridge and I decided to make my favorite Goat Cheese Biscuits with a twist for the finishing touch this time. The resulting Homemade Chicken Pot Pie was amazing!

How to Make

There is nothing complicated about making pot pies, though there are a number of steps and a few dirty dishes. Here’s the lowdown:

1. Chop filling ingredients, then saute the aromatics and vegetables as directed.
2. Mix together vegetables, and chicken. Make a white sauce with butter, flour, and chicken broth. Mix all together and add to the prepared casserole dish.

3. Top the warm filling with the biscuits of your choice.
4. Bake as directed.

Expert Tips

• Before you start, make sure your chicken is cooked and cut into cubes. This can be rotisserie chicken, leftover chicken, or poached boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I like to do this the day before so it’s ready to go.
• Next, chop and cook all the vegetables so they’re soft as they won’t be in the oven long enough to fully cook. Do not precook the peas as they will turn gray after being in the oven.
• Finally, make the sauce. It’s a basic white sauce, enhanced with sherry and fresh thyme.
• PRO-Tip: I recommend using Wonder flour if you don’t make a lot of sauces or gravy. It is a granular flour by Gold Medal that doesn’t get lumpy.
• To make the sauce, melt the butter, then whisk in and cook the flour to remove any raw flour taste. Slowly whisk in the milk and chicken broth and keep whisking until thickened. Add the sherry, then taste and add salt and pepper if needed.
• PRO-Tip: Like salt, alcohol will enhance the flavor of the sauce. If you’re worried about serving alcohol to your children, just cook the sauce for a few extra minutes and the alcohol will evaporate. Of course, you can skip this addition, too, if that’s your preference.
• Add the chicken, reserved vegetables, and peas to the sauce. Then make the biscuits if you want to top with a homemade version.
• PRO-Tip: Add the biscuits to a hot filling. Rewarm the filling if needed as the heat from below will help cook the underside of the biscuits.

How to make Buttermilk Biscuits

• I have topped this pot pie recipe with goat cheese biscuits, my favorite buttermilk biscuit recipe, and canned butterflake biscuits from the grocery store. All versions are delicious and work well.
• There is an art to making flaky biscuits. First, depending on the recipe, your butter, shortening, and buttermilk should be very cold.
• The fat should be worked into the dry ingredients quickly so it stays cold. I like using my hands to press the pieces of butter and/or shortening into flat pieces using my fingers. Then using a pastry blender or a couple of knives, blend until the mixture is the consistency of cornmeal.
• Mix in the buttermilk to form the dough. 
• Pat the dough out on a well-floured surface. I like to fold the dough over itself a couple of times to help make more layers. A floured rolling pin can help even out the dough before cutting.
• Use a biscuit cutter dipped in flour to cut out 12 rounds.
• PRO-Tip: Do not twist the cutter, but instead, cut straight down. This will make for taller biscuits. Top the casserole and brush the biscuit tops with melted butter before baking.
• PRO-Tip: If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, you can easily make your own at home. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, white or cider vinegar to a one-cup liquid measuring cup. Fill the cup with milk to the one-cup mark. Let rest a couple of minutes, stir, then use it as a substitute.

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Serving Suggestions

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The Recipe:

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Yield 8

A rich and delicious Chicken Pot Pie topped with homemade buttermilk biscuits

Ingredients

Chicken Pot Pie Filling:

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, poached or roasted and chopped
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 4 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 stalks of celery, sliced or chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
• 8 ounces button mushrooms, halved
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup flour, I use Wondra for a smoother sauce
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1 cup frozen peas, thawed

Biscuit recipe adapted from Art Smith (or use a 16.3 oz Pillsbury Grands Buttermilk Flaky Biscuits (cut in half and placed cut side down across the surface of the casserole).:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
• 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) good quality goat herb and garlic goat cheese, cut into small piece
• 1 cup buttermilk
• About 1 tablespoon melted butter to brush on biscuits

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a Dutch oven. Add onions, celery, and carrots and cook for about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and bell pepper and cook till all veggies are soft. Season with salt and pepper and remove from pot to bowl.
2. Heat butter in the pan and then add flour. Cook for about a minute, then slowly whisk in milk and chicken broth.
3. Add thyme and continue to cook and whisk till thickened.
4. Add sherry, then taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add chopped chicken, reserved veggies, and peas to the sauce. Mix then pour in a casserole dish.
6. Preheat oven to 425º. Make biscuits.
7. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Add butter and goat cheese and with fingers, pinch and break apart pieces till the mixture has the consistency of cornmeal…some bigger pieces are OK.
8. Add buttermilk and gently mix to form the dough. You may add an extra tablespoon of buttermilk if needed.
9. Pat out dough on a floured surface. Cut into rounds and place over hot filling. Brush with melted butter. Place casserole on a baking sheet to catch drips.
10. Bake 12-14 minutes or till biscuits are browned.

Notes

Use my buttermilk biscuit recipe if you don't have goat cheese on hand. Or for a shortcut, use canned biscuits found in the refrigerator section of the grocery store.

Instead of roasting or poaching chicken, you can use the meat off a rotisserie chicken.

This Chicken Pot Pie recipe is adapted from Pam Anderson.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1 Servings
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 688Total Fat: 31gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 123mgSodium: 1457mgCarbohydrates: 61gFiber: 5gSugar: 8gProtein: 40g

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