Best Atkins Pie Crust Recipes

Atkins chicken pot pie (without crust) Recipe - (3.5/5) image

Provided by gsharma

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken breasts cut into pieces
2/3 small yellow onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 carrot, thinly sliced (3/4 cup)
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced (3/4 cup)
1/2 tsp fennel seeds crushed
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp. thick it up
2 tbsp fresh parsley chopped

Steps:

1. preheat oven to 350 2. place chicken, broth, onion, carrot, celery and fennel seeds in a medium saucepot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Strain stock into a small saucepan. 3. Mix in cream, bring to a boil. Stir in thickener; cook 2 minutes until mixture thickens. Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables; stir to coat. Mix in parsley. season to taste with salt and pepper. 4. Spoon chicken mixture into a 9 in dish pie plate. 5. Bake 25-30 minutes makes 6 servings

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Provided by cookin from scratch

Categories Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 cup soy flour
1/4 cup vital wheat gluten
3 tablespoons wheat germ
1/2 cup butter, cut into 1/2 cubes, cold
1 tablespoon cold water

Steps:

Mix dry ingredients together, then mix in butter until you have a coarse meal.
Add water and continue mixing until dough comes together.
Wrap in plastic and freeze for 15 minutes.
Roll dough in between two sheets of wax paper (to avoid adding extra flour).
Press into 9 inch pie plate.
Freeze for another 15 minutes.
Use in your recipe, or for a prebaked crust, prick the botom with a fork.
Cover the crust with foil and pile dried beans on top, to keep the foil right on the crust.
Bake at 400 for 16 minutes.
Remove the beans, re-cover with the foil (loosely this time) and bake another 5 minutes.