Best Grandma Chicken Pot Pie Recipes

GRANDMA STAR'S POT PIE (CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large Dutch oven, cutting into pieces to fit if necessary. Cover completely with water.
• Add tomatoes, celery, carrots, onion, peppercorns, and celery salt. You may add other herbs and spices as you see fit.
• Place Dutch oven over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, to make the dumplings, mix together flour, baking soda, and seasoned salt in a mixing bowl.
• Cut butter into flour mixture using two knives or a pastry blender.
• Add milk 1 tablespoons at a time until a dough forms.
• Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead lightly just until smooth.
• Roll dough to a thickness of 1/8" using a floured rolling pin. If dough starts sticking, dust dough with more flour. Don't be bashful about adding flour here. It will be used to thicken the broth later.
• Cut rolled dough into strips approximately 1/2" wide. Stack a few strips on top of each other and cut crosswise into 3/4" lengths. Place dumplings in a floured dish, adding a dusting of flour after each new layer is added to the dish. Place dish, covered, in refrigerator until broth is ready.
• To finish the broth, remove the chicken and vegetables from the pot. Discard the vegetables*. Pour the remaining broth through a fine strainer into another pot or a large bowl. Return broth to the Dutch oven.
• Return Dutch oven to the stove. Bring broth to a boil.
• Add dumplings, with a large portion of the flour in the dish, to the broth. Return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pull the meat from half the chicken and shred it. Cut other half of chicken into pieces. The pieces can either be brushed with BBQ sauce to serve with the potpie or saved for another use.
• Add the shredded chicken to the Dutch oven. Stir to combine. Make sure chicken is heated through before ladling in bowls.
• *If you will be using the broth for soup (instead of adding the dumplings), reserve and chop the vegetables. Add them back to the broth after the broth has been strained. You also have the option of not straining the broth if you are using it for soup. But watch out for the peppercorns!

GRANDMA'S CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• 1. In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
• 2. In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour and all spices. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.
• 3. Preheat oven to 350 Gently spray two pie pans and place one pie crust in each pan.
• 4. Place half the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape. Repeat with second crust
• 5. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

GRANDMA CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• 1. Simmer ham and onion bulbs, and carrots in water for 15 minutes.
• 2. Dredge chicken in flour and salt and pepper.Saute with onion tops in olive oil about 15 minutes.
• 3. Place in a deep buttered casserol dish, add ham, onions,and carrots with potatoes and 2 cups of water in which they were simmered in, add salt and pepper, parsley,and sage.
• 4. Mix prepared biscuit flour gently with milk. DO NOT ROLL . DROP on top of chicken and bake in a 375 degree oven about one hour, depending on the tenderness of the chicken.