Easy Chicken Pot Pie and Giveaway!!

As fall weather cools things down, my thoughts of cooking turn to comfort foods.  Soups simmering on the oven, warm flakey pie crusts, and holiday dinners replace salads and cold drinks on the menu.  All of these tasty fall foods mean turning on the oven and the stovetop and warming the kitchen with the smells of fall.

 

 

Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Easy Chicken Pot Pie

 

 

To kickstart the season on the savory side, I decided to combine a warm soup with a flaky crust and created a fast-and-easy chicken pot pie recipe with a hands on time of only 40minutes. Homemade stock is the best, but sometimes I don’t have time. To get things moving fast in terms of flavor, I browned some thyme and sage with bacon and then threw in the celery and carrots for a mirepoix. The bacon mirepoix along with 1/2 package of onion soup mix is base of of this of chicken pot pie. Follow the rest of the recipe and you will be done in no time.

While this is a fast and simple recipe, there are often times like the upcoming holidays that the GE CaféTM Double Oven Range is my dream oven with its double range, the bottom one a convection oven. Being able to finish all my dinner components at once would most definitely save me from juggling time with just one oven range. More importantly, it will probably save me from a few burns as I try to move faster than I should while moving things in and out of the oven. Many of you know I’m a complete perfectionist.  You should also know I’m a neat freak, so the glass buttons on the GE CaféTM Double Oven Range are perfect for easy cleaning. The flat surface means nothing falling or dripping into any open grooves and no trying to chisel out dried up food or sauces with bamboo skewers or my too-large fingers.

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Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients:

  • 6 tablespoon butter
  • 3 pieces of bacon, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
  • 5 sage leaves
  • 2 cups baby carrots, chopped
  • 2 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 1/8 cup of cornstarch
  • 2 32oz  Chicken broth, low sodium
  • ½ package of onion soup mix
  • 11/2 cups orzo
  • 1 rotisserie chicken, white meat removed and cubed
  • 1 sheet of readymade puff pastry

Instructions:

  1. Place butter, bacon, thyme and sage in a heavy bottom stock pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is browned, about 5-7 minutes. Add in carrots and celery and cook over high heat until celery becomes translucent, about 10-15 minutes.
  2. Stir cornstarch into chicken broth. Pour chicken broth into stockpot and bring to a boil. Once boiled, add onion soup mix and orzo to the stock and cook according to the instructed time on orzo package. Turn off heat once orzo is cooked. Add cubed chicken.
  3. Place finished chicken soup in bowls and brush sides and top edge of bowl with an egg wash. Cut puff pastry to fit bowl. Press puff pastry to bowl. Brush top of puff pastry with an egg wash, and then sprinkle coarse salt on top. Cut a hole or create an x-shaped slit on top. Bake at 450 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until puff pastry is browned.
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208 thoughts on “Easy Chicken Pot Pie and Giveaway!!”

  1. This looks so good! We’re back in the 90-degree heat here in Austin, TX. When things finally get cold again, you can bet I’m going to be making these.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  3. Your chicken pot pie looks yummy and easy to make. I will try your recipe, it’s simple and healthy. My husband loves chicken pot pie.

  4. Seriously, one of my favorite foods. Warm, comforting, filled with memories. Thanks for the new recipe!

  11. I’ve never made chicken pot pies before but now that I have your recipe I’m certainly going to try.

  12. Not only does your chicken pot pie look amazing I’m going to check out your other recipes to see what I can make next!

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  25. This is so funny and timely – we’re going to make chicken pot pie for dinner tomorrow (making it ahead). Your recipe looks great and we’ll give it a shot… our recipe is a little ‘tired’ lol

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  27. Chicken Pot Pie is ALWAYS wonderful and your recipe looks great! We’re getting cool weather so need to make this very soon.

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  35. This looks extremely tasty – better than the frozen ones I normally buy. Since I’m on Weight Watchers, I plan to plug this into their Website and come up with a “light” version. But I’m going to eat it either way!

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    I got those from Sur La table 10 years ago. But I know you can still buy them. They are Staub Cocottes in the matte black.

  42. Stumbled upon your site from a Pinterest pin for girl scout like cookies. Checked your recipes out and am in love with this one. Perfect for the upcoming fall/winter comfort food craving. And a giveaway too, what a time to find you. Thanks for the recipes!

  45. I love chicken pot pie, and this recipe looks absolutely delicious! Thank you for much for the recipe! 😀

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