CHICKEN POT PIE (INDIVIDUAL SERVING)
Buttery crust • Creamy filling • Golden brown top
🧾 INGREDIENTS
🔸 PIE CRUST (TOP & BOTTOM)
(pwede homemade or store-bought)
Homemade crust:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 cup cold butter or margarine (cubed)
- 6–8 tbsp ice-cold water
👉 Shortcut: ready-made pie crust sheets
🔸 CHICKEN FILLING
- 500g chicken breast or thigh (small cubes)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 cup carrots (diced)
- 1 cup potatoes (small cubes)
- ½ cup green peas
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups chicken broth
- ½ cup all-purpose cream or evap milk
- Salt & pepper to taste
- ½ tsp thyme or Italian seasoning
🔸 EGG WASH
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp milk or water
🥣 DETAILED PROCEDURE
🥧 STEP 1: PIE CRUST
- Sa malaking bowl, paghaluin ang flour, salt, sugar.
- Idagdag ang cold butter, i-rub gamit daliri hanggang maging crumbly.
- Unti-unting idagdag ang ice water hanggang mag-form ng dough.
- Hatiin sa 2 (pang-top at bottom).
- Balutin at i-ref ng 30 minutes.
🍗 STEP 2: CHICKEN FILLING
- Sa kawali, tunawin ang butter.
- Igisa ang sibuyas at bawang hanggang mabango.
- Idagdag ang chicken, lutuin hanggang magkulay puti.
- Ilagay ang carrots at potatoes, igisa 2–3 minutes.
- Budburan ng flour, haluin mabuti.
- Ibuhos ang chicken broth, haluin hanggang lumapot.
- Idagdag ang cream, peas, seasoning, asin at paminta.
- Lutuin hanggang thick at creamy.
- Palamigin ng bahagya bago i-assemble.
🥧 STEP 3: ASSEMBLY
- I-roll ang dough at ilagay sa ramekins / foil cups.
- Lagyan ng chicken filling (huwag sosobra).
- Takpan ng crust, i-seal ang edges.
- Gumawa ng small slit sa ibabaw para sa steam.
- Brush ng egg wash.
🔥 STEP 4: BAKING
- Bake sa 180°C (350°F) for 30–35 minutes
- Hanggang golden brown ang ibabaw
❄️ STEP 5: COOLING
- Palamigin ng 10–15 minutes bago ihain o i-pack
💰 PANG-BENTA TIPS
✔ Shelf life: 2–3 days refrigerated
✔ Pwede i-freeze (unbaked) hanggang 2 weeks
✔ Label: “Homemade Chicken Pot Pie”
✔ Perfect sa cafés & take-out
🔄 VARIATIONS
- 🥩 Beef Pot Pie
- 🍄 Mushroom Cream Pie (vegetarian)
- 🧀 Cheesy Chicken Pie
- 🌶️ Spicy Chicken Pie