Country Chicken Pie

Country Chicken Pie

Ready in 35 minutes • Serves 5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, June 30, 2019.
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Ingredients

Filling

  • 1/2 leek
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 1 pack chicken thighs
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 3 Tbsp flour
  • 1 pack chicken pie spices
  • 2 cups hot water
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen corn
  • 1 Tbsp mustard (optional)
  • 125g sour cream

Pastry

  • 1 pack flaky puff pastry

Steps

  1. Prep veggies and chicken Preheat oven to 200°C. Dice leek, carrot and celery 1cm. Pat chicken dry and dice 2cm.
  2. Start filling Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook leek, carrot and celery for 3-4 minutes, until starting to soften. Add chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes until seared.
  3. Prep and cook pastry While chicken and veggies cook, unroll pastry and cut into 6 pieces. Place on a lined oven tray. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until pastry is puffed up and golden.
  4. Continue filling Add butter, flour and chicken pie spices to pan and cook stirring for 1 minute, until fragrant. Add hot water measure, corn and mustard and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low-medium and simmer for 6-7 minutes, until sauce has thickened and chicken is cooked through.
  5. To finish Remove pan from heat and fold through sour cream. Season to taste.
  6. Serve chicken topped with pastry.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2777 kj
664 kcal
Protein 27.4g
Carbohydrate 34.0g
Fat 46.1g