Chicken Pot Pie

My friend Zac and I decided to get together and cook like we used to do before he got married to a wonderful woman and had a beautiful baby girl.  (Wife and baby were with her family early for Christmas... hi Erin and Addy!!)  Zac and I researched a few things and finally decided to make Chicken Pot Pie.  Looked fairly easy and very good!  Here is the recipe they had on allrecipes.com and then I will tell you the modifications we made.

Chicken Pot Pie

1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed

1 cup sliced carrots

1 cup frozen green peas

1/2 cup sliced celery

1/3 cup butter

1/3 cup chopped onion

1/3 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon celery seed

1 3/4 cups chicken broth

2/3 cup milk

2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

1. In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery.  Add water to cover and boil for 15 mins.  Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
   
2. In another saucepan, over med heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent.  Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed.  Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk.  Simmer over medium-low heat until thick.  Remove from heat and set aside.
   
3. Place 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.
   
4. Bake in the preheated oven (425 deg F) for 30-35 mins, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly.  Cool for 10 mins before serving.
   

OK, as for our changes.  We didn't add onion or celery.  We added more peas and carrots and chicken instead.  We added more flour, chicken broth and milk so there would be more liquid.  We also used 2 regular 9 inch crusts and 2 deep dish.  We used the deep dish ones to actually hold the pie and used the regular ones for the top crust.  We also used chicken bouillon instead of chicken broth.  The last change was the temperature, we set it on 375 deg and baked it for about 40-45 mins instead.  (After reading some of the reviews, we didn't want it to burn.)

The pies turned out absolutely fabulous.  As Zac said, "That chicken pot pie was AWESOME!"  I will definitely make this one again, it wasn't difficult either.  I told Zac I would add broccoli next time though, but I like broccoli.

Here are some pictures from our cooking evening.

Zac shows me that the pies are ready to bake!

Here is one of the pies, ready to go in the oven:

YUM!!!  All ready to eat!  Doesn't that look delicious!