one pot chicken and mushroom pie with proper pastry!
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Yield 6 servings
You might be tempted to forgo this recipe if you're trying to save your syns, but remember, you get 15 syns a day: and what better thing to spend them on then something tasty and delicious? This is a chicken and mushroom pie made in a frying pan which then goes in the oven: one-pot dish AND wonderful!
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped
- 1 leek, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp tarragon
- 200ml chicken stock
- 105g Phildelphia Lightest (1x HeA)
- 2 good handfuls of frozen peas
- 150g sliced mushrooms
- 4 potatoes, diced
- 150g ready rolled light puff pastry (30 syns)
- 2 eggs, beaten
So, cut into four, this pie is 7.5 syns per serving. But cut into six and served with veg, it's only 5 syns! And it's worth it for that pastry, that sauce, that taste!
Instructions
- add the potatoes to a pan of cold water and bring to the boil
- reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the potato is soft, then drain
- meanwhile, spray a large oven-safe frying pan with a little oil and add the sliced leek
- fry gently over a medium-high heat until soft
- add the garlic and cook for another minute or so
- add the chicken, mushrooms, tarragon, stock and philadelphia to the pan and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
- add the potato and peas to the pan and cook for another five minutes
- remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool
- next, preheat the oven to 180°c
- drape the pastry over the top (cut off any excess) and crimp gently around the edge
- brush with the beaten egg and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is golden
- remove from the oven and allow it to rest for a couple of minutes
- dig in, serving with whatever the hell you want
Notes
top tips for making chicken in a frying pan pie
- leftover roast potatoes will work like a dream in this too!
- if you want to make a smaller pie you can do - just halve the recipe and use a smaller pan
- Frylight will knacker your pans. Use one of these instead!
- don't be tempted to swap the Philadelphia for quark. Quark will split and go manky. Stick with Phildelphia - it's more stable and tastes nicer!
- shortcrust pastry works well with this one too if you prefer
Courses dinner, leftovers
Cuisine British
Recipe by twochubbycubs at https://twochubbycubs.com/2018/03/04/chicken-and-mushroom-pie/