Chicken Pot Pie with Buttermilk Crust
There are all other pot pies and then there is THIS pot pie. This buttermilk crust is everything!!! Flaky and delicious!! For the chicken, I roasted 2 skin-on split breasts and then shredded off the chicken. You can easily take a shortcut and buy a premade rotisserie chicken and shred it up! The filling in this pie is so delicious you could even make it by itself and serve over mashed potatoes or rice! A perfect winter meal for any chilly night this is comfort food at its best!
Chicken Pot Pie with Buttermilk Crust
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 ½ cup flour
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 T. sugar
- 1 cup butter cold and cubed
- ½ cup cold buttermilk Plus a little xtra if needed
- Filling!
- 3 T. butter
- ⅓ c. flour
- 1 ¼ c. chicken broth
- ¾ c. milk
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- Chicken meat from 2 roasted split breasts Roast at 375 with a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper for 35 mins or until golden-next time, I may use 3 for even more chicken
- 2 T. butter
- 1 small onion chopped
- 4 chopped garlic cloves
- 3 carrots peeled and thinly diced
- handful of frozen peas
Crust egg wash
- 1 beaten egg
Instructions
Crust
- In a food processor, combine flour, sugar and salt.
- Add butter and pulse to form small pea sized pieces.
- While pulsing, slowly add buttermilk just till dough forms together. Add a drop more milk if too dry.
- Lay out on floured surface and divide into 2 disks.
- Chill 1 hour.
Filling
- In a large skillet, melt butter.
- Whisk in flour for one minute.
- On low, add stock and whisk.
- Whisk in the milk and cream cheese until smooth and melted.
- Add salt and pepper and pour into a bowl.
- Clean out skillet and add butter.
- Saute onions, garlic, carrots and peas a few mins.
- Remove heat and add chicken.
- Stir in the sauce and set aside.
- Roll out crust and lay in 9 inch pie pan.
- Add filling.
- Roll out second crust and top it.
- Crimp sides and make 4 slashes.
- Beat an egg and brush on top.
- Bake at 400 for 30 mins.
- (If getting too brown, lower to 375)
Adapted from Joy The Baker
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