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Individual Chicken Pot Pies

Ingredients
  

  • 3 whole 6 split chicken breasts, bone-in, skin-on
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • Kosher salt 1-2 tsp depending on your broth-you have to taste and see
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 5 cups chicken stock I used homemade
  • 12 tablespoons butter
  • 2 yellow onions chopped
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 2 cups medium-diced carrots blanched for 2 minutes (or will be too crunchy)
  • ½ cup minced fresh parsley leaves

Crusts:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup vegetable shortening
  • ¼ pound cold unsalted butter diced
  • ½ to ⅔ cup ice water
  • 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
  • Flaked sea salt and cracked black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Place the chicken breasts on a foil lined baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
  • Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
  • Roast about 40 minutes, or until cooked through.
  • Once cool, cut into diced cubes.
  • Heat broth in a pot until it is warm.
  • In a dutch oven, melt butter and saute the onions over medium-low heat for 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Add the flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
  • Add the warmed up hot chicken stock.
  • Simmer 1 minute, stirring, until thick.
  • Add salt, (My broth was salty so 1 tsp was enough -you can taste and see if you want more-sometimes I need 2 tsp), a little pepper and heavy cream.
  • Add the cubed chicken, carrots and parsley. Mix well.

Pastry

  • In a food processor, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder.
  • Add the shortening and butter pulsing so it is the size of peas.
  • With machine running, pour in the water until dough comes together.
  • Knead on a floured surface, cover, wrap and chill 30 mins.
  • Preheat oven 375.
  • Divide pot pie filling into ramekins (4-5)
  • Roll out the pastry and cut circles a little larger than your ramekins.
  • Brush the outside of ramekins with the egg wash and lay dough on top, folding over to stick.
  • brush top with egg wash too and cut 3 slits.
  • Bake ramekins on a foil lined jelly roll pan to catch any spills for 1 hour.
  • Filling will be bubbling and HOT-be careful!