Chicken Pot Pie

 This is one of my favorite meals.  It is another one that is somewhat involved, but you can cut down on the last minute preparation by making the pie crust in advance and storing it in the refrigerator or in the freezer.  This is the same pie crust that is referred to in the Apple Pie post.

Foolproof Pie Crust

1. 4 C Flour                                                 
2. 1 T while granulated Sugar
3. 2 t Salt
4. 1 3/4 C shortening
5. 1 T white vinegar
6. 1/2 C cold water
7. 1 egg

What to do:

With a fork or pastry blender, mix together flour, shortening, salt and sugar.  In a separate dish, beat egg, vinegar, and water.  Add liquid mixture to dry ingredients stirring with fork  until all are moistened.  Using your clean hands, mold dough into a ball. Wrap tightly in plastic and chill at least 15 minutes.  Dough can be left in refrigerator for up to 5 days.


Pie Filling:
1- 10oz pkg frozen peas and carrots
1/2 C chopped onion
1/4 C buter
1/3 C Flour
1/2 t salt
1/4 tsp sage
1/8 test pepper
2 C Water
3/4 c milk
3 Cubes chicken bullion
3 C cubed chicken

What to do:
Cook peas and carrots. (Be very careful.  This will cook in the oven for a while, so if you cook them to the right doneness, they will be over done at the end.)  In a saucepan cook onion in butter until tender, not brown.  make a roux, by adding flour, mix well until all the flour is fully incorporated, then add salt, sage and pepper.  mix well.  Dissolve the chicken bullion in water, add milk, then add to the roux all at once. Cook and stir regularly until thickened and bubbly.  Stir in drained, cooked vegetables, and chicken.  Continue to cook until it is all hot.  Roll out pie crust into a pie dish, pour pot pie filling into the bottom pie crust.  Roll out second pie crust, layer on top and crimp edges together tightly.  Poke 5-10 holes in the top crust to allow ventilation.  Cook at 375 or 400 for 20-30 minutes or until top is golden brown.  If the edges are to browning to fast, place a ring of tin foil over just the edges.    Bon Appetit!