Chicken Potpie
Chicken potpie is both an example of the best of American home cooking and a kind of culinary miracle worker, with a creamy sauce and a flaky pastry lid that are guaranteed to calm even the most jangled nerves. Both the pastry and the filling can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to 8 hours before assembling and baking.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Pea | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Tarragon | 1 tsp dried (0.5g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pie | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 lb. button mushrooms, quartered
- 1 cup chopped leeks, white and pale green parts
- 1/2 cup finely diced carrots
- 1/3 cup fresh or thawed frozen peas
- 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbs. all-purpose flour
- 4 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 1/3 cup dry sherry
- 2 tsp. minced fresh tarragon
- 4 cups shredded cooked chicken
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- Basic pie dough for a double-crust pie (see recipe at left)
- 1 large egg