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Chicken Pie Recipe Revealed!
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2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon baking soda
4 tablespoons softened butter
2/3 to ¾ cup Kefir or buttermilk
Stir all the dry ingredients together with a wire whisk and then cut in the butter. Add the milk and blend until the dough is workable with your hands. If it's too sticky, add a bit more flour as you go. Place on the counter or bread board and knead lightly until it's no longer sticky. Roll it out to fit the top of your casserole dish -- make it slightly smaller so it will fit on top of the chicken but not overlap or be fastened to the sides of the dish. The gravy is going to bubble up around the crust as it bakes. You can be approximate, it's OK to be shaggy around the edges or however you like. (The old recipe calls for cutting a hole in the center of the dough and putting an inverted custard cup in the middle to vent the pie and help it cook more evenly but I have to say, I have never done this and my pie always comes out fine.)
Put the peas on top of the chicken and gravy and then top it with the crust. Turn the oven down to 350 and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until the biscuit is golden. Serve with extra gravy.
The pie probably would serve six but even when I serve it to four, I don't end up with leftovers. Once you start serving this to your friends, they aren't going to let you get away with making anything else. Or take it to the potluck. You will be beloved.
Reader Comments
Comment from K Lech on January 24, 2010
Oh boy! This sounds delicious! I think it would make the hungry boys in my house very happy!!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Comment from Lezlie Roark on January 25, 2010
I am trying this tonight!!!
Comment from Tinky Weisblat on January 26, 2010
Edie--What a perfect January dish. I hope to try it very soon. Thanks...........
Comment from annie Gloss on January 26, 2010
if i could make a biscuit that would not shatter a window if thrown in that direction, i would love to make this! no matter that i am from the south with a childhood history of delicious biscuits made by the women in my family i have to use bisquick or buy them from a restaurant! sounds yummy!
Comment from Tinky Weisblat on January 27, 2010
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Comment from Doris Matthews on January 27, 2010
Edie, this sounds delicious. I'll have to try it soon-hope the biscuit comes out good (not like my pie crusts). Thanks, Doris
Comment from Margie Orr on February 1, 2010
This sounds so good. Nothing better than chicken pot pie. Have never seen Kefir milk in the supermarket, but I'll look for it. I definitely can get buttermilk--I love to bake with it.
Edie, I've got to get your book. Is it available on your website?
Happy eating! Margie
Comment from on February 2, 2010
Yes, go to my website, www.edieclark.com, and on the home page there is a link that will enable you to order the book. It's in some bookstores but mostly available through the website. As for the kefir, look in the natural foods section at your supermarket. Or ask them about it. There are several brands. Be sure to buy the plain, not sweetened or flavored. Otherwise, buttermilk is fine (I actually find buttermilk harder to find that kefir!). Happy cooking! Edie
Comment from Yvonne Wall on February 3, 2010
Hello, Thank you for the recipe. I am writing you this thanks on the way out of the door to buy ingredients that I need to make this pie for lunch today. I love my Yankee newsletters! I will let you know how it turns out.
Have a great day,
Yvonne
Comment from Elva Y.` Derby on February 19, 2010
When I get Yankee Magazine I try to save Mary
s Farm a little while (a tease) but I dont have much luck-Iam so anxious to get to it-reminds me of when I was a young girl and Edies stories so remind me of all the wonderful meals that my Mom and Grandma put on the table - here on Block Island -where I grew up and still live here-There was always Biscuits for Supper no matter what else we had we always had biscuits and often on top of Chicken or Beef Stew-Depression we had a lot of fish here on the Island-I will be making Chicken Pot Pie in the next few days.As Bob Hope would say-"Thanks for the Memories"Comment from Linda Fowler on November 13, 2010
I have never heard of Kefir Milk, I was raised in GA. so will use buttermilk. I never knew how to make a good from scratch biscuit. Thanks so much. I think this will be wonderful. Thanks for the good receipt, Mary.
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