Chicken Pot Pie 2 Ways

Not a very pretty picture but this stuff is so good. I made this from scratch. This potpie has spinach, mushrooms, potatoes, carrots and corn in it along with very little chicken. The other pot pie I made had chicken, potatoes, carrots, green beans and corn. Hubby does not eat Spinach or mushrooms. He doesn't know what he is missing.

Since I am on a low sodium diet I made my own sauce. It is not low in fat at all. It is heavy cream, milk, chicken broth, butter and flour.  I looked at my normal  soup and even the low sodium had 600 something milligrams in it.

The crust is up to you. This time I used crescent rolls but I normally either make a pie crust, drop biscuits, or flour milk mix that goes on top and makes a crust.  You don't see any crust on this one as my 6 year old stole it off my plate. It is a carb and I am not supposed to have that many is what he told me.

Recipe for the Spinach Chicken Pot Pie- can be doubled to make a really large pot pie

1 can Popeye's Spinach- rung out
1/2 can corn-drained
1/2 can carrots-drained
2 potatoes -cubed and boiled in broth
one cup chicken breast- boiled
Mushrooms- sauteed in olive oil
1/2 small onion- diced sauteed in olive oil

Mix this and place in bowl. Add cream mixture (recipe below). Place in 8x8 casserole dish. Cover with half can of crescent rolls and bake until the crescent rolls are Golden Brown and delicious.



Recipe for the Regular Chicken Potpie- can be doubled to make a large pot pie

1 cup chicken
1/2 can corn-drained
1/2 can carrots- drained
2 potatoes- cubed and boiled in broth
1 can Allen's green beans- rinsed and drained
1/2 small onion - diced and sauteed in olive oil

Mix this and place in bowl. Add cream mixture (recipe below). Place in 8x8 casserole dish. Cover with half can of crescent rolls and bake until the crescent rolls are Golden Brown and delicious.

Sauce for both pies. Or just one really large pot pie.
3/4 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup milk
1 stick butter
1/2 cup all purpose flour
salt and pepper to taste
chicken broth

Make a rue out of the flour and butter. Once it is combined with out lumps add the cream and milk. Let this thicken and then add chicken broth until you get it to the consistency you want. (Should be like gravy.) Pour half over one pot pie mix and pour the other half over the other pot pie mix.

Variations: This can be vegetarian with the addition of vegetable broth and the leaving out of the chicken. I have made this with hamburger  meat in it instead of chicken. You can use low fat milk and leave out the cream. I really want to play around with this and add curry powder and coconut milk to it but haven't decided what vegetables it needs. This can be made ahead and frozen. If I do that I make it in the little foil pans and freeze them. Then I wrap them in plastic wrap, foil and them put them in a freezer bag.