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Chicken Pot Pie has to be one of my all-time favorite, comforting casserole recipes. Perfect for serving company when they visit for supper, taking to friends or neighbors whenever there is a new baby in the house or just because you are thinking of them, and especially perfect for those Sunday suppers with your family.
My Chicken Pot Pie recipe is about as simple to pull together as can be, too.
Isn’t that the way we really want those comforting recipes to work? Taste like you’ve labored for hours on end, when in reality you’ve spent less time than it would take to go out to dinner at a restaurant.
And, this Chicken Pot Pie is wonderful as a make-ahead or freezer meal!
Boom!
As a make-ahead meal, I prepare everything up to the biscuit topping, cover tightly and place it in the refrigerator up to a couple of days before cooking. Then, I remove it from the refrigerator and allow it to reach room temperature as I’m preparing the biscuits for the topping. Then, I just proceed on with the recipe as directed. Perfect for those busy weeknights or Sunday suppers.
As a freezer meal, I still prepare all the way to the biscuit topping, wrap tightly with plastic wrap and then aluminum foil. Then, I place it in the freezer. When ready to use, I remove from the freezer and place in the refrigerator overnight to thaw. Then, just like as a make-ahead meal, I remove it from the refrigerator to reach room temperature as I’m making the biscuit topping and then proceed one with the recipe.
Of course, for both of these, you can easily go through all the steps and include the biscuit topping, if you’d like. I just prefer to make them fresh right before baking. However, if I’m making for a neighbor, I’ll definitely go through with including the biscuits on top so that they do not have to worry with anything other than defrosting and baking!
Everyone compliments the biscuit topping on my Chicken Pot Pie. It really makes for a beautiful presentation, in my opinion. So much so, that I got a wee bit carried away taking photos of it for this post. Then, I couldn’t decide which ones I liked the best because they all were my favorites, so… please just ignore photo after photo after photo – unless that is your thing, too.
You ready to make it now?
Here’s my Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits recipe. Hope you love it, too!
Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cups diced potatoes
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 cup chicken stock or broth
- 1 (15-ounce) can English peas rinsed and drained
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 recipe Southern Buttermilk Biscuits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475º F.
- Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces. Drizzle olive oil into large, heavy-bottomed Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken and cook until lightly browned and no longer pink. Remove from Dutch oven to a bowl using a slotted spoon. Set aside.
- Add potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, garlic and chicken stock to Dutch oven. Stir consistently. Cook until the potatoes and carrots are fork tender. Reduce heat to medium-low and add back chicken.
- Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour until smooth and then slowly pour in milk, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and add salt and pepper. Pour into Dutch oven with chicken and vegetables. Add in English peas, stirring til well-combined. Pour into a 9×13 baking dish and set aside.
- Prepare Southern Buttermilk Biscuits and place on top of chicken pot pie mixture in baking dish. Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper on top of biscuits.
- Bake 12-15 minutes until biscuits are golden brown and cooked through.
- Remove from oven and allow to rest for about 3 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutritional Information
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
If making ahead for a neighbor should I bake pot pie before bringing to them? or have them bake it? Thanks
I usually like to make arrangements ahead of time with the person I’m taking food to make sure if they’d like it hot or if they want instructions on how to finish it off. With that said, I think delivering a hot meal is just so much more homey and err on the side of ready to eat! 🙂
This is the best chicken pot pie recipe that I have ever made! I also had extra dough as my recipe was scaled-down, so I cooked the extra biscuit mix. They are divine on their own as well. I was looking through your recipes last night, and there are many that I hope to try. Thank you for your wonderful site!
I’m so thrilled you enjoyed it, Cheryl! I think it’s such a comforting dish – especially on a chilly winter night! I hope you find many more recipes you’d like to try and that you enjoy all of them. Thanks so much! xo
This looks delicious and I plan to make this weekend. Do you bake the biscuits before putting them on top of the casserole and bake them twice or do you put the doughy (uncooked) biscuits on top of the casserole to bake? Thank you!
Could I make this with store bougth biscuits? 🙂
I’ve not tried making it that way, Amy. I hope you enjoy it!
I’m making this on Sunday. My name is Robyn Stone too! How cool is that!
That is very cool, Robyn! Hope you enjoy it! Thanks!
Hi Robyn,
If I’ve made biscuts and stew ahead and am cooking both from frozen, do you have a suggested cooking time/method without thawing?
Thanks!
This chicken pot pie recipe was really good. I made it exactly like was written down and it was a success. First time making this and I will be doing it again.
Thanks, Isabell. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
I haven’t made the chicken pot pie recipe for my family yet but plan to soon
I hope you enjoy the pot pie, David.