The Best Classic Chicken Pot Pie Recipe – Homemade chicken pot pie with flaky pie crust and creamy chicken pot pie filling. Classic comfort food!
This chicken pot pie recipe is loaded with flavor. It’s got flaky pie crust and a buttery creamy chicken pot pie filling with chicken breast, a mix of fresh and frozen vegetables, and a mix of dried and fresh herbs.
I initially wanted to make an easy chicken pot pie. So, I started out using refrigerated pie dough, all frozen vegetables, and all dried herbs. That was easy, but it really needed some bright fresh flavors.
So, instead of making the easiest recipe, I decided to make the BEST chicken pot pie recipe.
Using fresh vegetables and some fresh herbs in the filling gives this pot pie so much flavor that it’s ok to take a short-cut with the crust and use a pre-made refrigerated pie crust.
Of course, if you have the time to make your own homemade pie crust, that would be amazing too.
How to make chicken pot pie:
- Melt butter in a large skillet.
- Add chicken, carrots, celery, and onion.
- Add salt, garlic powder, dried thyme, and pepper.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes.
- Stir in flour.
- Stir in cream until smooth.
- Stir in chicken broth until smooth.
- Cook until bubbling and thick.
- Add peas and parsley to the filling.
- Cool.
- Fit the bottom pie crust into a pie plate.
- Spoon the creamy filling into the bottom crust.
- Place the top crust over the filling.
- Seal the edges of the crust and cut slits in the top crust.
- Place the pie on a baking sheet (I line mine with aluminum foil in case the filling bubbles over).
- Bake.
- Cool before slicing.
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The Best Classic Chicken Pot Pie Recipe
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast -cut into small bite size pieces
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 2 (1 top and 1 bottom) unbaked pie crusts (could use pre-made refrigerated - 1 box)
Instructions
- Make sure there is an oven rack on the bottom rack of the oven. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Add the butter to a large skillet over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, add the chicken, carrots, celery, onion, salt, garlic powder, thyme leaves, and pepper. Cook for 8-10 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through, stirring often.
- Add the flour. Stir well, until no dry flour remains. Slowly stir in the cream, then the chicken broth. Cook until bubbling and thick, stirring often, 3-4 minutes.
- Remove from the heat. Stir in the peas and flat leaf parsley. Let this cool for 15-30 minutes before filling the pie.*
- Fit one pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate. Spoon the cooled filling into the pie crust. Top with the second pie crust. Seal the edges of the pie crust together. Cut 3-4 slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
- Place the filled pie plate on a baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes on the bottom rack of the oven.
- Cool for 15-30 minutes before slicing and serving.**
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I used 1/2 rotisserie chicken and added in with the peas since it was already cooked. Best chicken pot pie recipe I’ve ever tried!
This is my go to recipe for outstanding home made chicken pot pie ! I’ve made it over and over and love it !
👍🏼The easiest and best recipe! Making it all the time now.
So, I have made this recipe countless times and it is simply DELICIOUS. This is the type of meal that is perfect for a cold New England evening or entertaining! This has become a staple in our household where unfortunately I am asked every week when I will make it next. My only tweak, I season the chicken at least a day ahead of time. It is usually enough seasoning to flavor the entire pot! Overall 10/10, thanks for sharing!
Very easy and sooooo good!!
I made this recipe for my family a few months back and it was a bonafide hit. Even the pickiest of eaters at the table raved about how wonderful it tasted.
This is my 2nd pot pie success, but first chicken pot pie in a pie tin. The changes I made were adding in mashed roasted garlic instead of garlic powder, and instead of celery and peas, I subbed in chopped potatoes, chopped green beans, and mushrooms. I could added more salt for flavor, but overall it’s good.
I make this often only change i make is i use all fresh vegetables and a can off small young tender peas (i am fussy on my peas but over all i give the recipe a 10+ thank you
Perfect. I made home made pie crust and used 2% milk instead of cream. I was so pleased with this dinner.
Fantastic pot pie! My family raved. Will definitely make it again.
This was excellent this is the second batch all my friends loved them.
Thanks
Loved this recipe! I didn’t have garlic powder on hand, but still delicious. Compared several chix pot pie recipes over the years and this is the best.
I only ventured in to making a pot pie about 2 years ago. First one I made was pretty good. I think when I went to make it again I couldn’t find the recipe, so did another internet search and landed on this recipe. I will NEVER use another pot pie recipe again. The method used makes making it a dream. Super easy to do and it came out FAB the very first time. I am sold. It’s perfect for the cold Maine winters, and I make it several times a season. Thank you so much for sharing this gem!
So easy and so good
Made this last night, and my family LOVED it! I have been searching for a great chicken pot pie recipe, and this is hands-down the best one! Easy and incredibly delicious!
I am making 4 pies for a group dinner for a charity. Can I freeze and give to them to bake on the night of the dinner, or should they just be refrigerated? I will not be at the dinner.
This was awesome! Made the recipe exactly as directed, adding an egg wash on the top, and it came out amazing! My husband and I finished half the pie in one night. My first time making one but my husband said it was the best chicken pot pie he’d ever had. I agreed!
This is my all time favorite pot pie recipe. I have it saved and use it every time.
This chicken pot pie recipe is absolutely delicious. This was my first time ever making one and it was easy and tasted great! I will be making it many, many, many more times. Thanks for sharing such an amazing recipe.
I am not a baker as my husband would say…so when I said I was making this he rolled his eyes. It came out perfect and will be kept in my “best recipes”.