Cheese Lovers Chicken Pot Pie
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Today Mama shares her Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie with us! What time is supper, Mama? ~Christy
Today I decided to bring you a real comfort food dish with a twist. You see Christy and I really don’t like potpies. I almost hate them. But my hubby, Bill, thinks of them as one of his favorite dishes and Christy’s husband feels the same way. Bill likes potpies so much that he keeps the little frozen ones in the freezer for late night snacks. Since I love to cook for others, I set out on a mission to find a potpie that I could love too. After trying numerous recipes, I finally found one that sounded like a potpie that spoke to me and tried it. I tweaked it a little until it was really tasty and this version was born.
This dish has little pillows of cheesiness throughout the pie. Even if you don’t usually like potpies, you should give this one a try and I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Heck, you may even fall in love with this one. It is super easy but tastes like you spent all day working on it.
Christy asked me about the design that I cut into the crust. It is the same design that my grandmother, Mama Reed, always cut into all her pies. The only design that I have ever learned to cut. You probably know already but just in case, you need to cut some vents into any two crust pie to let the steam escape while it is cooking. This design is super easy. Just three long curved lines that connect at the bottom and several small cuts along the lines to resemble leaves. If I had known that Christy would have been impressed, I would have taken a picture of it before I cut it! You can use this design or just cut some slits into the top crust. Use a sharp knife so that you don’t tear up the crust. Oh, and you cut the vents before you cook the pie.
Cook this potpie the next time you want a crowd pleaser and just stand back and watch everyone ooh and ah over it. Smile really big and keep our secret about how easy it is. I’ll never tell if you won’t.
This is our lineup of ingredients. Cubed or shredded chicken, Cream of chicken soup, Veg-all, Sour cream, Mayonnaise, Velvetta Cheese (I used a cheaper brand this time that I bought for the grandsons to make cheese dip), Refrigerated pie crusts, and salt and pepper.
Now before you go telling me how unhealthy the canned soup is, I’ll tell you that I know that and Christy has a homemade version in her cookbook, Come Home to Supper, if you want to make your own. Christy also has her version of a Chicken Pot Pie in there that both of us like as well.
Line a pie plate with one of the pie crusts.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix soup, sour cream, and mayonnaise.
Stir in chicken (you can also use turkey), Veg-All and cubed Velvetta cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste. I just sprinkled a little of both in there.
Stir that all up really well until it looks like this.
Pour it all into the pie crust, spreading it to the sides.
Add top crust and crimp it all around the side to seal.
Wow! I am impressed with myself. I didn’t realize that I had a picture of the design I cut into the crust. See, it is a really simple design.
Bake at 350 for one hour.
DIG IN!
This is the finished potpie. Just look at how thick the filling is. The cheese melts into mouthwatering little pillows of goodness. Can’t you just taste it? Be sure and let us know when you try it.
We will be waiting to hear from you!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cubed or shredded chicken
- 1 can cream of chicken soup undiluted
- 1 can Veg-all drained
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 cup Velvetta cheese cubed
- salt and pepper
- 1 box of refrigerated pie crusts
Instructions
- Mix soup, sour cream and mayonnaise.
- Stir in chicken, Veg-all and cheese.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Line a 9" pie plate with crust.
- Add pot pie mixture.
- Top with crust, crimp to seal and cut vents.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Nutrition
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You might also enjoy this recipe! Make Your Own Cream of Chicken Soup
THIS LOOKS SO GOOD I WILL BE MAKING IT VERY SOON, WE LIKE POT PIES. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. LIZ
I like the Horse Radish Mustard 🙂 has a tang to it….and I like the coarse ground mustard….Kroger is good…..not really too picky about mustard brand…..but Mayo that is another tale 🙂 Kraft Mayo is my favorite, if I can’t get Kraft then I will take Hellman’s….but which ever one of these two are on sale that is what I buy……my daughter is the opposite of me…..and I prefer Pepsi, she will not drink Pepsi…..she loves Cokes….I’m not as picky as she is because I will drink a Pepsi 🙂 but really I have almost given up all pop/sodas (whatever you call it) has way too much sugar in either of them, and I absolutely refuse to drink Diet pop of any kind…..just sayin…………..now how did we get on this issue ? Love your blog Christy, and love your mom’s recipes too and I love her pie pan…..I want one 🙂
Meant to say I would drink Coke if Pepsi wasn’t available !!
My hierarchy of carbonated beverages goes like this:
1. Diet dr pepper (actually prefer Krogers generic diet dr big k)
—-anything below this line is just backup if I really really need a coke—-
2. Diet A&W
3. Coke zero
4. Diet Sprite or 7 up
5. Diet Mt dew
6. Nothing.
🙂
But I mostly drink iced tea nowadays.
Lol! And see I’m like your daughter, I wouldn’t drink a Pepsi if you paid me. Did you see that I bought that for her at Target? It was $14 something and they still have them. I love your tangent! Come chat with me anytime!
Is that pre-cooked chicken? Looks delightful! I’d love to have a pot pie recipe with Puff Pastry too!
The Veg-All w/ chicken casserole really sounds great with a pastry base. The knock-off brands just don’t seem to measure up. I see you use Sauer’s Mayo, doubt I could give up my Hellmann’s though, but I may now give it a try! I always use Sauer’s mustard exclusively.
I’ve never heard of Sauer’s Mayo. I’ll have to look that up. I’m not a mayo person myself but I use it when a recipe calls for it. My husband, now he is a mayo person!
I’m curious to know if you have a favorite mustard. Just a random thought 🙂
The picture in the article looks like it says Sauer’s Mayo?
This is my mom’s post. 🙂
AH, the sins of the Mother! ha ha
Is there really any other mayonnaise besides “Duke’s”? (HaHa) I’m in NC, so maybe it’s a “southern thang”. but around here it’s a favorite!!
We have just discovered Dukes mayo. It is wonderful definitely a southern thing. Mama
Janice: Thanks for the recipe and the design for the vents as it looks idiot-proof enough so that I can do it. I can’t have Veg-All, so I’ll have to swap in different veggies.
Lindsay asked about shredded Colby in place of the Velveeta and I think cubed Colby/Jack would work well and melt pretty well. I also think that you couldn’t go wrong with cubes of pepper jack either. I think that’s the way I’ll try it.
Kathy, I made this pot pie this evening and I didn’t have any Velvetta so I used cream cheese. It was still very yummy however I plan on making another one when I get some Velvetta.
Hi Nancy, I can answer that question for you…..veg-all is a brand , a can of mixed vegetables…..carrots,peas,etc…..so you could use any can of mixed vegs. I would say….I usually buy the store brand of mixed vegs. just make sure you drained them….. hope this helps…..
Exactly. I usually substitute frozen mixed veggies for it but VegAll can be an excellent canned good to have on hand.
I am from Ontario, Canada…and have not heard of Veg -All is that a mixture of vegetable juices, if so which ones???
What would I look for here to substitute?
The recipe looks yummy and I would like to try it.
Thank you
Nancy
Veg-All comes in a can. Mixture of different vegetables.
If you don’t have Veg-All in the stores, make small cubes of potatoes, use English peas or Green Beans, maybe corn. I can’t remember exactly what is in the can. Anyway, sauté or microwave the fresh vegetables & then add them to the mixture.
mixed vegetables, you can get them in cans, with carrots, peas, potatoes and beans green or yellow or sometimes mixed, small dice. Or just mix several cans of veggies together and freeze the rest on a cookie sheet, put into a bag and you have ready to use mixed veg for another time.