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 was the BEST chicken pot pie I’ve ever had!! I made it for dinner tonight, the first time I’ve ever even made a chicken pot pie. Janice, thanks so much for the recipe and the helpful directions and photos! I even cut your design into the crust, lol.
Even though I had never heard of Veg-All, I was able to find it so I used that. The only substitute I made is that instead of the Velveeta, I cubed up some sharp cheddar cheese. It was delicious, but I have to say that the melted cheese made it very runny, kind of soupy, when we first cut into the pie, (we let it set for only about five minutes before slicing it). By the second serving, it solidified enough. So, as tasty as it was, I’m going to make it again very soon using Velveeta. I just wanted to mention how it came out in case anyone else is wondering about using cheddar instead of Velveeta.
Thanks Janice and Christy! Another hit!! You have turned this cheese lover into a chicken pot pie lover. 🙂
I am one of those people who will ALWAYS bypass pot pies, cheese or no cheese. Growing up Banquet pot pies were on heavy rotation at our house because they were inexpensive (aka cheap) and supposedly filling. (my parents fed 4 children and 2 adults… cannot wrap my head around having to buy that much food this day and time). I smell one cooking and my stomach revolts. Although beautiful to look at in the pics… (and probably tasty)- no thank you. Mama Janice – you are quite the cook. (p.s. – my late-mother’s name was Janice.. ~tears in my eyes~)
SOOOO … I made this last night. This is a late week at the office for me so I cook the night before so we can have something for dinner at the office each night, at our regular dinner time so this was my recipe of choice for tonight’s dinner. Of course when it came out of the oven I had to taste it to make sure, first of all that I liked the flavor, and second so I would know if it would be a hit or not. Needless to say … This will definitely be a repeat offender in our home. So easy to make, not expensive, and tastes soooo good. Only thing I will do different next time is to add a can of peas and a can of corn instead of using the Veg-All. Those are our two favorite veggies and I think it needs more veggies 🙂 Simply because we’re super veggie people. But the flavor?? OH MY!!! Thank you for sharing this with us!
I am so glad you liked it Linda!! I hope you have a great week despite the late nights!
Someone asked do you use precooked chicken. I, too would like to know. The picture looks like the chicken is precooked. So is it cooked or do you use raw chicken. The recipe looks divine!
It is precooked. She mentioned that in another comment so I don’t even have to call her to ask this one 🙂 often I will just use a can of chicken or you can even pick up a rotisserie. Right now, I am cooking two cut up chickens in my slow cooker overnight to shred up and freeze for things like this. Hope this helps and have a great week!
I made this recipe last night and my family liked it. Thank you for sharing. It was really simple. It was also my first time using pie crust. I’m not a baker yet.
Dear Christy,
I lost the e-mail address to post a question for the question segment. I will ask my question here and try to send it e-mail. Sorry!
Dear Janice,
I have never made Chicken Pot Pie not eaten one. I must say your demonstration and easy to follow steps makes the recipe appear easy to do. Thank you for sharing.