Healthy Chicken Pot Pie With Biscuit Crust

Submitted by GothicGranola

"A hearty one-dish meal that's healthy, too. Chicken, lots of vegetables, and a biscuit crust. From "Looneyspoons"."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Filling

• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 cup reduced-fat chicken broth
• 1 1⁄2 cups diced potatoes, peeled
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped carrots
• 1 cup green beans, cut in 1 inch pieces
• 1 (10 ounce) can reduced-fat cream of chicken soup (or cream of mushroom)
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper

• Biscuit Crust

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground sage
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1⁄3 cup skim milk

directions

1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, saute onions and garlic until tender, about 5 minutes (use oil or cooking spray).
2. Add broth, potatoes, carrots and beans.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low.
5. Simmer for 12 minutes, partially covered.
6. Potatoes should be a bit undercooked.
7. Remove from heat.
8. Combine condensed soup and flour in a small bowl.
9. Add to vegetables, along with chicken, parsley, basil, thyme and pepper.
10. Stir well.
11. Pour into a casserole dish (I use a 9 x 9 pyrex baking dish).
12. Prepare biscuit crust.
13. Combine flour, baking powder, sage and salt.
14. Cut in butter or margarine with a pastry blender until it looks like coarse crumbs.
15. Stir in milk.
16. Form the dough into a ball, adding a bit more flour if too sticky.
17. On a floured surface, roll out dough to the size where it will fit the top of your casserole dish.
18. Place dough on top of chicken mixture.
19. Prick dough with a fork several times.
20. Bake at 400 F for 25 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
21. Let stand for 5 minutes.
22. Serve.

Reviews

[Hey Jude]

This was a really nice pot-pie and I love the fact that it's lower in fat than traditional recipes. I followed Roosie's lead on the baking powder and used 1/2 tsp. The crust was nice and flaky so I think that's a good amount to use. I followed the recipe pretty much as written but also added about 1 cup of chopped mushrooms in step #2. All in all a good recipe! Thanks TH!

 

[Roosie]

What a great little pot pie! I would love to give this recipe the full 5 stars, but I had one problem- the directions say to add baking powder, but the ingredients do not say anything about baking powder! I did add 1/2 tsp and got a lovely light and biscuitty crust. I made a couple subs- I used whole wheat pastry flour for the white flour called for and subbed a very thick white sauce for the canned soup/flour. I did leave out the parsley (none on hand) but I don't believe the final dish suffered much. I also did not peel the potato (I figure why throw away the most nutritious part?). I used leftovers from free-range organic chicken that we had brined and roasted and added extra green beans that needed to be used. I made in a round 2.5 Qt Corningware saucepan, and it made a lovely little pie. The sage is a lovely touch to the crust- I thought it might be strong, but it just added a nice hint of spice. The crust turned out very well for me- perfectly biscuitty and was very easy to work with. We had leftovers for lunch today and they reheated pretty well in the microwave. I have to admit, this is the first pot pie I’ve made that wasn’t from the frozen foods section of the grocery, and I am delighted with how it came out. I found the recipe to be quite quick and easy, with the cooked chicken on-hand. I will definitely make this again.

 

[Aunt Dawn]

This was the first time I had made a pot pie and it turned out sooo good! I put more quanity of veg. chicken broth and chicken into it. Put it in a 9x13. Everyone in the family was raving about how good it was. My husband had 4 helpings. I can't wait to make a beef one also. This is time consuming with the veg. cut ups but worth every bit of time. If you're looking for a good comfort meal, try this one. #1 :-)

 

[Anne O.]

I've made this a few times and LOVE it! It's a hit every time. I use a rotisserie chicken and Pillsbury biscuits. Also I add celery and peas instead of green beans and add a little more liquid depending on how much chicken and veggies I out in. Since I have the packaged biscuits I only need to bake it for 17 mins.

 

[Cookie Lover II]

Very good! Everyone LOVED them!! I would do i picture but we ate them all before i had the chance!