Hamptons Chef Anand Sastry shares his chicken pot pie recipe
When a craving for fall comfort food strikes, chicken pot pie is the answer.
Chicken Pot Pie from Executive Chef Anand Sastry, Highway Restaurant & Bar
Serves 1-2 people
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
For pie dough:
- 2 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 ½ sticks of butter
- 4 tablespoons ice water
- 1 egg white
For filling
- 5 tablespoons of chicken fat
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1 whole chicken, roasted and torn into chunks
- 1 ¼ cups of bleached, all-purpose flour
- 2 pints of strong chicken stock or plain chicken stock
- 4 carrots
- 5 sticks of celery
- 1 onion
- 1 leek
- Bunch of flat parsley picked
- Salt and white pepper, to taste
Directions
- Prep the pie dough: Place, flour salt, sugar, and vegetable shortening in a stand mixer and combine for a few minutes. Then add chopped chilled butter and ice-cold water. Mix until it forms a dough. Leave to chill for four hours in the fridge.
- Chop up the vegetables and parsley roughly and place in chicken stock. Cook a few minutes until tender. Strain the vegetables, keeping the stock.
- Place chicken fat and margarine in a pan and turn on the heat. Add the flour until the mixture starts to form crumbs. Very slowly, add the warm stock, a little at a time, until it becomes a thick sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
- In a large bowl, place chicken pieces and vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. Then, add the warm sauce until everything binds together. Set aside to cool.
- On a floured table, roll the dough into a circle (depending on the size of pie dish you have) about ¼-inch thick. Place in pie dish. Then add the filling. Roll out the top crust in the same manner as the bottom.
- Cut and trim sides of excess crust. Brush the top with egg white and place in fridge for an hour.
- Bake at 380 °F degree for 40 minutes and then turn down to 350 °F for another 20 minutes.
- When the crust is golden brown, take out and leave to cool. Serve when ready.
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