Sunday, May 20, 2012

Chicken Pot Pie The Sequel

So my original pot pie was good. It had a yummy crust made of almond meal. Recently, my body has decided that it does NOT like nuts or nut flour of any kind. I tried to eat it - just a little nut flour -- and my body quickly reminded me by giving me a nice eczema flare so it was back to the drawing board for this lady. I came up with this recipe and its not only muuuuch better, but its easier than the original! How many sequels can say that they are better than the original?? Enjoy!







Pot Pie

Filling
3 slices of bacon, diced
1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
1 clove garlic, crushed
¼ C cut green beans
1 C chicken stock
1 14 oz can coconut milk
2 Tbsp arrowroot
1 Tbsp poultry seasoning
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 C cooked chicken, chopped

Directions
In a medium sized pot, cook bacon until crispy.
Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic cooking for 5 minutes making sure to scrape the bottom of the ban
Add chicken stock, coconut milk, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper green beans,  and chicken and bring to a boil
Reduce to a simmer then stir in arrowroot 1 tablespoon at a time until dissolved.
Continue to simmer until thickened
Pour into 8x12 baking dish

Dough
1 C Tapioca Flour
1/4 C coconut Flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
3 Tbsp butter (or coconut oil)
1/2 tsp salt
½ C Boiling water

Directions 
Sift all dry ingredients.
Add butter to dry ingredients mixing to form crumbles
Add hot water into dry ingredients
Form ball and press into flat rectangle
Place over pot pie ingredients and bake at 400 for 10 minutes

11 comments:

Alison Golden - PaleoNonPaleo said...

I am definitely going to try this! My kids love crust and while they bravely eat on without it, it would be great to give them a little bit of what they fancy. Thanks Orleatha!

Orleatha Smith said...

Kiddos after my own heart! When i was SAD, i ate processed pot pie weekly! I loved them so this was a special project and i hope they enjoy them as much as i do! :)

allison said...

I just found your website very randomly and proceeded to cut and paste too many of your recipes to print out - time to subscribe!! Nice job and can't wait to try these!

tipsonhealthyliving-com said...

Glad you found a good substitute! It's all about stumbling on the right mix of alternative flours when baking.

Orleatha Smith said...

Allison - i'm glad you like them! I'm putting them (and more) in book form so keep an eye out! :)

Tips- i definitely stumbled. The first attempts were definitely not delish!

OneThickChick said...

I made this with leftover turkey- super good! Only problem was the crust- I think I needed to get it thinner, it was kind of chewy. Thank you for the recipe I will definitely try it again.

Orleatha Smith said...

Yep i roll it out super thin between two sheets of wax paper. I peel the top sheet off and flip the other one (with the crust still on it) upside down on top of the pot pie... hope this helps and glad you liked it enough to try it again! :D

Kristina said...

The filling was good but the crust was so difficult to work with. It ended up being very gooey so I took it off and just ate the filling. Dissapointed :(

Orleatha Smith said...

oh no! I find that when my dough was not what i expected, it was one of two things:
not measuring the coconut flour properly
OR
letting the dough sit. It has to be put on the pies immediately. I make the filling first then make the dough or else it falls apart or comes out gooey :(

wifeoflowcarber said...

Unbelievably good! My daughter and I keep talking about how amazing this pot pie is! Yes, the crust has a texture similar to gnocchi, but we love that. It feels like we're eating the real thing. Truly delicious. I made no adjustments. Next time I might add more veggies, but I want to thank you so much for this recipe!

Kristina said...

I did let the dough sit because I was doing the filling. :( We loved the filling tho. I would make it again
Next time I will do the dough last. Thanks for the tip!