The Best Classic Chicken Pot Pie Recipe – Homemade chicken pot pie with flaky pie crust and creamy chicken pot pie filling. Classic comfort food!
This chicken pot pie recipe is loaded with flavor. It’s got flaky pie crust and a buttery creamy chicken pot pie filling with chicken breast, a mix of fresh and frozen vegetables, and a mix of dried and fresh herbs.
I initially wanted to make an easy chicken pot pie. So, I started out using refrigerated pie dough, all frozen vegetables, and all dried herbs. That was easy, but it really needed some bright fresh flavors.
So, instead of making the easiest recipe, I decided to make the BEST chicken pot pie recipe.
Using fresh vegetables and some fresh herbs in the filling gives this pot pie so much flavor that it’s ok to take a short-cut with the crust and use a pre-made refrigerated pie crust.
Of course, if you have the time to make your own homemade pie crust, that would be amazing too.
How to make chicken pot pie:
- Melt butter in a large skillet.
- Add chicken, carrots, celery, and onion.
- Add salt, garlic powder, dried thyme, and pepper.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes.
- Stir in flour.
- Stir in cream until smooth.
- Stir in chicken broth until smooth.
- Cook until bubbling and thick.
- Add peas and parsley to the filling.
- Cool.
- Fit the bottom pie crust into a pie plate.
- Spoon the creamy filling into the bottom crust.
- Place the top crust over the filling.
- Seal the edges of the crust and cut slits in the top crust.
- Place the pie on a baking sheet (I line mine with aluminum foil in case the filling bubbles over).
- Bake.
- Cool before slicing.
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- Easy Creamy Herb Chicken from Cafe Delites
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The Best Classic Chicken Pot Pie Recipe
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast -cut into small bite size pieces
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 2 (1 top and 1 bottom) unbaked pie crusts (could use pre-made refrigerated - 1 box)
Instructions
- Make sure there is an oven rack on the bottom rack of the oven. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Add the butter to a large skillet over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, add the chicken, carrots, celery, onion, salt, garlic powder, thyme leaves, and pepper. Cook for 8-10 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through, stirring often.
- Add the flour. Stir well, until no dry flour remains. Slowly stir in the cream, then the chicken broth. Cook until bubbling and thick, stirring often, 3-4 minutes.
- Remove from the heat. Stir in the peas and flat leaf parsley. Let this cool for 15-30 minutes before filling the pie.*
- Fit one pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate. Spoon the cooled filling into the pie crust. Top with the second pie crust. Seal the edges of the pie crust together. Cut 3-4 slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
- Place the filled pie plate on a baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes on the bottom rack of the oven.
- Cool for 15-30 minutes before slicing and serving.**
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What a wonderful classic recipe! It brings back memories of my grandmothers fabulous chicken pot pie. Excellent and very comforting.
I work for an Assited Living facility and used this recipe. Everyone LOVED it. Thank you for your easy and delicious recipe!
I just made this and my husband gave me a look and said, “This is REALLY good!” (He always puts ketchup on which I thing would spoil the taste!) We both love it and I have made it several times. I use dark chicken meat and use 1 1/2 pounds per pie. I also add more veggies, pretty much double of them as well as extra seasonings. There’s no reason to try any other chicken pot pies because I would only be disappointed! Thanks a lot! God bless you!
The best, most delicious I’ve ever made. My family LOVED it! Thank you.
Delicious! This recipe is a keeper! Everyone loved it even my
Picky 11 year old son.
So glad I chose this recipe for chicken pot pie, it was amazing and everyone loved it, I used a regular pie pan instead of deep dish so it actually made enough for two pies.. I did make the pie crust from scratch and had ready made pie crust as a back up. That came in handy for the second pie . I froze the second one and hope it will be just as good. I followed the recipe exactly and it really was perfect. Oddly a few days before friends served chicken pot pie at a gathering. They didn’t use this recipe but added potatoes and pearl onions. There was no comparison – this recipe is tops!
Turned out great! Very yummy! Thank you! God bless!
Amazing and a family fav!
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This is my go-to recipe for chicken pot pie!! My family loves it! Thank you so much for this amazing recipe!!
I have made it several times, and made some adjustments along the way, that I think are worth sharing! First off this recipe is awesome as-is, and that is how we enjoyed it the first few times! Next, I was wanting to make it a bit lower calorie and healthier, and see how it went, and it turned out amazing as well! Alterations: I used 1/2 the amount of butter, half the amount of heavy cream, added double+ the amount of peas (or frozen mixed vegetables- whatever I had on hand). I also only used half the amount of crust. (This cut out the waiting time, as we poured the filling directly into the glass-pyrex pie-shaped dishes, and then laid the pie crust on top only.) Just thought I’d share our alterations for anyone that wants lower fat and more veggies.
My favorite go to comfort food recipe. So delicious!
This is still one of my absolute favorite dishes to make. This recipe is so so good. Comforting, delicious, makes me feel at home 100xs over. Thank you so much for this recipe. It’s a staple in our house. We freeze the leftovers for meals in upcoming weeks!
The BESTEST Chicken pot pie. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Best chicken pot pie I’ve ever made! My family loved it!
Thank you!
I just made this and it was a hit with my husband and I also enjoyed it!! Thanks
This is my go to chicken pot pie recipe, it’s really wonderful! Could you recommend best practice for freezing it to bake later?
My company loved it !
I added (1)Cup of Corn to each Pie. Getting it to the right thickness and consistency is the key. I used 1/2 of chicken for each pie. We like our Pot Pies loaded with Chicken. 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
Best chicken pot pie ever
Without a doubt, the best recipe I’ve found and I’ve tried them all. Followed the recipe exactly without any additions or variations. Delicious!
This is my favorite go-to recipe. I literally buy rotisserie chicken just for this! Sometimes I will add a can of diced potatoes to make it “more” … I have 3 teens! Lol. But everyone should make this recipe at LEAST 37 times. 😉
Everyone needs to make at least 38 times. (That’s for those of us who don’t like odd numbers 🤪😊🙃🤭😍🥰🙌😇
The absolute best chicken pot pie I have ever eaten! I have made it for several different people, and every one of them wanted the recipe. That says a lot! It is also easy to make, so that’s a bonus.
I used this recipe for my first attempt at Chicken Pot Pie. I was really surprised at the simplicity of the recipe, even though the list of ingrediensts was a bit intimidating to this country girl that grew up only using salt and pepper!! The family LOVES it, and I have made it many times since then. I have added diced potatoes to the filling from time to time for some stick to the ribs filler. Really good!!
I make this recipe and my family loves it. I have shared it with several friends and all have enjoyed it.
my grandkids ask meto make this all the time. we all love it
My number one go to recipe for comfort food. It turns out perfect every time!
This is the only pot pie recipe I use and everyone loves it! I add minced garlic and some italian seasoning, I also use puff pastry instead of pie crust, VERY good and flaky.
I’ve made this chicken pie many times but haven’t left a review until now. I followed recipe exactly as written. It is easy to make and SO good!