World's Best Chicken Pot Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb cooked chicken
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 4 ounces cooked ham
• 6 ounces carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 4 ounces frozen peas
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 ounce parsley
• 2 bay leaves
• salt and pepper
• 1 double crust pie crust, for top and bottom

Recipe

• 1 cook the carrots in boiling water for 5-7 minutes, then drain.
• 2 dice the chicken and ham.
• 3 melt the butter and cook the onion until transparent. add the flour and cook for a minute or so, then gradually stir in the chicken stock. bring to a boil, stirring continuously and simmer until thickened.
• 4 stir in the milk, cream, parsley, and bay leaves, season with salt and pepper, and heat without boiling for 2 minutes.
• 5 remove the bay leaves.
• 6 mix in the chicken, ham, peas, and carrots.
• 7 pour into the pie pastry and even out.
• 8 moisten the edge of the pastry with water, and top with remaining pastry. beat egg and brush pastry with it. make a hole in the top to allow steam to escape.
• 9 bake at 375f for about 40 minutes, or until pastry is cooked.
• 10 serve hot.