Granny's Chicken Pot Pie

• 1 Whole chicken; cooked until tender*
• 4 c Chicken broth; (up to 5)
• 2 lg Carrots; diced
• 1 lg Onion; diced
• 2 Potatoes; diced
• 1 cn English peas
• 1 c Chicken broth; (up to 2)
• Butter if needed
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• 1 Pie crust

Instructions

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   *Can use baked, leftover chicken.

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   Cook 1 fryer (chicken) until tender.

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   Remove chicken pieces from broth and debone.

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   Dice carrots. (Mom was specific that 2 carrots should be used.) Chop up onion.

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   Cook carrots and onion in chicken broth until tender.

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   Add diced potatoes to carrots and onions when carrots have started to become soft.

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   Cook vegetables until tender but not mushy.

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   Put potatoes, carrots, onions in bottom of 9X13-inch pan.

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   Gently spread can of peas (including liquid) over other vegetables.

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    Layer chicken over vegetables.

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    Do not stir anything.

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    Add 1 or 2 cups additional broth.

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    Can add small amount of butter if needed.

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    Mom believed in cooking chicken with skin on.

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    If chicken had some fat, she did not add butter.

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    If chicken had no fat, she added 1 to 2 tablespoons butter.

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    When pie is assembled, if it is real soupy, can add small amount of flour.

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    CAROLE'S NOTE: I never add flour.

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    There is enough flour to thicken broth from pie crust.

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    Salt and pepper to taste.

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    Make pie crust.

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    Spread on cobbler style.

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    I cut strips of pie dough and place it on lattuce style.

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    I lightly salt and pepper crust prior to putting into oven.

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    Bake at 375 degrees until crust is brown.

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    Notes: I watched my MIL make this many, many times.

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    I always feel that she is here with me when I make this.

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    It was my favorite dish, and she knew it.

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    When we lived in Texas and would visit for a weekend, she would have a pot pie waiting for me.

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    I felt very honored to have her as a mother-in-law.

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    This is her recipe.

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    I wrote it down as I watched her make it one weekend.