Cooking - update.

[foxmonkey]

A clean kitchen has been achieved! Unfortunately, Hubsmonkey threw the butter in the freezer instead of the fridge yesterday, so cookies may have to be delayed until tomorrow.

He redeemed himself when I told him I was cooking pot pie for dinner. He *loves* my pot pie. It's probably the one dish I cook that I know for sure and certain that he truly, truly likes. His eyes lit up and he got a hopeful note in his voice and everything. "You're cooking your chicken pot pie?" Yes. Vindicated.

It's a great recipe - I snagged it from a Sunday coupon insert. It's originally for tuna, but the thought of tuna pot pie gagged me royally (even though I love tuna salad sandwiches and tuna casserole), so I switched it to chicken. I *think* I've put this in my LJ before but if you didn't catch it the first time ('cause God knows I'd never be able to find it, if indeed it's in here somewhere), here it is. Behind the cut for the recipe-allergic among us. ;-)



Chicken Pot Pie
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One package refrigerated pie crusts (two crusts)
Either canned or cooked chicken (or tuna, if you're a freak) equal to approximately 12.5 ounces
1/2 cup each, chopped onion and carrots
1/4 cup frozen peas
1 can cream of chicken (or mushroom) soup
1/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning or dried thyme

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Line 9-inch pie pan with one pie crust, set aside. Combine remaining ingredients, slat and pepper to taste. Pour filing in pie pan. Top with second crust, seal and crimp edges. Slit top of crust (or poke with fork) to vent. Bake a 375 degrees 30-35 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Six servings.


I used noodles because, no crusts! I threw four small handfuls in the pot, which seems to have been just a wee bit too much. Should I find myself crustless again, I'll use three small handfuls and see what happens.

Comments

Query the carrots

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

Should they be pre-cooked, frozen or fresh?

Re: Query the carrots

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

Hey woman! Frozen carrots work very nicely. If you use fresh carrots, steam/boil them first so everything else cooks at the same time. If you make it, let me know what you think!